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Student program
Exclusively for Seed Central member companies

Grand prize internships
Offered by Seed Central member companies to UC Davis students who attend the Seed Central events.

To learn more and to apply, please contact Francois Korn: fkorn@seedcentral.org  

 

2019

Internship offered by Seed Central member Chia Tai Co. Ltd. in Thailand: 6-month internship or longer at the company's research station in Kanchanaburi. Two positions: - Breeder - Lab Molecular Biology or Seed Technology Click here to learn more.     Internship offered by Seed Central member East-West Seed Group in Thailand: 3-month internship at the company's research station in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Offered to a UC Davis MS or PhD student: Amanjot Kaur Graduate Student, Horticulture and Agronomy -- Vegetable Crop Improvement

 

2018

Internship offered by Seed Central member East-West Seed Group in Thailand: 3-month internship at the company's research station in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Offered to a UC Davis MS or PhD student Randi Jimenez 2018 Ph.D. Horticulture and Agronomy 3-month internship offered by Seed Central member May Seed Company (May-Agro Tohumculuk A.S.) in Turkey to: Samuel Koehler June 2018 B.S. in Plant Sciences specializing in breeding and Genetics (pictured here during his internship)

 

2017 Internship offered by Seed Central member East-West Seed Group 3-month internship at the company's research station in The Philippines David O'Donnell Doctoral Candidate Major: Integrative Genetics & Genomics

2015   Monsanto Vegetable Breeding Technology Internship Research project: Inheritance of “perma-green” trait in peppers. Hands on experience: Pepper breeding techniques Genotypic analysis Vegetable quality phenotyping Marker application At Monsanto's research station in Woodland, California Winner: Randi Jimenez

2014 Internship offered by HM.Clause Hands-on internship at all 4 of the company's research stations in the USA: - Davis, California - Nampa, Idaho - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin - Immokalee, Florida Project focus: research & development, supply chain, marketing and product development.   Winner: Mitchell Harkenrider View the flyer  /  View the presentation

2013 Internship offered by East-West Seed Group: 3-month internship at the company's research station in Chiang Mai, Thailand Winner: Mohan Niroula Mohan is working on the use of high throughput genotyping in identifying the linked molecular marker associated with a flowering trait in marigold Simon de Hoop, Director of Research, East-West Seed Group and Mohan in Chiang Mai , Thailand - January 2015