Dr. Qiudeng Que is a senior group leader in Syngenta’s Seeds Research Unit. His responsibilities include management of trait research pipeline operations and development of novel platform technologies including genome editing. His areas of expertise include genome editing, crop transformation, transgene gene expression and molecular analysis. He has worked on the development of genetic engineering technologies for various crops in the last 20 years. His team successfully developed efficient genome editing technologies in maize and soybean and applied them for trait researches. His team is currently focused on development of novel breeding tools and traits using a suite of cellular and molecular biology tools including conventional breeding, genome editing and transgenic technologies.