Nov 17 2015 2015 Carnegie DPB summer intern program report By admin intern.jpg This year’s Department of Plant Biology Summer Internship Program was held June 12th to August 14th. Over 30 domestic and international students participated in this program and conducted experiments in 10 labs at Carnegie DPB. We had a ...
Nov 16 2015 Plant metabolic protein tailored for nighttime growth By Carnegie HQ Stanford, CA —Everyone who took high school biology learned that photosynthesis is the process by which plants, algae and select bacteria transform the Sun's energy into chemical energy during the daytime. But these photosynthetic organisms activate ...
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 ...