Dec 04 2006 Plant Biology's Shauna Somerville elected a 2006 Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science By Carnegie HQ Plant Biology's Shauna Somerville has been elected a 2006 Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Dec 04 2006 Plant Biology's Shauna Somerville elected a 2006 Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science By Carnegie HQ Plant Biology's Shauna Somerville has been elected a 2006 Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Sep 08 2006 Carnegie’s Christopher Somerville awarded 2006 Balzan Prize By Carnegie HQ Washington, D.C. – Christopher Somerville, Director of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Plant Biology, has been awarded the 2006 Balzan Prize in Plant Molecular Genetics, which he will share with his longtime collaborator, Elliot Meyerowitz ...
Apr 20 2006 Cellulose fiber formation tracked for the first time By Carnegie HQ Stanford, CA – Cellulose—a fibrous molecule found in all plants—is the most abundant biological material on Earth. It is also a favored target of renewable, plant-based biofuels research. Despite overwhelming interest, scientists know relatively ...
Jan 30 2006 Hot-Spring Bacteria Flip a Metabolic Switch By Carnegie HQ Stanford, CA – Scientists at the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Plant Biology have found that photosynthetic bacteria living in scalding Yellowstone hot springs have two radically different metabolic identities. As the sun goes down, these ...
Nov 16 2005 Genetic defenders protect crops from fungal disease By Carnegie HQ Carnegie Contact: Dr. Shauna Somerville; ssomerville@stanford.edu or (650) 325-1521 ext. 257 Or Mónica Stein; msteinc@stanford.edu or (650) 325-1521 ext. 406 For a copy of the paper contact Science at scipak@aaas.org , or 202-326-6440 For image see ...
May 29 2005 Revolutionary nanotechnology illuminates brain cells at work By Carnegie HQ Contact Sakiko Okumoto at 650-325-1521 x 636, sokumoto@stanford.edu ; Wolf Frommer at 650-325-1521 x 208, wfrommer@stanford.edu ; or Chris Somerville 650-325-1521 x 203, crs@stanford.edu Stanford, CA. – Until now it has been impossible to accurately ...
Jan 26 2005 New puzzle-piece shows how growth hormones work in plants By Carnegie HQ Contact Zhi-Yong Wang at Carnegie's Department of Plant Biology, 650-325-1521 ext. 205, or via e-mail at zywang24@stanford.edu Copies of the embargoed paper may be obtained from the AAAS at 202-326-6440, or scipak@aaas.org Stanford, CA – Both plant ...