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Innovation in life sciences
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IP protection
Funds and manages patent
filing and prosecution
Builds complementary
technology packages
Markets technology to commercial
users
Concludes and monitors
technology licences
Manages and mentors the formation of
newtechnology-
based businesses
Jul 2015: PBL Partners with Calyxt to Develop Disease Resistant Wheat
Sep 2015: Photosynthesis Gene Can Help Crops Grow in Adverse Conditions
Paul Jarvis and colleagues have published their most recent work on SP1 technology (PBL Tech ID ). The 13.568paper which is published in Current Biology is entitled “Regulation of Chloroplast Protein Import by the Ubiquitin E3 Ligase SP1 Is Important for Stress Tolerance in Plants”. PBL is managing the commercial development of this important innovation.
Please click for the Oxford University press release.here
For more information please go the section of our website, or for commercial opportunities, 13.568 SP1please contact Dr Jan Chojecki ( )[email protected]
Norwich, UK 1 December 2015 -- Plant Bioscience Ltd (PBL), a technology development and intellectual property (IP) management company, announced today that it has entered into a licensing agreement that grants Thermo Fisher Scientific a world-wide, non-exclusive license to the Baulcombe patents (US Patent Nos. 6,753,139, 7,704,688, 8,097,710, 8,258,285, 8,263,569, 8,299,235, 8,349,607, 8,759,102 and 8,779,236) for use in the field of research reagents and kits. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Please click for the full press release or for a link to the Short RNA section on our website.here here
For licensing enquiries, please contact Dr Lars von Borcke ( )[email protected]
All other enquiries to [email protected]
Medicago, PBL’s licensee of the Hyper Trans technology, announced today that it has received a task order from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for three anti-Ebola virus monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with expected performance comparable to that of ZMapp™, from Mapp Biopharmaceutical. Please click to read article in full.here
For more information on CPMV technology, please contact Dr Lars von Borcke ( ). [email protected] PBL Tech ID: 05.386 / 07.439
Calyxt, Inc., a Minnesota-based company focusing on developing healthier food products, today announced that it has signed an exclusive license agreement with Plant Bioscience Limited (PBL) for a bread wheat trait generated using gene editing. The trait provides endogenous resistance to powdery mildew of wheat, a fungus widely distributed throughout the world, responsible for major grain and yield losses. Please click to read the article in full.here
For more information, please contact Dr Jan Chojecki ( ). [email protected] 14.583PBL Tech ID:
PBL NEWS2015 Highlights
The Beneforté broccoli story was featured on BBC TV’s Countryfile programme on 25 October, and can be watched on the . Beneforté broccoli is now being grown commercially in the UK and BBC iPlayerelsewhere around the world and is available in a number of leading supermarkets in the UK including Marks & Spencer and Asda.
Beneforté broccoli was bred, using conventional techniques, by Professor Richard Mithen at the John Innes Centre, and Professor Mithen is continuing his work on broccoli by studying potential health benefits of the broccoli, and glucoraphanin, at the Institute of Food Research.
Research from human trials with 130 volunteers, and published earlier this year, showed that including this broccoli in the diet for 12 weeks reduced the levels of LDL-cholesterol by an average of about 6%: A diet rich in high glucoraphanin broccoli reduces plasma LDL cholesterol: evidence from randomised controlled trials. Further human nutrition trials are ongoing.
Patent News: . European Patent Office Decision confirms societal value and PBL’s patent on glucoraphanin-rich broccoli is validvalidity of patents for innovative plant breeding (Patent No. EP1069819).
