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Purdue University is an equal access/equal opportunity institution.
Feeding a Growing World: Plant Science
Research and Education Pipeline
Purdue University Board of Trustees Jay Akridge and Karen Plaut
February 21, 2014
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The Challenge....
(United Nations)
(http://affleap.com/world-population-to-reach-9-2-billion-in-2050/)
2050: 9.2 billion people
2050: 70% in cities
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Why Purdue? People
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Why Purdue? Facilities
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Why Purdue? Partnerships
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Purdue Moves – Plant Science Research and Education Pipeline
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Center for Molecular Agriculture
– 10 New Faculty – Pre-college Summer Institute – Undergraduate Research – Plant Biotechnology
Curricula
Expand Capacity in Plant Biology
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Transform Plants to Improve Crops
• Invest in plant genome engineering facility
• Build in versatility for various crops
• Invest in teaching lab upgrades
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Automate Large Scale Plant Analysis
• Agronomy Farm (ACRE) becomes phenotyping platform to examine physical characteristics of plants – 1100 acres of crops – Data command and control center – Seed and plant storage – Lab for phenotyping tools and
storage – Student entrepreneurship lab
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Commercialize Products
• Invest in capacity/partnerships to move intellectual property to market
• Develop incubator space at Purdue Research Park
- Food products - Other products
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Student Engagement
• Molecular Agriculture Summer Institute – Recruit students into STEM – Fellows program for undergraduate research
• Plant Biotechnology Curricula • Certificate in
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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A Platform Investment… Public and
Private Partners
Purdue
Agriculture
Plant Sciences
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Plant Science Research and Education Pipeline
• https://ag.purdue.edu/arp/Pages/plantsciences.aspx