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Biotechnology
holds the promise of vast benefits, including cures for previously untreatable
diseases, new and steady sources of food for malnourished people and
methods to sustain the environment and economy.
N.C. State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences conducts research programs that are on the leading edge of biotechnological advances, and we educate students and others about biotechnology's benefits and risks.
Our research experts address topics in a range of areas where biotechnology comes into play, including genomic sciences, bioengineered crops, food biotechnology, bioinformatics, ecobiotechnology and animal science and genetics.
N.C. State University has become the first in the Research Triangle to offer master's and doctoral degrees in genomic sciences. And undergraduates now have the opportunity to pursue a new universitywide minor in biotechnology. A key part of these programs is a required ethics course. Together, these activities complement and strengthen North Carolina's important biotechnology industry.
BIOTECHNOLOGY
EXPERTS
Biotechnology,
Agriculture and Education
Dr. Jan Spears, seed specialist,
(919) 515-4070
Biotechnology
and Food Safety (Public Attitudes Regarding)
Dr. Thomas Hoban, sociology
specialist, (919) 515-1676
Food and Dairy
Microbiology
Dr.
Todd Klaenhammer, William Neal Reynolds Professor of food science
and microbiology, (919) 515-2972
Fungal Genomics
Dr. Ralph Dean, professor of
plant pathology and fungal genomics director, (919) 513-0020
Plant Gene Function
and Plant Genetic Engineering
Dr. William F. Thompson, University
Research Professor of botany, genetics and crop science, (919) 515-7164
Plant Transformation,
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Dr. Arthur K. Weissinger,
associate professor of crop science,
(919) 515-2704
Sweetpotato and
Potato Breeding
Dr. Craig Yencho, assistant
professor of horticultural science,
(919) 513-7417
