Texas Crop Science
Mike Koziel started in agricultural biotechnology over 30 years ago, at the beginning of the field. Mike led the team at Ciba Seeds that invented and developed the first GM insect control corn product, Maximizer™ brand corn. This team also discovered the vegetative insecticidal proteins (VIPs), now found in the Syngenta product, Viptera™ insect-resistant corn. He subsequently lead the team at Pioneer Hi-Bred that developed, in collaboration with Mycogen/Dow, the Herculex® corn products. Mike then co-founded Athenix Corp., which discovered multiple novel trait genes that are now in deregulation or in development with multiple partners. Athenix was bought in 2009 by Bayer CropScience for $400M.
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Texas Crop Science
Texas Crop Science is an agricultural technology company that develops improved crops to meet global macro-challenges.The company’s lead technology platform, PYRAMAX™, identifies discoveries in multiple scientific disciplines, such as human biology, and applies those across a broad range of agricultural crops to achieve high yield in a variety ofplants under a range of environmental conditions. While cotton was the initial experimental crop for Texas Crop Science, the platform has demonstrated promising results in both greenhouse and field tests in other crops, including soybeans and rice.The company was founded in 2010.