Sebastien CarpentierDr Sebastien Carpentier is a bioscience engineer, specialized in cell and gene biotechnology and agriculture. He joined Bioversity International in October 2017. He is leading the banana characterization and evaluation team of the Alliance between Biversity International and CIAT. His team focuses on phenotyping the biodiversity of crops by integrating abiotic stress physiology with omics technology. Sebastien is working in the Leuven office hosted by KULeuven. KULeuven hosts the Bioversity International collection of the tropical crop banana (Musa). The aim of the collection is to secure the long-term conservation of the crop's gene pool and encourage the use of its accessions. The latter, however, requires an in-depth knowledge of the variability among the accessions. Therefore, the team is currently focusing on the characterization of this biodiversity towards suitability for certain crucial agro-eco zones. Read More Read Less