Syngenta scientist receives Franklin Institute Award. (FYI News & Notes).Dr. Mary-Dell Chilton Mary-Dell Chilton is a key founder of modern plant biotechnology. She was the first (1977) to demonstrate the presence of a fragment of Agrobacterium Ti plasmid DNA in the nuclear DNA of crown gall tissue. of Syngenta will receive the 2002 Benjamin Franklin Award for Life Sciences from the Franklin Institute Franklin Institute, in Philadelphia; chartered and opened 1824 "for the promotion of the mechanic arts," the first of its kind in the country. It was named for Benjamin Franklin. Since the 19th cent. . The award is in recognition of her pioneering work in the area of gene transfer into plants. Chilton's team at Washington University in St. Louis “Washington University” redirects here. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). Washington University in St. Louis is a private, coeducational, research university located in St. Louis, Missouri. developed the first transgenic plant in 1982. She now is a distinguished science fellow at Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., located in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C. Chilton will receive the award at a ceremony in Philadelphia on April 25, 2002. |
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