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Sep
08
2006

Carnegie’s Christopher Somerville awarded 2006 Balzan Prize

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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 ...
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Apr
20
2006

Cellulose fiber formation tracked for the first time

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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 ...
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Jan
30
2006

Hot-Spring Bacteria Flip a Metabolic Switch

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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 ...
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Nov
16
2005

Genetic defenders protect crops from fungal disease

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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 ...
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May
29
2005

Revolutionary nanotechnology illuminates brain cells at work

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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 ...
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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 ...
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