Treenomics – From Genomic Information to Business Opportunities
Lectures given at the 2017 Marcus Wallenberg Prize Symposium held in Stockholm on 27 October, 2017.
Moderator: Mrs. Elisabet Salander Björklund, CEO, Bergvik Skog, Sweden
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mr. Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman of the Board of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation
Introduction – Trees and Wood for the Future
Prof. Ove Nilsson, Umeå Plant Science Centre/Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
Challenges and Advances in Biotechnology for Trees and Forests: Coming Soon to a Forest Near You
Prof. Ronald R. Sederoff, Recipient of the 2017 Marcus Wallenberg Prize, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Genomic Prediction of Complex Phenotypes: Driving Innovation in the Brazilian Forest Based Industry
Prof. Dario Grattapaglia, Senior Resarch Scientist at EMBRAPA Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, and Professor of Genomic Sciences at the Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil
Natural Variation, Genomics and Biotechnology
Prof. Stefan Jansson, Umeå Plant Science Centre/Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
What it takes for Tree Genomics to be Commercialized in North America: a Business Perspective
Dr. Christine Dean, Weyerhaeuser Company (retired), Seattle, WA, USA
Engineering Trees for the Biorefinery
Prof. Wout Boerjan, Ghent University, VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
Questions and Answers – Speakers interact with the audience
Moderated by Mrs. Elisabet Salander Björklund
