Sentences with phrase «made plant biologist»

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Biologists have known for years that plants make their own hemoglobin, the oxygen - ferrying molecule that gives animal blood its red color.

«The Base in not well surveyed for most animal groups and given its location on Cuba, the extent of rare habitat, [and] the number of rare plants, there are bound to be many more discoveries to be made and we are promoting it to other biologists as a research destination,» Droege says.

At the meeting, team member Koffi Konan, a plant molecular biologist, showed how the plants were made by inserting shortened or backward versions of each of the genes — Ara h1, Ara h2, and Ara h3 — into cultured cells from peanut plants.

Black bears in Yosemite National Park that don't seek out human foods subsist primarily on plants and nuts, according to a study conducted by biologists at UC San Diego who also found that ants and other sources of animal protein, such as mule deer, make up only a small fraction of the bears» annual diet.

To study how violin contours change over time, Dan Chitwood, a plant biologist and avid viola player at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, analyzed photographs of more than 7000 auctioned violins made between the years of 1560 and plant biologist and avid viola player at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, analyzed photographs of more than 7000 auctioned violins made between the years of 1560 and Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, analyzed photographs of more than 7000 auctioned violins made between the years of 1560 and 2003.

It is a native plant making a comeback, not an invasive on the rampage, says study co-author Alan Tye, a conservation biologist at the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program, based in Samoa.

The study showed that «the control of the secondary cell wall is incredibly complex and detailed, which is important for plant biologists who want to change it to make biofuels,» she said.

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Membership is not a requirement for the award, and, if appropriate, every fifth award should be made to an outstanding plant biologist from outside the United States.

Awardees generally have made contributions to the broader society that are relevant to the work of plant biologists; recipients need not be plant scientists themselves.

The most recent breakthrough was made by a team of British and American biologists who report they've successfully infused tobacco plants with bacterial genes — a first step towards engineering crops that grow faster, offer higher yields and use less fertilizers.

While biologists have tracked how global warming has altered the developmental, migration, timing and other behavior in plants and animals, what makes this study unusual is the physical changes in the bees, said study co-author Candace Galen at the University of Missouri.

AMHERST, Mass. — A decade or so ago, scientists discovered genes they thought could be turned on to make plants take up more iron from the soil, enriching cereals, grains and other staple foods that feed millions of people around the world an iron - poor diet leading to iron deficiency anemia, says molecular biologist Elsbeth Walker at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

The pair of German plant biologists who authored the piece argue that nearly extinct varieties of wheat, like einkorn and emmer (aka farro), could create new niche markets for farmers, diversify ecosystems, boost local food security, revive traditional recipes — all while satisfying consumer demand for food that makes you feel like you're traveling back to a simpler time (a Paleolithic time, perhaps?).

While biologists have tracked how global warming has altered the developmental, migration, timing and other behavior in plants and animals, what makes this study unusual is the physical changes in the bees, said study co-author Candace Galen at the University of Missouri.