Press Releases

Feb

26

2016

How plants protect photosynthesis from oxygen

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA— During the daytime, plants convert the Sun’s energy into sugars using photosynthesis, a complex, multi-stage biochemical process. New work from a team including Carnegie’s Mark Heinnickel, Wenqiang Yang, and Arthur Grossman identified ...

Feb

18

2016

Plant scientists: GM technology a safe tool to help meet food supply demands

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC — More than 1,000 scientists from nonprofit, corporate, academic, and private institutions say public doubts about genetically modified food crops are hindering the next Green Revolution. In a letter published in the journal Science ...

Dec

17

2015

Carnegie’s Jones recognized for early career contributions to plant science

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA —Carnegie’s Alexander Jones will receive the Tansley Medal for Excellence in Plant Science. The honor includes publishing a short review, an editorial written about his work in the journal New Phytologist , and a small bursary. The ...

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 ...

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