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 ...
Aug 28 2019 Predicting the mutations plants need to survive climate change By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— Plant genetic diversity in Central Europe could collapse due to temperature extremes and drought brought on by climate change, according to a new paper in Nature led by Moises Exposito-Alonso, who joins Carnegie next month from the ...
Aug 23 2019 Carnegie researchers receive joint U.K.-U.S. grant to study hot spring microbes By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie plant scientists Devaki Bhaya and Arthur Grossman received a nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to study photosynthetic ...
Aug 22 2019 Carnegie-led initiative receives major DOE biofuels research grant By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie plant biologists Sue Rhee and David Ehrhardt will lead one of 25 teams awarded a total of $64 million this week by the U.S. Department of Energy to pursue genomic research of potential biofuel crops. “This research will help ...
Aug 06 2019 New award will honor Winslow Briggs’ legacy of mentorship By Carnegie HQ Washington, DC— The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) will name a mentorship award in honor of legendary Carnegie plant scientist Winslow Briggs, who died in February. The ASPB is a professional society dedicated to the advancement of ...
Jul 18 2019 Do plant cells hold the roadmap for surviving climate change? By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— Do plant scientists hold the key to saving vulnerable populations in a changing climate? How should plant researchers prepare to deploy their knowledge to maintain food security in the future—as well as to promote renewable energy, ...
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 ...