There's an increasing demand for sustainability in agriculture. Our team has been working with
sugarcane, discovering genes that assist plants in maintaining their productivity under unfavorable
conditions, such as water stress. We've also pinpointed genes that regulate sugarcane development,
with the aim of enhancing productivity. Additionally, we've identified regulatory regions (promoters and
terminators) that could be utilized to produce cisgenic plants or precisely modulate transgene activity.
We employ state-of-the-art biotechnology tools to evaluate these genes and regulatory regions in
sugarcane plants.
Recently, we've launched a research line in sugarcane genome editing. The objective is to generate
edited plants devoid of transgenes, which will significantly benefit the sugarcane industry.
Moreover, this knowledge in sugarcane has been extended to other crops like soybeans, and our team is
open to exploring new opportunities in economically significant crops. We actively seek industry
partners to leverage biotechnology for problem-solving and to license our technologies.