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New Research Characterizes the Evolution of Genetic Pathway for Reproductive...
Two groups of sRNAs are abundant during development of pollen in the anthers. One of these pathways for sRNA production, previously believed present in grasses and related monocots, has now been...
View ArticleHigh Pressure Freezing Technique Paired with Electron Microscopy and...
The importance of the mycorrhizal symbiosis to plant growth has led to a large body of research into their formation and function, yet there are critical unanswered questions. Howard Berg, director of...
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Danforth Center Announces All-Star Board To Pick First IN2 Agtech Cohort
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announces the formation of an all-star line-up of agricultural experts to advise the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) as it deploys up to $2.25 million in...
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Wells Fargo Funded Innovation Incubator Selects First Cohort of Agtech...
The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), today...
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Danforth Center Announces New Director of Integrated Microscopy Facility
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced today that Kirk J. Czymmek, Ph.D., has joined the Center as the new Director of the Integrated Microscopy Facility and Principal Investigator. Czymmek...
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New Research Reveals Sustainable Method to Produce Lifesaving Opiate...
Cost of current method limits availability and generates harmful waste products.
View ArticleDanforth Center to Lead DOE-Funded Research to Harness Untapped Reservoir of...
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected Danforth Center Principal Investigator James Umen, Ph.D., to lead a multi-institutional collaboration that will predict functions for hundreds of...
View ArticleScientists to Deploy Advances in 3D Imaging and Machine Learning to Predict...
A collaboration between scientists at the Danforth Center and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a four-year research project that garnered $3 million in support from the National...
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U.S. Department of Energy Taps Danforth Plant Science Center for Research To...
Danforth Center Principal Investigator, Andrea Eveland, Ph.D., will lead a multi-institutional project under to deepen the understanding of sorghum, a versatile bioenergy crop, and its response to...
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Post-Doctoral Associate Named Prestigious Hanna H. Gray Fellow, Receives $1.4...
Kevin Cox Jr., Ph.D., a post-doctoral associate at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center was named one of only 15 Hanna H. Gray Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in Chevy Chase,...
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Danforth Center Expands Advanced Bioimaging Laboratory
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has expanded the capacity of its Integrated Microscopy Facility to include high-resolution 3-D imaging at the nanoscale, single-molecule approaches, as well as...
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Study Provides Framework For One Billion Years Of Green Plant Evolution
Gene sequences for more than 1100 plant species have been released by an international consortium of nearly 200 plant scientists who were involved in a nine-year research project, One Thousand Plant...
View ArticleDanforth Center Launches Ag Tech NEXT Conference
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced AgTech NEXT, a bold new food and agtech innovation summit that will be held May 4 - 6, 2020 at the Danforth Center in St. Louis, MO.
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Danforth Center Selected to Participate in NSF's "10 Big Ideas, Understanding...
High-efficiency identification of products of homologous recombination in plants as a tool to test gene function
View ArticleDanforth Center Announces External Advisory Board of AgTech NEXT Summit
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced the External Advisory Board (EAB) of AgTech NEXT, a bold new food and agtech innovation summit that will be held May 4 - 6, 2020 at the Danforth...
View ArticleDanforth Center Unveils Robust Line-up for Inaugural AgTech NEXT Summit
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced the preliminary lineup of presentations and panel discussions by innovative thinkers for AgTech NEXT, the bold new food and agtech innovation...
View ArticleCreator Of The Impossible Burger To Give Keynote Address At AgTech NEXT Summit
The Danforth Center today announced that Patrick O. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and founder of Impossible Foods will give the keynote address on Tuesday, May 5 at the inaugural AgTech NEXT, the bold new...
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Danforth Center Principal Investigator Elected to the National Academy of...
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced that Elizabeth (Toby) Kellogg, Ph.D., Robert E. King Distinguished Investigator and member of the Danforth Center, was elected as a member of the U.S....
View ArticleNew Research Reveals the Function of Genetic Pathway for Reproductive Fitness...
A research collaboration has demonstrated the function of a genetic pathway for anther development, with this pathway proven in 2019 work to be present widely in the flowering plants that evolved over...
View ArticleNew Research Reveals Regulatory Features Of The Maize Genome During Early...
A team of researchers led by Andrea Eveland, Ph.D., assistant member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, has mapped out the non-coding, 'functional' genome in maize during an early developmental...
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