Fw: FYI - Cibus Rebrands as Cibus Global

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From: Julia Monti
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:16:17 -0500
To: Tom Karst<TKarst@vancepublishing.com>
Subject: FYI - Cibus Rebrands as Cibus Global

Good afternoon Tom,

 

FYI -- Leading agricultural biotech firm Cibus is now Cibus Global, part of a rebranding effort to reflect enhanced global focus.  Full details below.

 

Best,

Julia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:

Julia Monti, 646.695.7044, julia@rosengrouppr.com

 

Introducing Cibus Global:

Leading Agricultural Biotech Firm Rebrands to

Reflect Enhanced International Focus

 

San Diego, Calif. (September 17, 2009)—Cibus, a leading plant trait development technology company, is now Cibus Global.  Announced today by Cibus Global President Keith Walker, Ph.D., the shift marks a new age for the company, with an international operating structure and a continued focus on advancement and product growth in markets around the globe.  Cibus Global has research facilities in San Diego, as well as offices in Minneapolis-St. Paul and the Netherlands.

 

"The past year has been a time of marked expansion for Cibus Global, seeing the formation of a number of critical partnerships and ventures that will increase demand in the coming years for our proven Rapid Trait Development System," said Dr. Walker.

 

Cibus Global continues to grow its team of scientists and executive leadership, with a recent announcement of three new researchers in the San Diego facilities.  LaDon Johnson serves as chief financial officer and Cibus International president, based out of the Netherlands office.

 

"Our fast-paced and upward growth has precipitated the structural realignment under Cibus Global, a move that will allow for stronger positioning in world markets," Mr. Johnson added.

 

About Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS^TM)

RTDS™ technology produces changes within a plant species that could only occur in nature, but does so in a directed way. Thanks in part to recent developments in genome mapping, RTDS is significantly more precise and much faster than conventional plant breeding in the process of new trait development in plants.  The process generates specific, desired crop traits that have the potential to benefit farmers around the world.  Additional information can be found at www.cibus.com/rtds.php.

 

About Cibus Global

Cibus Global (CIBUS) is a privately held trait development company that produces crop traits for the agricultural community. Through the application of a proprietary technology called the Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS^TM), CIBUS creates traits in a directed way with more precision than traditional breeding techniques and without the introduction of foreign genetic material. RTDS has proven itself in the laboratory with several different crops, as well as in initial field trials of CIBUS' first commercial crop, canola. Further information on Cibus Global can be found on the Web at www.cibus.com.

 

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