[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]RNAissance Ag LLC was formed by TechAccel and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.

Meet the inventors of our technology:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”8″ img_size=”1200×600″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nigel Taylor
Nigel Taylor, Ph.D., is the interim director of the Institute for International Crop Improvement, associate member and Dorothy J. King Distinguished Investigator at Danforth Center.

(314) 587-1257
ntaylor@danforthcenter.org

[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”66″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bala Venkata, Ph.D.

Bala Venkata, Ph.D., is a research scientist with the Danforth Center’s Institute for International Crop Improvement.

The company was formed following the successful completion of a project, funded by TechAccel, to demonstrate a sprayable technology to apply RNA interference (or RNAi) technology as a biopesticide targeting insects.  RNAissance Ag holds the exclusive license to proprietary RNAi technology developed at the Danforth Center that has promise to be effective for insect pests that previously were considered resistant to RNAi.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]