Understanding how plants protect themselves from insects could lead to the development of crop plants such as canola or cabbage that produce naturally-occurring insect deterrents. Such an advance could significantly ...
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- Plants are a major source of renewable, sustainable energy. They capture sunlight and then store it as the sugars, carbohydrates and cell structures from which biofuels are produced... Read More
Compounds in worms may lead to parasite treatment
By Krishna Ramanujan
All of these nematodes speak the same chemical language," through the use of compounds called ascarosides, said study co-author Frank Schroeder, a research scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research and adjunct assistant professor in Cornell's ...
Sugar could be a sweet way to control insect pests
BTI Scientist Georg Jander to work with Cornell University's Angela Douglas to study the effects of sugar on insects, to control pests on plants. Cornell Chronicle
André Velasquez Receives Prestigious McClintock Award
This award honors the late Barbara McClintock, who won the Nobel Prize for work that she began as a postdoctoral plant geneticist at Cornell in the 1920s. The endowment for the award came from Dr. Robert Rabson, who enabled much novel plant physiology ...
Plant Biology Outreach at Monroe Community College Rochester, NY
Sixty undergraduates at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY are learning some classic biology concepts in new ways, and they are using plants to do it. Professor Laura Penman, a participant in BTI’s Plant Biology Curriculum Development Project ...
BTI visits classrooms across New York State!
Over the summer, BTI hosted the Northeast Bioenergy and Bioproducts (NBB) Teacher Training program to explore scientific advances in bioenergy and bioproducts and provide classroom activities that connect students to the bioeconomy. Now, educators from BTI are visiting ...
PGRP Interns Present Plant Research at SACNAS National Conference
San Jose, California
The National SACNAS Conference (Society for the Advancement of Chicanos, Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) showcases cutting-edge science by the nation's leading minority scientists and offers professional development activities and networking to support the career ...
Growing Fuel: New York State Agriculture and Bioenergy in the Classroom
BTI science lesson plans and supporting materials have been developed by science teachers, scientists, and science educators. These lessons can be used in 7-12th grade classrooms...
Monday Morning Seminar Series
May 21, 2012
Haiyi Wang
Research in the Richards lab is broadly focused on epigenetics, the study of inherited information superimposed on the genetic sequence.
Time and Place (9:00 A.M. BTI Auditorium)
More on the Richards lab.
Monday Morning Seminar Series
May 21, 2012
Yevgeniy Izrayelit
Research in the Schroeder lab is directed at characterizing structures and biological functions of biogenic small molecules (BSM’s).
Time and Place (9:30 A.M. BTI Auditorium)
More on the Schroeder lab.
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