Robert Goldberg

Dr. Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., is an Independent Director of the biotechnology company Ceres Inc.. Dr. Goldberg is a Distinguished Professor of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles and a founder of Ceres. He was a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles since 1976, teaching genetic engineering and studying the genes that are required for seed formation. Dr. Goldberg is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has consulted in the agriculture and biotechnology industries. Dr. Goldberg has served as a director of Ceres since 1996.

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In 2002 Ceres Inc. entered into a partnership with Monsanto, announced in a press release as "an important product discovery and development collaboration focused on applying genomics technologies to provide improvements in certain agricultural crops".

Hendrik Verfaillie, chief executive officer of Monsanto, was quoted in the press release as saying:

Our new alliance with Ceres provides us access to a proprietary knowledge base that will accelerate Monsanto's product pipeline. By marrying the complementary genomics capabilities of Ceres with the product development capabilities of Monsanto, we will be in a position to deliver additional value to farmers worldwide.

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