The RIPE Project
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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency is an international research project that engineers crops to turn sunlight into food more efficiently.
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RIPE’s Carl Bernacchi is part of a stellar lineup for Illinois Extension & iSEE at U of I’s Agrivoltaics Field Day! Learn more about research that combines generating electricity with agriculture! See all the speakers and register here: bit.ly/3Seuors
A Research Highlight from Nature Plants recently featured our Berkeley team’s work using CRISPR-Cas9 to “create targeted genetic variability from within.” Highlight: bit.ly/4cOIEzv Original: bit.ly/4bAFsXA Berkeley Plant & Microbial Biology Dhruv Patel-Tupper Science Advances Innovative Genomics Institute
Speakers included iSEE Director and SCAPES PI Madhu Khanna of ACE at Illinois, and Co-PIs Bruce Branham and D.K. Lee of Crop Sciences, and Carl Bernacchi of U of I School of Integrative Biology!
I’m glad to share our (Doug Orr ElizabeteCarmo-Silva) latest publication: Regulation of Rubisco activity by interaction with chloroplast metabolites in the Biochemical Journal 🌾👩🏽🔬 Photo Boost Lancaster Photosynthesis Group Check on: portlandpress.com/biochemj/artic…
We're launching a couple of exciting grants this summer! First up is the 2024 *New Lecturer grant* which helps emerging researchers in #nutrition with up to £25K of research costs. Apply by 23 Sept ➡️ bit.ly/3SEeYg6 ☀️ Amanda Cavanagh Nutrition Society Ozanne lab AAB
Researchers are sprinkling finely ground silicate-basalt over field trials at SoyFACE Research, hoping to increase the amount of CO2 removed from the atmosphere in a process known as rock weathering. Read more about the research here: bit.ly/3YHvIXE
Raring to go after an excellent lunch and moving on to climate-ready agriculture: innovation in crop-soil sciences with Christine Raines🏳️⚧️🌈 on improving photosynthesis to improve crop yields Plants People Planet 🌱👥🌐 The RIPE Project
The first time a modeling framework has connected enzyme activity related to dynamic photosynthesis with yield! Megan L. Matthews The Grainger College of Engineering CEE at Illinois Genomic Biology
Lead author on a study to "fine tune gene expression in crops," fellow Dhruv Patel-Tupper and his team at the Niyogi Lab used CRISPR/Cas9 to change DNA in crops and control gene expression. The RIPE Project seedtoday.com/article/100604…
Mold Burger. You read that right. The Scientist asked Yong-Su Jin his thoughts on the recent development in lab-grown food. Published in Nature Communications, the scientists used koji mold to create a first-of-its-kind meat substitute. bit.ly/3MdmhYB
TIA's Dr Tory Clarke is among our University of Tasmania finalists in the #YoungTallPoppy awards!
Read these 2 hot JXB papers now: 🌿🔬Interactions between stomatal density & aperture: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/er… 🍃💧Reduced stomatal density for greater WUE in a C4 crop: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/er… Andrew Leakey John Ferguson They'll feature in a special issue on stomata very soon