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Sep

07

2021

Contributions of Black plant scientists highlighted in area HBCU art exhibits

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— All year round, our lives are shaped by events that were made possible by the often underrecognized work of Black plant scientists. From the refreshment of enjoying a cool scoop of vanilla ice cream on a hot summer day, to the thrill ...

Sep

07

2021

The future is plant-based. But how do we get there?

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— The world’s population is growing, and global climate change will reshape our maps—shifting locations where human settlements can sustainably exist and thrive. Plant science can help us understand and mitigate the coming challenges, ...

Jul

14

2021

Carnegie and Stanford plant scientists awarded $900K for biofuel research

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Arthur Grossman and Stanford University’s Ellen Yeh were awarded a $900, 000 grant this spring from the university’s public-private partnership Strategic Energy Alliance to research the synthesis of biofuels from a species ...

Jul

06

2021

How seeds know it’s a good time to germinate

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Dehydrated plant seeds can lay dormant for long periods—over 1,000 years in some species—before the availability of water can trigger germination. This protects the embryonic plant inside from a variety of environmental stresses until ...

Jun

22

2021

Carnegie postdoc wins fellowship to study plants’ adaptation to climate change

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Megan Ruffley was awarded a prestigious Plant Genome Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology from the National Science Foundation to study the genetics underpinning a plant’s ability to adapt to a changing climate. ...

May

03

2021

Unraveling a mystery of dinoflagellate genomic architecture

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— New work from a Stanford University-led team of researchers including Carnegie’s Arthur Grossman and Tingting Xiang unravels a longstanding mystery about the relationship between form and function in the genetic material of a diverse ...

Feb

11

2021

A plant’s nutrient-sensing abilities can modulate its response to environmental stress

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Understanding how plants respond to stressful environmental conditions is crucial to developing effective strategies for protecting important agricultural crops from a changing climate. New research led by Carnegie’s Zhiyong Wang, ...

Feb

01

2021

Engineering light availability for crop production—a solution for coming challenges?

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— What if we could increase a plant’s productivity by modifying the light to which it is exposed? This could increase the yield of important food and biofuel crops and also combat climate change by sequestering atmospheric carbon. In a ...

Nov

24

2020

Can we harness a plant’s ability to synthesize medicinal compounds?

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Anthraquinones are a class of naturally occurring compounds prized for their medicinal properties, as well as for other applications, including ecologically friendly dyes. Despite wide interest, the mechanism by which plants produce ...

Oct

15

2020

Phosphate polymer forms a cornerstone of metabolic control

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— In a changing climate, understanding how organisms respond to stress conditions is increasingly important. New work led by Carnegie’s Arthur Grossman and Emanuel Sanz-Luque could enable scientists to engineer the metabolism of ...

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