Press Releases

Apr

10

2020

Exposito-Alonso recognized by Heidelberg Academy of Science

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Moises Exposito-Alonso was selected for the Heidelberg Academy of Science’s Karl Freudenberg Prize in recognition of outstanding early career achievements in the natural sciences. The prize comes with a personal 10,000 Euro ...

Mar

18

2020

Carnegie's Exposito-Alonso selected for Forbes’ “Under 30” list

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Carnegie evolutionary geneticist Moises Exposito-Alonso was named a member of the 2020 class of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Europe list in science and healthcare. He was recognized for his lab’s pioneering use of genomic techniques to ...

Mar

17

2020

Expanded Pasadena presence deepens Carnegie's relationship with Caltech

By Carnegie HQ

The Carnegie Institution for Science is consolidating our California research departments into an expanded presence in Pasadena. With this move, we are building on our existing relationship with Caltech, with a goal of broadening our historic ...

Feb

28

2020

Exposito-Alonso recognized for early career excellence by American Society of Naturalists

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Moises Exposito-Alonso is one of four recipients of the American Society of Naturalists’ Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Award in recognition of “outstanding and promising work” by individuals who are within three ...

Jan

08

2020

How do corals make the most of their symbiotic algae?

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA— Corals depend on their symbiotic relationships with the algae that they host. But how do they keep algal population growth in check? The answer to this fundamental question could help reefs survive in a changing climate. New work ...

Nov

12

2019

Who controls whom: Algae or sea anemone?

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Bleached anemones—those lacking symbiotic algae—do not move toward light, a behaviour exhibited by healthy, symbiotic anemones. Published in Coral Reefs , this finding from Carnegie’s Shawna Foo, Arthur Grossman, and Ken Caldeira, ...

Aug

28

2019

Predicting the mutations plants need to survive climate change

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Plant genetic diversity in Central Europe could collapse due to temperature extremes and drought brought on by climate change, according to a new paper in Nature led by Moises Exposito-Alonso, who joins Carnegie next month from the ...

Aug

23

2019

Carnegie researchers receive joint U.K.-U.S. grant to study hot spring microbes

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie plant scientists Devaki Bhaya and Arthur Grossman received a nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to study photosynthetic ...

Aug

22

2019

Carnegie-led initiative receives major DOE biofuels research grant

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie plant biologists Sue Rhee and David Ehrhardt will lead one of 25 teams awarded a total of $64 million this week by the U.S. Department of Energy to pursue genomic research of potential biofuel crops. “This research will help ...

Aug

06

2019

New award will honor Winslow Briggs’ legacy of mentorship

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) will name a mentorship award in honor of legendary Carnegie plant scientist Winslow Briggs, who died in February. The ASPB is a professional society dedicated to the advancement of ...

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