First Deaf, Black Woman Receives her PhD in a STEM Discipline
Graduate student Amie Fornah Sankoh recently stood in front of 150 colleagues family and friends at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to defend her thesis, Investigating the Effects of Salicylic...
View ArticleDanforth Center Scientist, Malia Gehan Named to Inaugural Class of TGI Fellows
Malia Gehan, PhD, assistant member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, was selected to be part of the Taylor Geospatial Institute's inaugural class of TGI Fellows. The program enables TGI member...
View ArticleNew Research Program Seeks to Identify Genes Key to Improving Resilience and...
In collaboration with researchers at Purdue and Hamline Universities, Ivan Baxter, PhD, member, at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will lead a four-year, $2.5 million project to expand...
View ArticleWells Fargo Innovation Incubator Partnership with Danforth Plant Science...
The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN²), a technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy...
View ArticleDiscovery of New Gene Unveils Sex Determination in Green Algae
An international team of researchers led by Dr. James Umen at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has made a groundbreaking discovery in the world of developmental biology. In their latest study...
View ArticleAgrela Ecosystems Ignites Innovation in Data-Driven Agriculture
Agrela Ecosystems, a startup launched by Nadia Shakoor, PhD, principal investigator, at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced the pilot launch of its flagship product, PheNodeTM.
View ArticleNew Research Identifies a Biotechnology Approach to Improve Hybrid Breeding...
Cross-pollinated soybeans offer potential for researchers to introduce new crop improvements, improve farmer's harvests and provide forage for pollinators.
View ArticleThe YABBY gene SHATTERING1 controls activation rather than patterning of the...
Plants have highly evolved mechanisms to shed or drop organs (abscission) in response to environmental or developmental cues. It's why you have to rake leaves in the Fall! But in agriculture, the...
View ArticleResearch Reveals How a Single Enzyme Can Boost Soybean Oil Production
As a potent source of protein and oil, soybeans are a vital global crop for food, animal feed, industrial applications, and biofuel production. Even minor improvements in soybean seed content can...
View ArticleA conserved RWP-RK transcription factor VSR1 controls gametic differentiation...
This most recent work from the Umen lab gets at the critical control mechanism for sex determination in single-celled and multicellular algae. The capacity to produce distinct mating types (e.g. male...
View ArticleSt. Louis Collaborators Launch Cultivar STL
Initiative aims to strengthen partnerships with Latin America to produce healthier and more sustainable food for people and the planet
View ArticleNew research program seeks to predict, detect and characterize nutrient...
ST. LOUIS, MO, October 23, 2023 -- Sustainable agricultural practices are necessary to mitigate climate change and produce more food, fiber, and renewable fuels. A promising new frontier in agriculture...
View ArticleThe Underappreciated Role of Pods and Siliques to Developing Seeds
Plants harness energy from sunlight and carbon dioxide through a process called photosynthesis which supports the generation of carbohydrates, proteins, and oils that are stored in seeds - like a...
View ArticleInstitute for International Crop Improvement: Early Promise, Long Journey Ahead
The challenges facing global food security and the livelihoods of smallholder farmers over the last year may at first appear insurmountable, yet IICI's vital work continues to advance impactful...
View ArticleTeamwork Takes Flight at New Field Research Site
It has been just over a year since the Danforth Center acquired the 140-acre farm that became the home of the new Danforth Center Field Research Site. Located in St. Charles, this historic farm is...
View ArticleNew discovery on how green algae count cell divisions illuminates key step...
ST. LOUIS, MO, November 13, 2023 -- An international research team led by James Umen, PhD, member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has made an unexpected discovery of a biased counting mechanism...
View ArticleResearch provides crucial insights into moss growth under elevated CO2 levels...
ST. LOUIS, MO, November 14, 2023 -- Approximately 12,000 species of mosses exist and cover close to four million square miles of earth, equivalent to the size of Canada, and are ecologically and...
View ArticlePenny Pennington Elected Chair of Danforth Plant Science Center Board; New...
ST. LOUIS, MO., January 17, 2023 -- The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced today that Penny Pennington has been elected chair of the Danforth Center Board of Directors.
View ArticleMultinational collaborative research to improve climate-smart grain for...
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) have received a $4.9 million grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build on previous...
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