Speaker: Dr. Baorong Lu, Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Topic: Assessing environmental impacts of crop-wild transgene flow: problems and possible solutions
Host: Dr. Allison Snow, EEOB
Baorong Lu is a Professor in plant genetic resources and evolutionary biology, and recently was the Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Fudan University, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Biodiversity Science at Fudan University. He studies genetic diversity of wild relative species, molecular evolution, and biosafety assessment of GM crops, particularly the issue of transgene escape and its ecological consequences. He has been actively involved in research and teaching of botany, evolutionary biology, cytogenetics, and biodiversity conservation of wild relatives of crop species, particularly in the Triticeae (wild wheat) and Oryzeae (wild rice) since 1978.
