Durham's Syngenta To Expand

Durham's Syngenta will expand to create 150 new research and development jobs by 2018.

Companies behind GMOs launch website

Agricultural biotechnology companies involved in the development of genetically modified crops, also known as genetically modified organisms or GMOs, including Durham companies Syngenta, Bayer CropScience, BASF and Monsanto are launching a website, GMO Answers to answer the “toughest questions” about them.

World Food Prize shared by Syngenta founder

 A pioneer in plant genetics engineering, the Durham Research Triangle Park-based researcher Mary-Dell Chilton (along with two others) was named the 2013 World Food Prize Laureate, an award for improving the quality, quantity or availability of food.

Major Construction on Syngenta Greenhouse Complete

Syngenta Biotechnology Inc. has received a certificate of occupancy for its new greenhouse in the Research Triangle Park.

Durham Businesses Win Healthiest Employers of the Triangle Award

Triangle Business Journal honored 20 local companies as the 2012 Healthiest Employers of the Triangle at an awards luncheon held Thursday at the Marriott in downtown Raleigh. Durham businesses Syngenta, Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority of North Carolina, Durham Regional Hospital, Alston & Bird LLP received awards

Metabolon Renews Accord with Syngenta

Durham biomarker research firm Metabolon has renewed its multi-year agreement with Swiss agrobiotech Syngenta. The deal means Metabolon will continue to provide Syngenta, which has a Research Triangle Park campus, access to its biochemical profiling technology for use in agriculture applications.