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Nov

02

2015

Breeding higher yielding crops by increasing sugar import into seeds

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Once a mother plant releases its embryos to the outside world, they have to survive on their own without family protection. To ensure successful colonization by these vulnerable creatures, the mother plant provides the embryo with a ...

Oct

21

2015

Devaki Bhaya pens essay in Pacific Horticulture

By Carnegie HQ

"I started to wonder if I could design a course that encouraged freshmen to recognize the beauty and wealth of trees on campus? Could I meld my curiosity about the trees and rejuvenate my rusty background in botany to help create a resource for the ...

Oct

19

2015

Structure revealed: Plant sugar transporter involved in carbon sequestration

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Like humans, plants are surrounded by and closely associated with microbes. The majority of these microbes are beneficial, but some can cause devastating disease. Maintaining the balance between them is critical. Plants feed these ...

Oct

08

2015

New Way to Watch Plant-Cell Walls Assemble

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C.—The pervasive plant fiber cellulose, which makes up cell walls, represents most of the biomass on Earth and is used to create everything from textiles and building materials, to renewable biofuels. Primary cell walls determine the ...

Oct

06

2015

Carnegie’s Jonikas and Zhang Receive Prestigious NIH Awards

By Carnegie HQ

Two researchers, Martin Jonikas of Carnegie’s Department of Plant Biology and Zhao Zhang of the Department of Embryology, have been awarded the New Innovator and Early Independence Awards, respectively, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ...

Sep

30

2015

New nanoscale visualization method to unravel photosynthesis

By Carnegie HQ

Carnegie’s Arthur Grossman teamed up with engineers at Stanford University (including Fritz Prinz and graduate student s Zubin Hu ang and Witchukorn Phuthong) to develop the use of atomic force microscopy to determine the structures of ...

Sep

01

2015

SFGate: Glowing roots illuminate plant secrets

By Carnegie HQ

On SFGate: Carnegie's José Dinneny uses firefly proteins to light up certain plants and reveal root system behavior. More

Aug

19

2015

Firefly protein enables visualization of roots in soil

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Plants form a vast network of below-ground roots that search soil for needed resources. The structure and function of this root network can be highly adapted to particular environments, such as desert soils where plants like Mesquite ...

Jul

30

2015

Carnegie’s Frommer elected to German Academy

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA —Wolf B. Frommer, Director of Carnegie’s Department of Plant Biology, has been elected as a member of the German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, one of the world’s oldest national academies. Leopoldina has a membership of about 1,500 ...

Jul

09

2015

Deep into deserts: A letter from Carnegie President Matthew Scott

By Carnegie HQ

In 1903 the Carnegie Institution established a Desert Laboratory to explore the properties of desert plants. From that humble stone building in Tucson, Arizona, eventually emerged our spectacular Department of Plant Biology on the Stanford ...

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