For more information about the science behind broccoli, glucoraphanin, and the development of Beneforté visit the Super Broccoli website ( ), or the section of our website.www.superbroccoli.info Glucoraphanin Enriched Broccoli
Oct 2015: Beneforté Broccoli Featured on BBC Countryfile
Feb 2015: PBL's partner Medicago announces new contract to explore production of Ebola antibodies
Dec 2015: PBL Signs Another License Agreement for Baulcombe & Hamilton RNAi patent
PBL, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UH, UKTel: +44(0)1603 456500 Fax: +44(0)1603 456552 www.pbltechnology.com
Innovation in life sciences
IP protection
Funds and manages patent
filing and prosecution
Builds complementary
technology packages
Markets technology to commercial
users
Concludes and monitors
technology licences
Manages and mentors the formation of
newtechnology-
based businesses
PBL's patent attorneys in UK and associates around the world have been hard at work prosecuting patent applications on our portfolio of technologies in the plant, ag and other life sciences. The following patents have been issued or granted in 2015:
HT-CPMV system for high-level protein production in plantsGranted in Europe 2,240,589 (Mar 2015), Japan 5745857 (May 2015) and Mexico 330942 (Jun 2015). C ntact: Dr Lars von Borcke o ( ). PBL Tech ID: [email protected] 07.439
Peptide aptamers for broad range virus resistanceGranted in USA 9,102,705 (Aug 2015). C ntact: Dr Lars von Borcke o ( ). PBL Tech ID: [email protected] 05.395
Da1: control of plant seed and organ sizeGranted in Australia 2008309345 (Mar 2015) and Mexico 329810 (May 2015). C ntact: Dr Jan Chojecki o ( ). PBL Tech ID: [email protected] 07.436
Wheat with reduction of specific gliadin proteins responsible for Coeliac Disease and other gluten-related pathologiesPatents granted in Europe 2,395,089 (Jan 2015) and China ZL201080006483.6 (Feb 2015).C ntact: Dr Jan Chojeckio ( ). PBL Tech ID: [email protected] 10.512
Plant temperature responseGranted in China ZL201080060911.3 (Sep 2015).C ntact: Dr Jan Chojeckio ( ). PBL Tech ID: [email protected] 09.496
A novel compound for the treatment of melanomaPatent granted in USA 9,060,997 (Jun 2015).C ntact: Dr Martin Stocks o ( ). PBL Tech ID: [email protected] 07.437 / 12.541
HaHB1 gene for enhanced plant yield and tolerance to abiotic stressGranted in China ZL201080024094.6 (July 2015).C ntact: Dr Jan Chojeckio ( ). PBL Tech ID: [email protected] 08.465 / 12.531
In-soil Nitrate SensorsGranted in UK 2,509,127 (Sep 2015). C ntact: Dr o Lars von Borcke ( ). PBL Tech ID: [email protected] 12.545
NRT2.3b: enhanced yield and nitrogen useGranted in USA 9,012,721 (Apr 2015). C ntact: Dr Jan Chojeckio ( ). PBL Tech ID: [email protected] 12.546
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Plant Cell, Feb 2015: The rice CK2 kinase regulates trafficking of phosphate transporters in response to phosphate levelsPT8 Mutants: Increased crop yield, better use of available phosphate - Tech ID 13.571
Plant Cell, Mar 2015: Transcription Factors SOD7/NGAL2 and DPA4/NGAL3 Act Redundantly to Regulate Seed Size by Directly Repressing KLU Expression in Arabidopsis thalianaSOD7/NGAL3 Technology for Increased Seed Size, Plant Growth and Grain Yield - Tech ID 14.586
Nature Genetics, Jul 2015: The OsSPL16-GW7 regulatory module determines grain shape and simultaneously improves rice yield and grain qualityGW7: Yield and Grain Quality - Tech ID 14.587
Plant Cell Reports, Aug 2015: The sunflower transcription factor HaWRKY76 confers drought and flood tolerance to Arabidopsis thaliana plants without yield penaltyHaWRKY76 for increased yield and stress tolerance - Tech ID 14.584
Current Biology, Sep 2015: Regulation of Chloroplast Protein Import by the Ubiquitin E3 Ligase SP1 Is Important for Stress Tolerance in PlantsSP1: Improved plant performance by manipulation of plastid transition - Tech ID 13.568
Publications in Nature Genetics, Plant Cell and other leading journals
PBL NEWS2015 Highlights
