Bio
Donald Weeks is an emeritus Maxcy Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources, a plant molecular biologist and biochemist, and a leading expert in the emerging field of gene editing in plants and algae using CRISPR/Cas technologies. Weeks helped pioneer the adoption of molecular biology and recombinant DNA technologies in biological research and at UNL, the Weeks lab developed a dicamba herbicide resistance gene technology that has been commercialized by major seed companies. The lab is currently developing and applying new methods for gene editing to use in improving important food crops.