Craig Mello, Nobel Laurate for Physiology or Medine visited Agriancyra booth in IMPPC2023!

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Dr. Craig Mello, 2006 Nobel Laurate in Physiology or Medicine, who discovered RNA interference (RNAi) visited Agriancyra booth during IMPPC2023. Agriancyra is a biotech company, started by the Molen PI, Dr. Umut Toprak, and Dr. Gökhan Söylemezoğlu (Ankara University). The company has been dealing on the development on chemical alternatives in pest & disease control.  Basically, the alternative bioproducts developed by the company include Bacillus thuringiensis and baculovirus-based bioinsecticides. The Agriancyra R& D Team has been also working on the development of dsRNA-based and peptide-based biopesticides for a better and sustainable agriculture.