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May 19, 2009

Plant Scientists Participate in DOE Energy Frontier Research Center

The Carnegie Institution’s Department of Plant Biology is a major participant in a newly-funded Department of Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) at Stanford University. The new EFRC, called the Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion, will conduct basic research on developing new materials and technologies for meeting energy needs while reducing emission of greenhouse gases.

January 28, 2009

Carnegie’s Arthur Grossman Receives Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal

The National Academy of Sciences has awarded Arthur Grossman, of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Plant Biology, the 2009 Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal “in recognition of excellence in published research on marine or freshwater algae.” The award was established through the Helen P. Smith Fund.

Stanford, CA —The National Academy of Sciences has awarded Arthur Grossman, of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Plant Biology, the 2009 Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal “in recognition of excellence in published research on marine or freshwater algae.” The award was established through the Helen P. Smith Fund.

March 11, 2008

New Twist on Life’s Power Source

A startling discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution puts a new twist on photosynthesis, arguably the most important biological process on Earth. Two studies suggest that certain widespread marine microorganisms have evolved a way to break the rules of normal photosynthesis—they can harvest solar energy without a net release of oxygen or uptake of carbon dioxide.

October 11, 2007

Green algae—the nexus of plant/animal ancestry

Genes of a tiny, single-celled green alga called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii may contain scores more data about the common ancestry of plants and animals than the richest paleontological dig. This work is described in an article in the October 12, 2007, issue of Science.