Industry Agriculture Headquarters Hayward Founded 1997 | Products Biotechnology Founder Jonathan D. G. Jones Type Privately held company | |
Area served United States, Europe, China Website http://www.mendelbio.com/, archived page | ||
Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. was a biotechnology company, founded in 1997, and based in Hayward, California and acquired by Koch Industries in 2014. The company undertook research into transcription factors, and patented their use of transcription factor-based technologies in manipulating crop plant traits.
Since its inception, Mendel Biotechnology collaborated with Monsanto. The multinational corporation funded agricultural biotechnology research undertaken by Mendel. Mendel also collaborated with BP, Bayer CropScience and others. It was acquired by Koch Agronomic Services, a subsidiary of Koch Industries on December 4, 2014. The business activities continue under the name Mendel Biological Solutions.
Scientific advisors
Mendel Biotechnology's board of scientific advisors included: