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May 19, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Dwyer selected as Knight-Hennessy Scholar at Stanford University

May 19, 2023

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Exposito-Alonso recognized by ASPB for early career excellence

Tall stalks of corn growing under a blue sky.

May 15, 2023

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Understanding the factors that drive natural variation in plants

Moises Exposito-Alonso

February 16, 2023

Awards

Carnegie’s Exposito-Alonso receives Tansley Medal

Adrien Burlacot

November 30, 2022

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Carnegie’s Adrien Burlacot selected for Forbes “Under 30” list

Sue Rhee

November 10, 2022

Administrative News

Carnegie’s Sue Rhee Will Transition to Michigan State University Next Year To Head Up a Plant Resilience Institute

The Bambara groundnut is a legume cultivated throughout Africa and one of the most important sources of protein throughout the continent. The groundnut can support the growth of other crops by enriching soils through nitrogen fixation. Equipped with a recently published genome, plant breeders and scientists are attempting to improve Bambara groundnut varieties to address food security concerns in semi-arid Africa. Image purchased from Shutterstock.

November 04, 2022

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Indigenous Crops May Help Us Survive Climate Change, But How We Talk About Them Matters

An artist's conception of the new Carnegie facility in Pasadena, California courtesy of HOK.

October 03, 2022

Administrative News

California State Funding to Advance Carnegie Climate Research Capabilities

Tidestromia oblongifolia in winter, Death Valley National Park, CA, USA, Photo by Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee, Copyright 2018, Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

August 23, 2022

Awards

New NSF-Funded Institute Will Probe Biology In The Absence Of Water

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June 13, 2022

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Plants’ Threat-Detection Mechanisms Raise The Alarm