Cellectis plant sciences

Created in March 2010, Cellectis plant sciences is a subsidiary dedicated to applying sequence-specific nucleases for plants to develop new species with traits of value. The company’s main goals are to increase and accelerate use of Cellectis’ proprietary technology in agricultural biotechnology, to broaden the company’s expertise to attract new and expanded licensing opportunities, and to explore the development of proprietary traits.

Cellectis plant sciences is directed by a world-class scientific team. The company’s scientists were the first to implement Genome engineering in plants. Among the team members is the subsidiary Chief Scientific Officer, Daniel Voytas, who is internationally renowned for his work on plant Genome engineering. Dr. Voytas is also a professor at the University of Minnesota where he heads the Center for Genome Engineering. Dr. Feng Zhang serves as the subsidiary Director of Research, and he has extensive experience in maize, rice and Arabidopsis Genome modification. In addition, the company is staffed by two PhD-level scientists and two research associates.