Biography

Anindya Bandyopadhyay leads Genome editing (GE) program of Syngenta and his activities span from strategizing research activities for GE program, reviewing research proposals, supervising technology integration, collaborations and coordination with expert functions such as regulatory, stewardship and IP. Previously Dr. Bandyopadhyay was a Group Leader and Scientist at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) , Philippines, where he led genome editing research and also worked as Deputy-coordinator for International C4 Rice Consortium funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. At IRRI, Dr. Bandyopadhyay’s lab was one of the early publishers of application of CRISPR-Cpf1 in plants. Being trained from IRRI (PhD), University of California Berkeley (Post-doctoral) and University of Kentucky (Post-doctoral)on genome engineering, followed by research activities in industry and academia as group leader /scientist / program manager, Dr.Bandypadhyay’s research interest lies in the application of gene targeting and genome engineering using site specific recombinases and CRISPR systems for crop improvement.

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Research Interest

Genome Editing