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Apr

15

2014

Drought hormones measured

By Carnegie HQ

Audio Stanford, CA—Floods and droughts are increasingly in the news, and climate experts say their frequency will only go up in the future. As such, it is crucial for scientists to learn more about how these extreme events affect plants in order to ...

Mar

16

2014

Nectar: A sweet reward from plants to attract pollinators

By Carnegie HQ

Audio Stanford, CA — Evolution is based on diversity, and sexual reproduction is key to creating a diverse population that secures competitiveness in nature. Plants had to solve a problem: they needed to find ways to spread their genetic material. ...

Mar

07

2014

Nitrogen Kick-Off Meeting, San Francisco

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Feb

18

2014

Nitrogen-tracking tools for better crops and less pollution

By Carnegie HQ

Audio Stanford, CA — As every gardner knows, nitrogen is crucial for a plant’s growth. But nitrogen absorption is inefficient. This means that on the scale of food crops, adding significant levels of nitrogen to the soil through fertilizer presents ...

Feb

03

2014

Carnegie’s Chen recognized for contributions to plant science

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA —Carnegie’s Li-Quing Chen, recipient of a Tansley Medal for Excellence in Plant Science, announced late last year, is honored with an editorial and minireview in New Phytologist this month. The journal’s Tansley medal is awarded each ...

Nov

13

2013

Carnegie's Plant Biology Ranked Among Top 5 Places to Work by The Scientist

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Each year, the journal The Scientist ranks academic research institutions across the US. This year, Plant Biology is among the top 5. We will make every effort to keep this place among the most attractive workplaces in academia, which means to ...

Nov

07

2013

Plant cell architecture: Growth toward a light source

By Carnegie HQ

Audio Stanford, CA —Inside every plant cell, a cytoskeleton provides an interior scaffolding to direct construction of the cell’s walls, and thus the growth of the organism as a whole. Environmental and hormonal signals that modulate cell growth ...

Nov

03

2013

International symposium celebrates 85th birthday of the Director emeritus of the Department of Plant Biology

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Oct

15

2013

Department of Plant Biology Retreat 11/1/2013

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The Carnegie Institution for Science Department of Plant Biology is hosting it's first retreat in 9 years at the Tresidder Oak Room on Stanford campus November 1st from 9AM-8PM. The event will include a poster session, vision talks from all plant ...

Oct

01

2013

Motility Enhancement through Surface Modification Is Sufficient for Cyanobacterial Community Organization during Phototaxis

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