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Company Description

Calyxt is a Minnesota based biotech company focused on improving the quality of crops for the food and agriculture industries.

Prior to May 2015, the company was named Cellectis Plant Sciences, Inc

Calyxt is developing a network of partnerships in order to secure accessibility of its food products to consumers.

Calyxt activities include the development of potato lines with a single endogenous gene responsible for sugar accumulation during cold storage inactivated.

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USDA clears Calyxt potato modified to withstand bruising
October 26, 2016

USDA clears Calyxt potato modified to withstand bruising

A new potato variety that’s genetically modified to withstand bruising has been cleared for commercialization without undergoing USDA’s deregulatory process for biotech crops.
Calyxt completes first filed trials of its cold-storable potatoes
November 09, 2015

Calyxt completes first field trials of its cold-storable potatoes

Calyxt, Inc., a Minnesota-based company focusing on developing healthier food products, has announced that it has completed the first field trials of its cold storable potato.
Calyxt Launches Field Trials of its Cold Storable Potato
July 09, 2015

Calyxt Launches Field Trials of its Cold Storable Potato

Calyxt, Inc., a Minnesota-based company focusing on developing healthier food products, today announced that it has started the field trials of its cold storable potato.
Potato protoplasts expressing green florescence to demonstrate high transformation efficiency.
April 15, 2015

Cellectis reduces cold sweetening in potato by inactivating a single gene

Cellectis Plant Sciences, Inc. has announced today that the Plant Biotechnology Journal has accepted the publication of its peer-reviewed manuscript demonstrating the phenotypic validation of potato lines developed by inactivating a single endogenous gene responsible for sugar accumulation when stored at cold temperatures.