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Aug

03

2020

DOE awards biofuel research team including Carnegie plant biologists

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Sue Rhee and Moises Exposito-Alonso are leading members of an initiative to identify genes related to stress tolerance in the mustard plant field pennycress. Theirs was one of seven biofuel research projects awarded a total ...

Jul

14

2020

Exposito-Alonso honored for outstanding early career achievements

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie evolutionary geneticist Moises Exposito-Alonso was awarded a Max Planck Society’s Otto Hahn Medal for early career excellence. The prize is endowed with 7,500 euros. Since 1978, the society has recognized outstanding ...

Apr

10

2020

Exposito-Alonso recognized by Heidelberg Academy of Science

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Moises Exposito-Alonso was selected for the Heidelberg Academy of Science’s Karl Freudenberg Prize in recognition of outstanding early career achievements in the natural sciences. The prize comes with a personal 10,000 Euro ...

Mar

18

2020

Carnegie's Exposito-Alonso selected for Forbes’ “Under 30” list

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Carnegie evolutionary geneticist Moises Exposito-Alonso was named a member of the 2020 class of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Europe list in science and healthcare. He was recognized for his lab’s pioneering use of genomic techniques to ...

Mar

17

2020

Expanded Pasadena presence deepens Carnegie's relationship with Caltech

By Carnegie HQ

The Carnegie Institution for Science is consolidating our California research departments into an expanded presence in Pasadena. With this move, we are building on our existing relationship with Caltech, with a goal of broadening our historic ...

Feb

28

2020

Exposito-Alonso recognized for early career excellence by American Society of Naturalists

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Moises Exposito-Alonso is one of four recipients of the American Society of Naturalists’ Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Award in recognition of “outstanding and promising work” by individuals who are within three ...

Jan

08

2020

How do corals make the most of their symbiotic algae?

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA— Corals depend on their symbiotic relationships with the algae that they host. But how do they keep algal population growth in check? The answer to this fundamental question could help reefs survive in a changing climate. New work ...

Nov

12

2019

Who controls whom: Algae or sea anemone?

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Bleached anemones—those lacking symbiotic algae—do not move toward light, a behaviour exhibited by healthy, symbiotic anemones. Published in Coral Reefs , this finding from Carnegie’s Shawna Foo, Arthur Grossman, and Ken Caldeira, ...

Sep

18

2019

National Postdoc Appreciation Week!

By Clare Tuma

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! September 16 - 20, 2019 Exciting Events Coming Up: 9/17 (Tuesday) 3pm to 4pm: Ice cream and social hour 9/18 (Wednesday) 12pm: Lunch reception 9/18 (Wednesday) 1pm: Workshop to improve communication to the ...

Sep

13

2019

The first of its kind: The Carnegie Institution Postdoc Association (CIPA) organizes an ASPB Symposium for Early Career Scientists

By Clare Tuma

The Carnegie Institution Postdoctoral Association (CIPA) paired with the American Society of Plant Biology (ASPB) to organize a symposium for early career scientists on August 2nd, 2019, one day prior to the society’s annual meeting in San Jose, CA ...

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