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Dec

14

2016

A plant’s response to heat stress fluctuates between day and night

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA— Climate change and recent heat waves have put agricultural crops at risk, which means that understanding how plants respond to elevated temperatures is crucial for protecting our environment and food supply. For many plants, even a ...

Oct

11

2016

Surprising role of bacterial genes in evolution

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA—We generally think of inheritance as the genetic transfer from parent to offspring and that evolution moves toward greater complexity. But there are other ways that genes are transferred between organisms. Sometimes a “host” organism ...

Oct

04

2016

Overlooked plants defy drought

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA— A feature thought to make plants sensitive to drought could actually hold the key to them coping with it better, according to new findings published by eLife , from Kathryn Barton of the Carnegie Institution for Science (Department of ...

Sep

22

2016

Carnegie’s José Dinneny Selected HHMI-Simons Faculty Scholar

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA—The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Simons Foundation have awarded José Dinneny, of Carnegie’s Department of Plant Biology an HHMI-Simons Faculty Scholar grant. He is one of 84 scientists chosen out of some 1,400 ...

Jul

20

2016

Carnegie Science Career Expo

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Jul

11

2016

Crop roots enact austerity measures during drought to bank water

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — With a growing world population and a changing climate, understanding how agriculturally important plants respond to drought is crucial. New work from a team led by Carnegie’s José Dinneny discovers a strategy employed by grasses in ...

Jul

04

2016

Feeding the world by rewiring plant “mouths”

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Plants have tiny pores on their leaves called stomata—Greek for mouths—through which they take in carbon dioxide from the air and from which water evaporates. New work from the lab of Dominique Bergmann, honorary adjunct staff member ...

Jun

03

2016

New Staff Associate Position Available!

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May

27

2016

Yanniv Dorone awarded a prestigious graduate fellowship from Stanford

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Yanniv Dorone, a graduate student in Director Sue Rhee’s lab, has been awarded a prestigious Stanford Graduate Fellowship. These two-year fellowships offer more than $150,000 in financial and career development support and are “awarded to only the ...

May

10

2016

How algae could save plants from themselves

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Algae may hold the key to feeding the world’s burgeoning population. Don’t worry; no one is going to make you eat them. But because they are more efficient than most plants at taking in carbon dioxide from the air, algae could ...

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