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iss072e146896 (Nov. 10, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague processes samples from the Rhodium Biomanufacturing-03 biotechnology experiment that explores using microorganisms and cell cultures to produce materials and biomolecules on a commercial scale in space.
High school students participating in the Biotechnology Learning Alliance for Bioscience (LAB) Program at Ohlone College. Get information at www.ohlone.edu/instr/biotech/labprogram/
16 February 2016, Rome, Italy - Ulrich Meyer, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany. Parallel session 1.2 Facing the challenges of climate change: Adaptation in the livestock and fishery sectors. FAO International Symposium on “The Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition". FAO headquarters (Sheikh Zayed Centre).
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15 February 2016, Rome, Italy - FAO International Symposium on “The Role of Agricultural Biotechnologies in Sustainable Food Systems and Nutrition". Side event. Helping farmers grow: Climate change, food security and the technology nexus. FAO headquarters (Sheikh Zayed Centre).
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iss073e0251619 (June 26, 2025) --- Axiom Mission 4 crew members Peggy Whitson (foreground) from Axiom Space and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski from ESA (European Space Agency) work inside the International Space Station's Columbus laboratory module. The private astronaut duo swapped research hardware supporting the Space Volcanic Algae biotechnology study and the Experiment Cube #25 data processing and algorithm investigation.
DNA in a flask.
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An aboriginal elder playing the Digeridoo at the International Association for Plant Biotechnology 2014 Congress at Melbourne Convention Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Monsanto Company is a publicly traded American multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation headquartered in Creve Coeur, Missouri. It is a leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed and of the herbicide glyphosate, which it markets under the Roundup brand. Founded in 1901 by John Francis Queeny, by the 1940s it was a major producer of plastics, including polystyrene and synthetic fibers. Notable achievements by Monsanto and its scientists as a chemical company included breakthrough research on catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation and being the first company to mass-produce light emitting diodes (LEDs). The company also formerly manufactured controversial products such as the insecticide DDT, PCBs, Agent Orange, and recombinant bovine somatotropin.
Monsanto was among the first to genetically modify a plant cell, along with three academic teams, which was announced in 1983, and was among the first to conduct field trials of genetically modified crops, which it did in 1987. It remained one of the top 10 U.S. chemical companies until it divested most of its chemical businesses between 1997 and 2002, through a process of mergers and spin-offs that focused the company on biotechnology.
Monsanto was a pioneer in applying the biotechnology industry business model to agriculture, using techniques developed by Genentech and other biotech drug companies in the late 1970s in California. In this business model, companies invest heavily in research and development, and recoup the expenses through the use and enforcement of biological patents. Monsanto's application of this model to agriculture, along with a growing movement to create a global, uniform system of plant breeders' rights in the 1980s, came into direct conflict with customary practices of farmers to save, reuse, share and develop plant varieties. Its seed patenting model has also been criticized as biopiracy and a threat to biodiversity. Monsanto's role in these changes in agriculture (which include its litigation and its seed commercialization practices), its current and former agbiotech products, its lobbying of government agencies, and its history as a chemical company, have made Monsanto controversial.
Legal actions and controversies
Monsanto is notable for its involvement in high profile lawsuits, as both plaintiff and defendant. It has been involved in a number of class action suits, where fines and damages have run into the hundreds of millions of dollars, usually over health issues related to its products. Monsanto has also made frequent use of the courts to defend its patents, particularly in the area of agricultural biotechnology.
On 25 May 2013, rallies against Monsanto took place. According to organizers, rallies were planned in 52 countries and 436 cities, and their goal was to protest against Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces.
High school students participating in the Biotechnology Learning Alliance for Bioscience (LAB) Program at Ohlone College. Get information at www.ohlone.edu/instr/biotech/labprogram/