RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.,
Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- AgBiome, a leader in developing innovative products from
the Earth's microbial communities, announced Dr. Marijn Dekkers as
the company's newest advisor. Dr. Dekkers is the founder and
chairman of Novalis LifeSciences, an investment and advisory firm
for the Life Science industry. He formerly served as the CEO of
Bayer AG, and before that, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. He
supports AgBiome as an industry advisor and board observer.
"AgBiome is honored to have Dr. Dekkers, a proven industry
leader, lend his expertise, knowledge and business resources as the
company continues to execute on its growth phase objectives," says
Eric Ward, Co-CEO of AgBiome. "His
extensive experience in the life sciences industry adds to the
richness of our advisory group, and his wise counsel has already
proven useful to our leadership team as we work to fulfill our
growth aspirations for AgBiome."
"I'm continually impressed with AgBiome, the company they've
built and the world-class scientific talent they've attracted,"
explained Dr. Dekkers. "AgBiome is leading the way in the next
agricultural revolution with astonishing progress towards the
commercialization of biological products, traits, and direct-fed
microbials. It's exciting to be a part of the company's mission to
feed the world responsibly."
About AgBiome
AgBiome® partners with the microbial world to improve
our planet. AgBiome discovers and develops innovative biological
and trait products for crop protection. The proprietary
GENESIS™ discovery platform efficiently captures
diverse, unique microbes for agriculturally relevant applications,
and screens them with industry-best assays for insect, disease, and
nematode control. Through its commercial subsidiary, AgBiome
develops and sells proprietary crop protection solutions. The first
of these, Howler®, is a revolutionary fungicide for
disease control in a broad variety of crops. AgBiome and Genective
recently formed a strategic partnership to establish a new leader
in insect traits, a market with over $5
billion in annual opportunities. AgBiome has a global
R&D collaboration with Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE:
ELAN), to develop nutritional health products for swine. AgBiome's
LifeEDIT™ subsidiary deploys proprietary genome editing
systems to address human genetic diseases and high-value crop
traits.
For more information, visit http://agbiome.com.
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