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Jun
16
2015

Zhiyong Wang Receives Germany’s Humboldt Research Award

By Carnegie HQ
Washington, DC — Carnegie’s Zhiyong Wang will receive the Humboldt Research Award, one of Germany’s most-prestigious prizes. Granted by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation up to 100 times each year, the award honors academics “whose fundamental ...
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May
28
2015

Quasi-sexual gene transfer and recombination drives genetic diversity of hot spring bacteria

By Carnegie HQ
Stanford, CA — New work from a team including Carnegie’s Devaki Bhaya and Michelle Davison used massive DNA sequencing of bacterial populations that grow in the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park to determine their genetic diversity and ...
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May
12
2015

Scientific Communication Workshop 2015

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Apr
23
2015

Ehrhardt named Royal Microscopical Society honorary fellow

By Carnegie HQ
Stanford, CA— Carnegie’s David Ehrhardt has been awarded an honorary fellowship of the Royal Microscopical Society. It was announced during the society’s Botanical Microscopy 2015 meeting at Exeter University. Potential fellows must be nominated and ...
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Apr
09
2015

Hormones that guide root growth rates revealed

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Stanford, CA— A plant's roots grow and spread into the soil, taking up necessary water and minerals. The tip of a plant's root is a place of active cell division followed by cell elongation, with different zones dedicated to different functions, all ...
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Mar
31
2015

Winslow Briggs: where is he now?

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Mar
20
2015

Food-delivery process inside seeds revealed

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Stanford, CA— Inside every seed is the embryo of a plant, and in most cases also a storage of food needed to power initial growth of the young seedling. A seed consists mainly of carbohydrates and these have to be is transported from the leaf where ...
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Mar
15
2015

How do they do plant research without growing a thing?

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Human health and survival depend in large part on the chemistry of plant metabolism. About a quarter of our prescription drugs and half of anticancer drugs come from plants. These compounds, called specialized or secondary metabolites, are used to ...
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Nov
13
2014

Switching on a dime: how plants function in shade and light

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Stanford, CA— Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert energy from the sunlight into chemical energy in the form of sugars. These sugars are used by plants to grow and function, as well as food for animals and humans that eat them. ...
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Nov
13
2014

Carnegie Institution Receives Phase II Grand Challenges Explorations Funding

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Washington, D.C.— Carnegie announced today that it will receive Phase II funding through Grand Challenges Explorations , an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables individuals worldwide to test bold ideas to ...
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