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Jun

19

2019

The Departments of Plant Biology and Global Ecology Organized a One-day Symposium for Postdocs and Students ~ by Dr. Suryatapa Ghosh Jha

By Clare Tuma

The Carnegie Departments of Plant Biology (DPB) and Global Ecology (DGE) convened a successful one-day symposium on June 5, 2019. Co-organized by Devaki Bhaya and Ken Caldeira, it was designed to bring the two departments together to learn about ...

Jun

19

2019

Investigating coral and algal “matchmaking” at the cellular level

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— What factors govern algae’s success as “tenants” of their coral hosts both under optimal conditions and when oceanic temperatures rise? A Victoria University of Wellington-led team of experts that includes Carnegie’s Arthur Grossman ...

May

24

2019

How corn’s ancient ancestor swipes left on crossbreeding

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Determining how one species becomes distinct from another has been a subject of fascination dating back to Charles Darwin. New research led by Carnegie’s Matthew Evans and published in Nature Communications elucidates the mechanism ...

May

23

2019

How plant cells neutralize the potential for self-harm

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Photosynthesis makes our atmosphere oxygen-rich and forms the bedrock of our food supply. But under changing or stressful environmental conditions, the photosynthetic process can become unbalanced, resulting in an excess of highly ...

May

16

2019

Two New Venture Grants Awarded

By Carnegie HQ

The Office of the President has selected two new Carnegie Venture Grants. Peter Driscoll of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and Sally June Tracy of the Geophysical Laboratory were awarded a venture grant for their proposal Carbon-rich Super- ...

May

14

2019

Moises Exposito-Alonso Joins DPB

By Garret W. Huntress

In September 2019, evolutionary geneticist Moises Exposito-Alonso will join Carnegie’s Department of Plant Biology as a staff associate, a prestigious position designed for early career scientists who are ready to independently deploy creative ...

Mar

21

2019

Revealing the plant genes that shaped our world

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— The creation of new library of mutants of the single-celled photosynthetic green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii enabled a Carnegie- and Princeton University-led team of plant scientists to identify more than 300 genes that are ...

Feb

19

2019

Heather Meyer Receives Twelfth Postdoctoral Innovation and Excellence Award

By Carnegie HQ

Heather Meyer, a postdoctoral fellow in David Ehrhardt’s Plant Biology lab since 2016, has been awarded Carnegie’s twelfth Postdoctoral Innovation and Excellence Award. These prizes are given to postdocs for their exceptionally creative approaches ...

Feb

15

2019

9

In Memory of Winslow Briggs

By Zhiyong Wang

In Memory of Winslow Briggs, a luminary who shed light on plants and enlightened people We are deeply saddened that our beloved and respected friend and colleague Professor and Director Emeritus Winslow Briggs passed away peacefully on February 11, ...

Feb

12

2019

Winslow Briggs, who discovered how plant seedlings grow toward light, dies at 90

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Carnegie’s Winslow Briggs, a giant in the field of plant biology who explained how seedlings grow toward light, died on February 11 at Stanford University Medical Center. He was 90. Briggs joined Carnegie as the Director of the ...

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