Cibus Global Marks 10 Years of Business
8 November 2011 SAN DIEGO, California, US — Cibus Global, a pioneering plant trait development firm, celebrates its 10-year anniversary in November.
Since being founded in 2011 by a team of visionary scientists and agricultural biotechnology experts, the company has expanded significantly, establishing their headquarters and research facility in San Diego and opening offices in Minnesota in 2007 and the Netherlands in 2009, according to Cibus.The core launch team now holds executive leadership positions, and Cibus employs more than 80 people.
In addition to a rapid expanision, Cibus has entered eight partnerships and developed 12 unique and differentiated value added plant traits using its Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS) technology with leading agricultural companies, the company said.
“Since its founding, Cibus has aimed to develop advantageous crop traits with far-reaching benefits for agriculture, alternative energy and product development,” remarked Dr. Keith Walker, president of Cibus Global and one of its founders in a statement. “We have made extraordinary progress in a short time in commercializing our breakthrough science and forming first class partnerships around the world. We anticipate even greater things in the years ahead as products containing our highly innovative technology come to market, improving quality and yields for farmers and offering greater choice and lower prices to consumers.”
Among those partnerships include:
• Makhteshim-Agan to develop traits in five major crops with a European focus
• BASF to develop and commercialize non-GM herbicide tolerance in oilseed rape and canola
• The Flax Council of Canada to develop non-transgenic traits
• NEU Seed to develop potato crop protection and performance enhancement traits for North America
• BrettYoung to bring new canola traits to the North American market
• Rotam to provide crop protection herbicides for RTDS developed canola in North America
Also, after years of research, Cibus will release their first commercially available trait to the market in 2012.
Some of the exciting projects in the Cibus pipeline include the development of potatoes resistant to blackspot bruising, which costs the U.S. potato industry $170 million annually and improved crop protection traits that will benefit farmers and the environment alike, the company said.
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