Translational Program and Licensing

Turning discoveries into meaningful benefits

Translating innovative research from the lab into the field, the clinic, and the global marketplace

Discoveries Making an Impact

Plant research is in our DNA, and we take great pride in the broader impact our researchers are having on society.

BTI, Meiogenix, and FFAR Announce $2 Million Breakthrough Tomato Genetics Collaboration
Research Lays the Foundation for Breakthroughs in Global Food Security
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CryoBio Selected for FuzeHub Commercialization Competition Award
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Ascribe Bio Closes $12 Million Series A Financing to Advance Next-Generation Natural Crop Protection Co-Led by Acre Venture Partners and Corteva
Investment drives launch of Phytalix®, a new broad spectrum biofungicide delivering practical, sustainable disease control for farmers globally
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Innovative Company Announces Revolutionary Product that Could Help Protect Food Supply
A transformative development
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Turning Worm-Derived Molecules into Life-Changing Therapies
Andrea Choe from Holoclara discusses her quest to develop novel drugs for chronic immune conditions by mining nature’s immunomodulators.
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Ascribe Completes Two-week Field Visit Across Key Soy and Corn Regions of Brazil
Meeting with growers, agronomists, and research partners to evaluate disease dynamics and assess the performance of Phytalix
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Licensing and Partnership Opportunities

Every technology selected for licensing offers a true value proposition to your company.

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Crop Improvement

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Recombinant Protein Production

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Human & Animal Health

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How BTI helps startups succeed

We support the creation of start-ups interested in licensing our technologies through:
  • Protecting intellectual property
  • Technology review
  • Business planning
  • Funding strategy
  • Connecting with local & regional resources
Contact BTI’s Director of the Translational Program for more information.

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Current Ventures

In addition to supporting startups licensing our technology, we also serve as an incubator for non-BTI agricultural startups.

Transforming Human Health & Aging
Transforming Human Health & Aging

Small compounds against auto-immune diseases and diabetes.

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Natural Crop Protection
Natural Crop Protection

Small compounds promoting plant growth and enhancing plant immunity.

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Biotechnology to Fight Frost
Biotechnology to Fight Frost

Developing the first crop spray that can protect against extreme frost.

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Crop Improvement

Increased Resistance to Bacterial Pathogens

  • Broad resistance to bacterial speck, wilt, and spot diseases in tomato and eggplant
  • Resistance to bacterial canker in kiwi
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Preventing Transmission of Aphids and Polerovirus

  • Effectively block the transmission of aphids carrying poleroviruses.
  • We are seeking partners to help develop this technology in potato and cotton (transgenics)
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Increased Resistance to Abiotic Stress In Corn

  • Improves photosynthesis, growth, and recovery from abiotic stresses
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Preventing Blossom End Rot

  • This technology can be applied to tomatoes grown in greenhouses.
  • Research is underway to expand the use of the technology to other crops affected by blossom end rot, and for use in the field.
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Improved Yield and Drought Resistance In Cotton 

Improved Yield In Tomato 

Super Pangenomics For Crop Improvement

  • BTI scientists have developed advanced know-how that promises to accelerate crop improvement using the genetic diversity of crop wild relatives.
  • Our technology can be used to discover new gene-trait relationships or to optimize the effect of already know genetic variants.
  • We are actively seeking partners to develop a rapid crop improvement pipeline
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Breedbase – Breeding Management and Analysis Software

  • Design field layouts, collect phenotypic information using tablets, support the collection of genotyping samples in a field, store large amounts of high-density genotypic information, and provide Genomic Selection related analyses and predictions.
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Recombinant Protein Production

Insect Cell Lines for Protein Production

  • BTI is the exclusive owner of the HighFive cell line.
  • HighFive and related virus-free cell lines (Tnao38; Tnms42) are ideal for effective recombinant protein expression.
  • The virus-free cell lineTnms42-sf was adapted to serum-free growth in large bioreactors.
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Human & Animal Health

Small Molecules Against Parasitic Worms

  • Small molecule compounds that control mammal-pathogenic nematodes. US Patent: 9,487,551

Modular Glucosides for Therapeutic Compositions

  • Modular Glucosides are a new class of small bioactive compounds with strong potential for drug development.
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