Qiudeng Que, Ph.D. Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. Team Leader in CropTransformation.  Expertise: Plant transformation, DNA recombination andrepair, molecular biology.  Syngenta is the world leading Agricultural chemical company with sales of $6.3 billion. Syngenta Biotechnology Inc aims to use microbial and plant expression and production system to develop novel food, feed and pharmaceuticals. Obtained a Ph.D. from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Obtained a M.S. from Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology of The Chinese Academy of Sciences. Currently also serving as treasure of the Raleigh Academy of Chinese Language, past RACL e-mail list administrator and web master.