Oct 04 2021 NSF funds team-up of computer scientists and microbiologist to analyze microbial communities By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Devaki Bhaya is part of a Rice University led team that was recently awarded $2.8 million from the National Science Foundation for a five-year project to define the social order of naturally occurring microbial communities ...
Sep 24 2021 Former Carnegie Staff Associate Martin Jonikas named HHMI Investigator By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— Former Carnegie Staff Associate Martin Jonikas, now an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, was named one of 33 new Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigators. HHMI recognized Jonikas for his ...
Sep 07 2021 Contributions of Black plant scientists highlighted in area HBCU art exhibits By Carnegie HQ Washington, DC— All year round, our lives are shaped by events that were made possible by the often underrecognized work of Black plant scientists. From the refreshment of enjoying a cool scoop of vanilla ice cream on a hot summer day, to the thrill ...
Sep 07 2021 The future is plant-based. But how do we get there? By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— The world’s population is growing, and global climate change will reshape our maps—shifting locations where human settlements can sustainably exist and thrive. Plant science can help us understand and mitigate the coming challenges, ...
Jul 14 2021 Carnegie and Stanford plant scientists awarded $900K for biofuel research By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Arthur Grossman and Stanford University’s Ellen Yeh were awarded a $900, 000 grant this spring from the university’s public-private partnership Strategic Energy Alliance to research the synthesis of biofuels from a species ...
Jul 06 2021 How seeds know it’s a good time to germinate By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— Dehydrated plant seeds can lay dormant for long periods—over 1,000 years in some species—before the availability of water can trigger germination. This protects the embryonic plant inside from a variety of environmental stresses until ...
Jun 22 2021 Carnegie postdoc wins fellowship to study plants’ adaptation to climate change By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— Carnegie’s Megan Ruffley was awarded a prestigious Plant Genome Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology from the National Science Foundation to study the genetics underpinning a plant’s ability to adapt to a changing climate. ...
May 03 2021 Unraveling a mystery of dinoflagellate genomic architecture By Carnegie HQ Palo Alto, CA— New work from a Stanford University-led team of researchers including Carnegie’s Arthur Grossman and Tingting Xiang unravels a longstanding mystery about the relationship between form and function in the genetic material of a diverse ...
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 ...