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August 26, 2009. Columbia, Missouri.
The National Center for Soybean Biotechnology (NCSB) at the University of Missouri hosted a group of soybean industrial leaders and soybean processors from Japan. This international group visit was sponsored by the United States Soybean Export Council (USSEC) and the American Soybean Association (ASA) International Marketing group in Tokyo, Japan. Members of the Nguyen Laboratory, Theresa Musket, Tri Vuong, and Babu Valliyodan, conducted tours of the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, the Sears Plant Growth Facility, and the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology which included the facilities involved in molecular breeding research that is being conducted by the NCSB. The group also visited the Missouri Soybean Association’s World Headquarters in Jefferson City, Missouri, and met with Dale R. Ludwig, the executive director/CEO. While touring the Missouri River bottom farm of Mr. Kelly Forck, current president of the Missouri Soybean Association; the group witnessed identity-preserved soybean production and enhanced storage systems. The purpose of the trip was to increase awareness of soybean research in the United States and how it impacts the millions of bushels of soybeans that Japan imports from the United States per year.
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Rust Alert in Missouri: An article from the Delta Farm Press seen in Crop News Weekly on August 18, 2009, discusses the potential of Asian soybean rust spreading to Missouri this fall. Soybean fields in Southwest and Southeast Missouri are currently being monitored. Full Article Link. |
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On August 6, 2009, Juan Gutierrez passed his pH.D. Defense. His thesis is titled "Genetic Basis of Isoflavone Accumulation During Soybean Seed Development: Special Focus on Water-Deficit Conditions". Juan is Co-advised by Dr. David Sleper and Dr. Henry Nguyen. |
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Two Vietnamese researchers from the Hung Loc Agricultural Research Center at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Mr. Chuong Nguyen and Mr. Cuong Dinh, visited the Nguyen laboratory on July 29 and 30, 2009. As part of their visit to the University of Missouri, they had spent the previous two weeks at the University of Missouri Delta Center with Dr. Grover Shannon. |
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As part of the Life Sciences Undergraduate Reasearch Opportunity Program (LS UROP), the Nguyen Laboratory hosted a summer undergraduate student, Hannah Caster. She is completing her undergraduate degree at Grinnell College in Iowa. This summer, she conducted research on protein content in soybean. She presented a poster titled "Screening for natural genetic variation of bioactive molecules in soybean for human health benefits" at the Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum on July 30, 2009. |
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In July, 2009, the Nguyen Lab had two papers accepted for publication: Genetic control of soybean seed isoflavone content: importance of statistical model and epistasis in complex traits. Gutierrez-Gonzalez JJ, Wu X, Zhang J, Lee JD, Ellersieck M, Shannon JG, Yu O, Nguyen HT, Sleper DA.
Theor Appl Genet. 2009 Jul 23. and Physiological and molecular approaches to improve drought resistance in soybean. Manavalan LP, Guttikonda SK, Phan Tran LS, Nguyen HT.
Plant Cell Physiol. 2009 Jul;50(7):1260-76. Click on the link to see other Nguyen laboratory publications from 2009. |
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As part of an international collaboration between the United States Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS), the University of Missouri Plant Sciences Department, and the Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mr. Emon Reza conducted research in the Nguyen laboratory from May 18-August 7, 2009. |
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On May 8, 2009, Sandra Thibivilliers passed her Comprehensive Exam. She is Co-advised by Dr. Gary Stacey and Dr. Henry Nguyen. |
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On April 29, 2009, Satish Guttikonda passed his pH.D. Defense. His thesis is titled "Genetic Engineering of Candidate Genes to Improve Drought Tolerance in Soybean". Dr. Henry Nguyen is his major advisor. |
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On April 28, 2009, Huong Tran passed her Masters Defense. Her thesis is titled "High Throughput Profiling
of Transcription Factors Involved
in Soybean Root Growth under
Water Deficits". Dr. Henry Nguyen is her major advisor. |
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