Biography:
Dr Londiwe Mabuza is an early career Scientist who recently graduated from the University of Pretoria with a PhD in Biotechnology. Dr Mabuza’s research focus is on genome editing of crop plants for plant breeding improvement. She was previously employed by the Agricultural Research Council – Biotechnology Platform as a research technician. Dr Mabuza is currently employed by the National Research Foundation – SAEON as a specialist for research and planning.
Title : Targeted modification of the CENH3 gene in sunflower using a tomato yellow leaf curl (il-60-bs) viral vector system for the delivery of CRISPR/cas9 components