Conference attendees can now visit the newly opened National Agricultural Genotyping Center
FARGO, N.D., (June 28, 2016) – – Bioscience professionals from around the world will have the opportunity to tour the brand new laboratories of The National Agricultural Genotyping Center during the annual Agricultural Bioscience International Conference (ABICTM) hosted this year in Fargo, North Dakota, Sept. 18-21.
The National Agricultural Genotyping Center is one of four concurrent options for the conference’s agricultural tours on Monday, Sept. 18, 2016. Transportation to and from the tours is included. The other tour options include the North Dakota State University (NDSU) STEM Center, NDSU Greenhouse Complex and NDSU Beef Research Complex.
• Opened on June 22, 2016, the National Agricultural Genotyping Center translates scientific discoveries, such as the information from the maize genome project, into solutions for production agriculture, food safety, bioenergy and more. Attendees will be able to see where farmers can bring samples of plants and animals for high throughput extraction and purification of DNA and RNA for analysis.
• At the NDSU STEM Center, attendees will be able to tour the building’s instructional wet labs designed for chemistry, biology and related fields, and dry labs for physics, engineering and geosciences. The moveable spaces will be an inspiration for anyone working in group settings.
• At the NDSU Greenhouse Complex, attendees will tour the research facility that features one acre under glass with 86 rooms each with its own computerized environmental controls. The newest addition is a biosafety level BL3-P facility for safely testing non-native pathogens, pests and plants.
• At the NDSU Beef Research Complex, attendees will get a behind-the-scenes look at how researchers measure individual animal feed intake in a multi-animal pen setting to measure the effectiveness of new technologies and practices in a real-life setting.
The tour is a part of the three-day ABIC 2016 conference. The event, considered to be one the world’s top agricultural bioscience conferences, will connect public and private research for “Better Food. Better World.” An early bird discount is available for conference attendees who register on or before July 4, 2016.
Agriculture producers, scientists, technologists and bioscience industry leaders are encouraged to attend the conference designed to ensure sustainable food, feed and fiber security.
To find more details and register for the event, visit http://abic2016.com/.
About ABIC
2016 will mark the 20th year of the Agricultural Bioscience International Conference (ABIC). Over 6,000 individuals from 68 countries and territories have attended ABIC conferences since 1996. After its inaugural year in Saskatoon in 1996, a second conference in 1998 led to the formation of an organization to oversee the ABIC concept, and to ensure continued success. Directors of the ABIC Foundation were drawn from several countries and the foundation was set up as a not-for-profit, charitable organization dedicated to building a better world through the application of sustainable agricultural technologies.
