Seaweed Biostimulants in the Caribbean: How Sargassum Is Becoming a Soil Treatment
A Dominican Republic company is intercepting the seaweed choking Caribbean beaches at sea and processing it into certified organic biostimulants, displacing petrochemical fertilisers and building the region's first blue biotech supply chain.
CAES Explores Biotech Research Partnership
The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) hosted a team from 54gene, a precision medicine and genomics company that is based in Africa and managed mainly by Africans. As a health technology platform company, 54gene is interested in building diverse datasets to unlock scientific discoveries and to improve diagnostic and treatment outcomes within Africa and the global community.
54gene is a potential player in the planned biotechnology platform in CAES. In order to advance experimental research, a biotechnology platform is currently being established in CAES. Moreover, the university plans to acquire an experimental farm near the Science Campus.