Press Releases

Feb

11

2021

A plant’s nutrient-sensing abilities can modulate its response to environmental stress

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Understanding how plants respond to stressful environmental conditions is crucial to developing effective strategies for protecting important agricultural crops from a changing climate. New research led by Carnegie’s Zhiyong Wang, ...

Feb

01

2021

Engineering light availability for crop production—a solution for coming challenges?

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— What if we could increase a plant’s productivity by modifying the light to which it is exposed? This could increase the yield of important food and biofuel crops and also combat climate change by sequestering atmospheric carbon. In a ...

Nov

24

2020

Can we harness a plant’s ability to synthesize medicinal compounds?

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Anthraquinones are a class of naturally occurring compounds prized for their medicinal properties, as well as for other applications, including ecologically friendly dyes. Despite wide interest, the mechanism by which plants produce ...

Oct

15

2020

Phosphate polymer forms a cornerstone of metabolic control

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— In a changing climate, understanding how organisms respond to stress conditions is increasingly important. New work led by Carnegie’s Arthur Grossman and Emanuel Sanz-Luque could enable scientists to engineer the metabolism of ...

Aug

03

2020

DOE awards biofuel research team including Carnegie plant biologists

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Sue Rhee and Moises Exposito-Alonso are leading members of an initiative to identify genes related to stress tolerance in the mustard plant field pennycress. Theirs was one of seven biofuel research projects awarded a total ...

Jul

14

2020

Exposito-Alonso honored for outstanding early career achievements

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie evolutionary geneticist Moises Exposito-Alonso was awarded a Max Planck Society’s Otto Hahn Medal for early career excellence. The prize is endowed with 7,500 euros. Since 1978, the society has recognized outstanding ...

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 ...

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