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This event is in the past.It took place on February 26, 2026 at Li Ka Shing Center.

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Valuable genes from non-model plants: Elucidating the biosynthesis of the cancer drug Taxol 1
Educational Talk
Valuable genes from non-model plants: Elucidating the biosynthesis of the cancer drug Taxol 2
Valuable genes from non-model plants: Elucidating the biosynthesis of the cancer drug Taxol 3
Valuable genes from non-model plants: Elucidating the biosynthesis of the cancer drug Taxol 4
Valuable genes from non-model plants: Elucidating the biosynthesis of the cancer drug Taxol 5

Valuable genes from non-model plants: Elucidating the biosynthesis of the cancer drug Taxol

At Li Ka Shing Center

Downtown Berkeley

Watch scientists pull off the impossible: they found the Taxol pathway hiding in a 51,000-gene yew tree genome, then taught tobacco leaves to make cancer drugs. Conor McClune breaks down how synthetic biology is rewriting the future of medicine.

Scientific seminar
Synthetic biology
Cutting-edge research

Tips

🧬multiplexed perturbation strategy cracked the code
🏢spacious venue with multiple halls for talks

Li Ka Shing Center

Li Ka Shing Center, Oxford St MC#3370, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

events.berkeley.edu

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