Greg Heck
Science Strategy Operations Lead, Bayer Crop Science
Expert Bio
I began working at Monsanto (now Bayer) 19 years ago and have been involved in a variety of biotechnology applications ranging from basic science projects on how genes function to highly applied efforts such as development of Roundup Ready® corn. Coming from science in academia, I’ve been fortunate to realize a wonderful opportunity to take that science and apply it to solve challenges faced in agriculture. I have proudly been able to witness those efforts ending up in solutions that are actually being used by farmers. Over approximately the last decade, my work has largely involved investigation and development of RNAi-based technologies. In a complementary effort, I spend significant amounts of time communicating and educating about science at many levels and in many different communities of stake holders.
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A: RNA interference (RNAi), what is it? First, let’s get on the same page about RNA itself and its role in a cell. Information on how to build and maintain an organism is stored in its DNA. Many thousands of genes, functional segments of DNA, work together to provide the molecular instructions necessary to produce proteins at the proper time, place and amount. Some of these proteins are simply building blocks and others do work such as enzymes that produce other molecules essential to the cell, helping to obtain energy from food, etc. Like a cookbook in a library, DNA has the informa [...]
A: RNA interference (RNAi), what is it? First, let’s get on the same page about RNA itself and its role in a cell. Information on how to build and maintain an organism is stored in its DNA. Many thousands of genes, functional segments of DNA, work together to provide the molecular instructions necessary to produce proteins at the proper time, place and amount. Some of these proteins are simply building blocks and others do work such as enzymes that produce other molecules essential to the cell, helping to obtain energy from food, etc. Like a cookbook in a library, DNA has the informa [...]
A: RNA interference (RNAi), what is it? First, let’s get on the same page about RNA itself and its role in a cell. Information on how to build and maintain an organism is stored in its DNA. Many thousands of genes, functional segments of DNA, work together to provide the molecular instructions necessary to produce proteins at the proper time, place and amount. Some of these proteins are simply building blocks and others do work such as enzymes that produce other molecules essential to the cell, helping to obtain energy from food, etc. Like a cookbook in a library, DNA has the informa [...]