TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES NEW PROFESSORSHIP
May 2, 2005
By: Sally Post
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: May 2, 2005
CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK – The Texas Tech University College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
today announced the creation of the $500,000 Bayer CropScience Endowed Professorship,
a shared initiative between Bayer CropScience and the Regents of the University.
The endowment will enable the college to expand its work in the molecular genetic
enhancement of major crops with an emphasis on cotton. Genomics is the study of how
genes are arranged on chromosomes and how they function and interact to impact plant
growth and development.
“With this professorship, the college can recruit a recognized scholar to the Department
of Plant and Soil Science,” said Dr. Marvin Cepica, dean of the college. “Genomics
allows scientists to effectively use genes to improve traits such as plant production
and to enhance the quality of the crops, all vital to the continued success of our
crop producers across the country.”
The professorship was presented by Dr. Mike Gilbert, global cotton manager of Bayer
CropScience.
“Bayer CropScience is proud to partner with Texas Tech University to fund this professorship
in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources,” said Gilbert. “Continued
U.S. excellence in cotton breeding requires constant innovation. The research and
scholarship arising from this new faculty position will be an important contribution
to cotton production and will help to educate scientists who are critical to industry’s
future. Bayer CropScience and Texas Tech University see this as an important investment
in cotton’s future contribution to agriculture”.
Bayer CropScience, through its FiberMax