I thought it would be appropriate to make my last post from Syngenta Media Day include an interview with Mary-Dell Chilton. Mary says she’s way past retirement age but still gets in early each day to get to work. Why? Because she thinks it’s exciting and important.
Scientific Communications Manager
Besides the work that Gibbs & Soell did in putting together today’s Syngenta Media Day it also takes some work inside the company. The person doing that is Jane Bachmann, Scientific Communications Manager.
Biotechnology Discovery Engine
Roger Kemble is head of crop genetics research for Syngenta. Here he’s being interviewed by AgDay TV.
Learning About Syngenta Seed
The final stage of our media day at Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. was an opportunity for interviews. A couple of the guys escaped me but I have several for you.
Getting Into Genomics
After lunch we had two final presentations. The first one was done by John Salmeron, Group Leader, Applied Genomics.
Bug Resistent Corn
We couldn’t get out of the research area without talking about bugs. Particularly bugs that chew on corn plants.
Making Corn For Ethanol
After visiting the greenhouses we toured into a lab where we got an enzyme lesson. We also got to watch a real time demonstration.
Seeing The Greenhouses
The longest part of our tour was in the greenhouses. Our host here was Dawn McNamara.
Cultures To Plants
Our next stop on the tour today was where plants are being grown which will be transplanted to soil and pots.
Scientists Working With Samples
The first stop on our tour was the area where plant analysis is being done. We couldn’t take pictures at this point so I’m using some from the ones provided to us. We actually received some pens in our media kits that contain a built-in memory stick. Pretty cool.