Carnegie's Arthur Grossman Receives Human Frontier Science Program Grant

Palo Alto, CA—Senior scientist Arthur Grossman of Carnegie’s Department of Plant Biology was part of a team* awarded a three-year grant, with $100,000 for each year, from the International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Organization. The team will use an integrated approach to investigate how light and metabolic signals control photosynthetic processes in algae. HFSP’s collaborative research grants are given for endeavors that...

18th International Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Chlamydomonas, Washington DC, June 17-21, 2018

Carnegie's Arthur Grossman is spearheading the organization of the conference, sponsored by Carnegie's Department of Plant Biology, which will be held at Carnegie Science's Headquarters in our nation's capitol. The program will have an international attendance, a strong interdisciplinary orientation, will touch on many areas of biology and foster extensive collaborations among researchers in the field. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has become a...

Walls, Toxicity and Explosions: How Plant Cells Protect Themselves from Salinity In Soil

Stanford, CA—Roots face many challenges in the soil in order to supply the plant with the necessary water and nutrients. New work from Carnegie and Stanford University’s José Dinneny shows that one of these challenges, salinity, can cause root cells to explode if the risk is not properly sensed. The findings, published by Current Biology, could help scientists improve agricultural productivity in saline soils, which occur across the globe and...

Winslow Briggs' 90th Birthday Symposium: April 19, 2018

A Celebration of 66 Years of Photobiology Research: Winslow Briggs has been conducting and publishing research for 66 years, right up to the present day (he is presently growing and measuring fava bean plants in the greenhouse). His incomparable career has been highlighted by many seminal discoveries. These include the demonstration that light regulates auxin transport in phototropism (the bending of plants toward light), the discovery of...

Seeing In the Dark: How Plant Roots Perceive Water Through Growth

Washington, DC— Without eyes, ears, or a central nervous system, plants can perceive the direction of environmental cues and respond to ensure their survival. For example, roots need to extend through the maze of nooks and crannies in the soil toward sources of water and nutrients. The various ways that plants guide this branching to take advantage of their environment is of great interest to scientists and of potential use by farmers in...

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