Seed Institute

Institute Faculty
Dr. Bob Goldberg University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. John Harada University of California, Davis
Dr. Bob Fischer University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Gary Drews University of Utah

Overview

The Seed Institute was established in order to carry out basic research in seed biology with the objective of uncovering the genes and processes required to "make a seed." The long-range goal of the Seed Institute, in partnership with Ceres, is to use new insights obtained on the mechanisms that control seed formation to improve seeds in major crop plants...Read More

Los Angeles Times Article
by Paul Jacobs

December 31, 1999

A Few Rush to Exploit New Biotech Crops

LA Times article about the emergence of plant biotech companies, specifically Ceres Inc., amidst the backdrop of worldwide protests against genetically engineered crops.... Read more

Seed Institute Meetings Program

The Seed Institute set up two meetings each year. The first meeting is in Winter held at UC Davis or UCLA (alternate). The second meeting is in Spring at Lake Arrowhead UCLA Conference center. The participants of these meetings include members from each lab as well as scientists from Ceres. The goal of these meetings is to present data obtained from each lab in an open forum and generate discussions and ideas from these data.

Programs	Date	Pdf File
Lake Arrowhead 2000	April 14-16, 2000	[Download pdf file]
UCLA 2000	September 30 - October 1, 2000	[Download pdf file]
Lake Arrowhead 2001	March 16 - 18, 2001	[Download pdf file]
UC Davis 2001	October 27 - 28, 2001	[Download pdf file]
Lake Arrowhead 2002	March 8 - 10, 2002	[Download pdf file]
Davis 2002	October 26 - 27, 2002	[Download pdf file]
Arrowhead 2003	February 28 - March 2, 2003	[Download pdf file]
Davis 2003	October 25 - 26, 2003	[Download pdf file]
Arrowhead 2004	November 12 - 14, 2004	[Download pdf file]
Arrowhead 2005	December 2 - 4, 2005	[Download pdf file]
Arrowhead 2006	October 27-29, 2006	[Download pdf file]
Arrowhead 2007	November 16-18, 2007	[Download pdf file]
Arrowhead 2008	November 14-18, 2008	[Download pdf file]
Arrowhead 2009	November 20-22, 2009	[Download pdf file]