Longmont, Colorado
January 3, 2008
STA Laboratories, Inc. announces the appointment of Dr. Gene
Hookstra as General Manager of Genetic Services at its
headquarters in Longmont, Colorado. Dr. Hookstra will have
business development oversight for STA Laboratories’ molecular
marker, trait and hybrid purity services. “We are very excited
to have Dr. Hookstra join the STA staff.” says Darrell Maddox,
President. “Gene brings over 25 years of applied breeding and
molecular marker knowledge to help us build on current genetic
services to agriculture and the seed industry. We continue to
help our customer’s success by bringing recognized experts, such
as Dr. Hookstra, on board.”
Dr. Hookstra received his Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and
Quantitative Genetics from the University of Nebraska in 1982
and worked 11 years in the vegetable seed business as a
successful plant breeder, station manager and vice president of
research. In 1993, he started working with the Linkage
Genetics/Paradigm group providing molecular services to the seed
industry and since that time has devoted all of his energies to
the successful application of DNA markers in the seed industry.
Dr. Hookstra says, “Molecular markers are simply tools which all
breeders and seed producers should be familiar and with proper
application will help expedite and guarantee success”.
Through the past 15 years Dr. Hookstra has had the opportunity
to work with many field and vegetable seed companies in the US
and abroad. He has experience in over 22 species, has served as
an expert witness in numerous intellectual property disputes and
served on the scientific advisory board for RiceCAP. He has also
been a guest speaker at a number of seminars including; Illinois
Corn Breeders School, UC-Davis Seed Biotechnology Center
Breeding with Molecular Markers Course and the Rice Technical
Workshop.
STA Laboratories, Inc., founded in 1987, is the only
independent provider of a full range of diagnostic services to
the seed and plant industries. Featuring three professionally
staffed business units, our mission is to help our clients
succeed and make confident, informed product decisions by
providing accurate and timely testing services with results you
can trust. |
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