Sentences with phrase «other plant biology»

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In the branch of this revolution devoted to rice, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its collaborators in the Global Rice Science Partnership (GRiSP)-- the CGIAR's Research Program on Rice — are already tapping into other ongoing revolutions in genetics, molecular biology, and plant physiology.

Today, new technologies are being used to artificially develop other traits in plants, such as resistance to browning in apples, and creating new organisms using synthetic biology.

Defined narrowly — as a discipline distinct from other areas of plant biology — plant genomics is the study of the organization of genomes themselves.

Marine biology is the scientific study of the plants, animals, and other organisms that live in the ocean.

WeizMass and MatchWeiz are not limited to the study of plant metabolites but may also be used to investigate the biology of other living systems, including animal and human metabolism.

«Along with previous examples of small RNA exchange between fungi and plants, our results imply that this cross-species gene regulation may be more widespread in other plant - parasite interactions,» said Michael J. Axtell, professor of biology at Penn State and an author of the paper.

As a professor in the department of plant and microbial biology at the University of California, Berkeley, he works with both, applying insights from one to the study of the other.

In one of the most elaborate feats of synthetic biology to date, a research team has engineered yeast with a medley of plant, bacterial, and rodent genes to turn sugar into thebaine, the key opiate precursor to morphine and other powerful painkilling drugs that have been harvested for thousands of years from poppy plants.

In plant biology as in other disciplines, a profusion of professional opportunities is available to the well - informed, well - prepared, and well - networked plant biologist.

The majority of plant biologists work somewhere in the continuum from basic plant biology on one end — the main focus of this feature — to the development of agricultural products on the other.

«Understanding where FT is located and how it coordinates with other flowering factors is important to breeders; it's useful for breeders for the fine manipulation of flowering times,» said Qingguo Chen, the paper's first author and a research associate in the lab of Robert Turgeon, the paper's senior author and professor of plant biology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

During the BLOOME grant year, Science IRL will create 10 new episodes that feature guest plant scientists at Harvard and other leading plant biology institutions across the country.

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Doing so will allow science to play a more prominent role in the decision - making process in Congress and may result in increased funding for scientific research, improved regulations, and the implementation of other policies that benefit plant biology.

The Education committe of SPPS has collected here material and links to a number of resources related to teaching of plant biology as well as to other sites of general interest and value.

Approaches successful in other systems, such as modeling signal transduction and synthetic biology methodologies [32] could improve future generations of detector plants by enhancing signal transmission and providing means to deal with biological «noise».

The members of the society are experts in the fields of biology, agronomy, forestry, plant pathology, chemistry, pharmacy and other associated disciplines.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]-- Mark Johnson, associate professor of biology, has joined a consortium of seven other researchers in four European countries to develop the fullest understanding yet of how fertilization evolved in flowering plants.

The Plantae Store offers other resources ranging from (free) bookmarks for the 12 principles of plant biology to the History's Harvest — Where Food Comes From DVD.

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The other thing I might have said is that the miRNAs in question have a fundamental role in plant biology — controlling transcription of proteins.

In other words, they encourage optimal soil biology and other processes, increasing nutrient exchange and uptake in plants.

The list of case studies are for use in teaching anatomy, chemistry, environment, evolution, medicine and health, microbiology, molecular biology and genetics, physics and engineering, plant science, psychology, atmospheric science / meteorology, and other sciences.

Take Action: Teach and reinforce biology concepts by having students grow a community garden where they donate plants and fruits / vegetables to a local food bank or other nonprofit organization.

I spent a lot of extra time at Universities (PhD in molecular biology) studying everything under the sun from geology to plant physiology and biotechnology (& other related topics).

A former biology student who went to Harvard for grad school in landscape architecture, Schneider has in the past worked for Pierre Hugyhe and a kindred sensibility reveals itself in his works at Paramount Ranch: two vitrines filled with soil, artificial plants, and sinister red neon signs bearing the Chinese characters for diseases, one of them rabies and the other the black plague.

Attracted to the inner structures of plants, insects and other natural objects, and inspired by a wide range of reading in natural history, biology and physics, Seliger's abstractions pay homage to nature's infinite variety.

Attracted to the internal structures of plants, insects, and other natural objects and inspired by a wide range of reading in natural history, biology, and physics, Seliger creates abstractions that pay homage to nature's infinite variety.

(A) who have expertise in fish, wildlife, plant, aquatic, and coastal and marine biology, ecology, climate change, ocean acidification, and other relevant scientific disciplines;

Led by David Tilman, a biology professor at the University of Minnesota, the research shows that «mixtures of native perennial grasses and other flowering plants provide more usable energy per acre than corn grain ethanol or soybean biodiesel and are far better for the environment,» according to a release from the University of Minnesota.