Agrobacterium discovery leads to World Food Prize for Syngenta researcher (Syngenta AG)

(Source: Syngenta AG) Agrobacterium discovery leads to World Food Prize for Syngenta researcher 06.19.13 Syngenta Biotechnology founder and Distinguished Science Fellow Mary-Dell Chilton, Ph.D., named a 2013 World Food Prize Laureate World Food Prize known as "the Nobel Prize for food and agriculture" Chilton recognized for revolutionary biotechnology discoveries using recombinant DNA RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., USA - During an announcement ceremony today at the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State John Kerry provided the keynote address where Syngenta Biotechnology founder and Distinguished Science Fellow Mary-Dell Chilton, Ph.D., was named a 2013 World Food Prize Laureate along...