Press Releases

Mar

29

2012

New Databases Harvest a Rich Bounty of Information on Crop Plant Metabolism

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — The Plant Metabolic Network ( http://www.plantcyc.org/ ), which is based at Carnegie’s Department of Plant Biology, has launched four new online databases that offer an unprecedented view of the biochemical pathways controlling the ...

Mar

02

2012

The future of plant science – a technology perspective

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C. — Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, according to Carnegie’s David Ehrhardt and Wolf Frommer. In a Perspective published in The Plant Cell , the two researchers argue that ...

Feb

27

2012

Amoeba may offer key clue to photosynthetic evolution

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA —The major difference between plant and animal cells is the photosynthetic process, which converts light energy into chemical energy. When light isn’t available, energy is generated by breaking down carbohydrates and sugars, just as it ...

Feb

21

2012

How can we crack the biofuel roadblock?

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Along with photosynthesis, the plant cell wall is one of the features that most set plants apart from animals. A structural molecule called cellulose is necessary for the manufacture of these walls. Cellulose is synthesized in a semi- ...

Feb

06

2012

Steroids control gas exchange in plants

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Plant's leaves are sealed with a gas-tight wax layer to prevent water loss. Plants breathe through microscopic pores called stomata (Greek for mouths) on the surfaces of leaves. Over 40% of the carbon dioxide, CO2, in the atmosphere ...

Dec

20

2011

New tool offers unprecedented access for root studies

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Plant roots are fascinating plant organs – they not only anchor the plant, but are also the world’s most efficient mining companies. Roots live in darkness and direct the activities of the other organs, as well as interact with the ...

Dec

08

2011

The heart of the plant

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA — Food prices are soaring at the same time as the Earth’s population is nearing 9 billion. As a result the need for increased crop yields is extremely important. New research led by Carnegie’s Wolf Frommer into the system by which ...

Nov

22

2011

Big Boost to Plant Research

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA--The four largest nonprofit plant science research institutions in the U.S. have joined forces to form the Association of Independent Plant Research Institutes (AIPI) in an effort to target plant science research to meet the profound ...

Aug

18

2011

New component of a plant steroid-activated pathway discovered

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA —Plant biologists have been working for years to nail down the series of chemical signals that one class of plant hormones, called brassinosteroids, send from a protein on the surface of a plant cell to the cell’s nucleus. New research ...

Jun

15

2011

What makes a plant a plant?

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA — Although scientists have been able to sequence the genomes of many organisms, they still lack a context for associating the proteins encoded in genes with specific biological processes. To better understand the genetics underlying ...

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