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Nature 443, 616-617 (12 October 2006) | doi:10.1038/443616b; Published online 11 October 2006
Open Innovation Challenges
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Protect Enzyme from In Planta Degradation
A proposal for stable expression of an enzyme in corn seed is desired.
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Fast Growth of Transformed Soybean Shoots
A method for accelerating growth of soybean shoots is desired.
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- Bayer Schering Pharma AG Berlin
- Berlin 13353 Germany
Hard-hitting endeavour captures Ig Nobel
Steve Nadis
When Ivan Schwab first learned that he was slated to win an Ig Nobel prize for explaining why woodpeckers don't get headaches, his response was perhaps predictable for a man whose past had come back to haunt him: he denied everything."I didn't do the work," Schwab, an ophthalmologist at the University of California, Davis, told the event's organizer after being informed of the dubious honour in store for him.
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