Harnessing Plant Immunity to Feed the Future
Upstream Biotechnology, Inc
As climates change, plants need stronger defenses to fight devastating diseases and abiotic stresses. Upstream creates natural RNA-based solutions to increase plant resilience for sustainable food production.
Our Technology
We give crops their own on-demand stress response. Our RNA Switches quietly monitor for stress and then flip the plant’s natural defenses on at the right time and in the right tissues, delivering broad protection with no yield drag. Fewer sprays, more reliable yield, climate-smart.
Product Pipeline
Upstream Biotechnology, lnc is delivering next generation of traits to address global targets for food security in the face of a changing climate.
SwitchBlade Pipeline
Proof Of Concept
Field Validation
Establishing Partnership
Development Commercialization
We are interested in partnering with Seed Companies at all stages in these target crops, orothers of inter, for development of resistance traits.
We are a dedicated team of plant technology pioneers, creating powerful seed-based solutions to improve grower profitability and build resilience in the value chain.
Our Team Members
George Greene
CEO & Co Founder
Xinnian Dong
Co-Founder
Jun Cao
Transformation Lead
Tim Kroenke
VP Business Development
Tianyuan Chen
Senior Scientist
John Salmeron
Crop Portfolio Lead
Latest News Updates
Check out some of news and articles below
Researchers Discover How Plants Reprogram Their Cells To Fight Invaders
Researchers uncover how plants reprogram cells to strengthen immunity and defend against harmful pathogens
We won a spot in the AgLaunch365
2024 cohort in November of 2023
Upstream Biotechnology earned a spot in the AgLaunch365 2024 cohort, announced in November 2023.
We began small plot field trails for
the soy resistance trait in June 2024
Small plot field trials for the soy resistance trait were initiated by Upstream in June 2024.
Contact Us
We would like to talk to companies interested in using Upstream's proprietary gene expression platform for optimizing trait performance. We also collaborate with companies interested in evaluating our seed products in greenhouse or field tests.