Avox - Automatisert verktøy for akselerert, presis og trygg genredigering innen planteforedling.

Vegetables, grains and berries developed to withstand Norwegian conditions are already outdated due to rapid climate change and lack of resistance to diseases and insects after lengthy breeding processes. In farming, for instance, there are problems with late blight in potatoes, unsuccessful wheat harvests and molded strawberries, which reduces the degree of self-sufficiency. There is an increasing interest in CRISPR technology's ability to contribute as a tool to solve these challenges. Avox develops automated gene-editing tools so that researchers and commercial plant-breeders can streamline their efforts to develop new varieties for the sustainable food production of the future. The breeding process for plants is a number's game and by increasing both speed and effect, the economic treshhold for processing biodiverse and socially beneficial plants is reduced.