2025 Symposium

2025 Raymond F. Baker Plant Breeding Symposium

Transformative Research: Pushing the Genetic Frontiers of Plant Breeding

Friday, March 14, 2025

Sponsored by: Corteva Symposia Series, the Raymond F. Baker Center, and ISU Department of Agronomy

Organized by: ISU plant breeding graduate students

Speakers

Photograph of Dr. Luca Comai — Dr. Luca Comai University of California-Davis

Photograph of Dr. Gaganpreet Sidhu — Dr. Gaganpreet Sidhu Meiogenix

Photo of Dr. James Schnable — Dr. James Schnable University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Photograph of Dr. Jon Reinders — Dr. Jon Reinders Corteva

Photograph of Dr. Rita H. Mumm — Dr. Rita Mumm Director of Capacity Development and Mobilisation with the AOCC (African Orphan Crops Consortium)

Photograph of Dr. Kan Wang — Dr. Kan Wang Iowa State University

Student Speakers

Image of Yizhou Mao — Yizhou Mao University of Wisconsin-Madison

Photograph of Ashlyn Rairdin — Ashlyn Rairdin Iowa State University

Recorded Talks (Where Available)