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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 acid on Intercellular Trafficking via...
8-May-2023 12:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Researchers uncover new mechanisms regulating plant response to temperature

Research led by Dmitri Nusinow, PhD, associate member, Danforth Plant Science Center, and former Nusinow graduate student Maria Sorkin, PhD, has identified a new protein complex in plants that regulates temperature response by the circadian clock.
1-May-2023 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Seven Institutions Join Forces to Take 39 North to the Next Phase of Growth

In just six years since the 39 North Master Plan was unveiled, more than $120 million of private/public investment has been made to advance the goals outlined in the plan. To build on the momentum, seven institutions from the public/private sector...
25-Apr-2023 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Seven Institutions Join Forces to Take 39 North to the Next Phase of Growth

In just six years since the 39 North Master Plan was unveiled, more than $120 million of private/public investment has been made to advance the goals outlined in the plan. To build on the momentum, seven institutions from the public/private sector...
23-Apr-2023 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Danforth Center Research Uncovers How Plants Pass ‘Memory’ of High CO2 to Their Offspring

New research lead by Keith Slotkin, PhD, member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center opens the door for scientists to equip plants with the tools they need to adapt to rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), high heat, and other stressors associated...
11-Apr-2023 9:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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USDA Clears Danforth Center’s Genome Edited Teff

A pre-market regulatory status review conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has concluded that teff modified by genome editing to have a semi-dwarf stature is not subject to...
4-Apr-2023 10:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

The Role of Microbes in Improving Human Health to be Featured on a Global Stage at SXSW 2023

Rebecca Bart, PhD, member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and her colleagues from Washington University in St. Louis will be featured on a global stage at South by Southwest (SXSW) on March 11 at 2:30 PM at the JW Marriott, Austin...
27-Feb-2023 9:50 AM EST Add to Favorites

Sorghum: Harnessing the power of climate smart crops

Turning to plants as an energy source is something we take for granted. Every day, we power our bodies and feed our livestock with plants. Ongoing climate change poses a threat to this energy source as some of our most-used crops are facing...
16-Feb-2023 7:00 AM EST Add to Favorites


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Harnessing the Power of Perennial Plants for Sustainable Agriculture

Matthew Rubin’s research is focused on perennial plants, or “long-lived” plants, seeking to increase our understanding of these plants across their lifetime. Perennial plants offer many benefits to agriculture and our environment. They develop...
9-May-2022 10:25 AM EDT

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About The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Founded in 1998, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a not-for-profit research institute with a mission to improve the human condition through plant science. Research, education and outreach aim to have impact at the nexus of food security and the environment, and position the St. Louis region as a world center for plant science. The Center’s work is funded through competitive grants from many sources, including the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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