News Archive

2009

2008

• On October 21, 2008 BTI hosted Dr. Ron Caspi from Stanford Research Institute. (Oct 21, 2008)
• Quatrano, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, spoke at the Boyce Thompson Institute (Oct 6, 2008)
• PGS Annual Retreat Celebrations in Ithaca (Aug 22, 2008)
• The BTI Post Graduate Society is pleased to announce the launch of our first website (Aug 14, 2008)
• Colonel’s Cup Challenge (Aug 7, 2008)
• Summer Internship: The Midway Point (Aug 7, 2008)
• Frank Schroeder published in Nature: Sex and lifespan linked in worms: a family of sugar-like molecules controls both (July 23, 2008)
• Maize Genetics Conference Announces Genome Sequence, Advances in Bioenergy, Drought Tolerance, and Nutrition (June 08, 2008)
• Announcing a new website to learn about plant immunity! (May 23, 2008)
• Can you rescue a rainforest? The answer may be yes. (Mar 25, 2008)
• The 2008 Spring Edition of The Hub Is Now Released. (Mar 10, 2008)
• Corn Genomics Pops Wide Open (Mar 07, 2008)
• Group Says It Has Mapped Corn Genome. (Feb 26, 2008)
• Scientists find way to increase corn's vitamin A. (Jan 18, 2008)
• Campus researchers discover a novel player in how plants protect themselves. (Jan 17, 2008)

2007

• Most of us take it for granted that plants respond to light by growing, flowering and straining towards the light, and we never wonder just how plants manage to do so. (Nov 23, 2007)
• Human urine may cure blood pressure. (Nov 9, 2007)
• A High-Resolution Root Spatiotemporal Map Reveals Dominant Expression Patterns. (Nov 6)
• The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions. (Nov 6)
• 2007 BTI Alumni Reunion. (Nov 5)
• Methyl Salicylate Is a Critical Mobile Signal for Plant Systemic Acquired Resistance. (Oct 5)
• Discovery could lead to development of crops with enhanced yield... (Oct 5)
• Colonel's Cup Challenge symposium
• Faculty Positions at BTI, an independent not-for-profit research organization...
• In evolutionary arms race, a bacterium is found that outwits tomato plant's defenses, Cornell study finds (Jul 19)
• New Scientists Joining BTI (Mar 16)
• BTI rated a “Best Place to Work” for Postdocs (Mar 1)
• In relations between plants and fungi, phosphorous plays a key role (Jan 22)

2006

• BTI Postdoc’s Paper Cited in Nature’s Research Highlights (Feb 2)
• Martin and Van Eck Featured on MicrobeWorld Radio (Jan 31)
  • Greg Martin: Audio (Jan 30)
  • Joyce Van Eck: Audio (Jan 31)
• Science and Mathematics Saturday Academy visits the BTI (Jan 21)

2005

• Bacterial Protein Mimics Host to Subvert Defenses (Dec 22)
• Lin & Bollenbach win Bogorad Award (Dec 19)
• Stern Featured on MicrobeWorld Radio Program Audio (Spot) (MP3 audio; 2.3 MB) (Dec 13)
• BTI Hires New Outreach Coordinator (Nov 7)
• Bacteria Hijack Hormone Response to Infect Plants (Nov 3)
• Science Cabaret: Electric Air (Oct 11)
• Jim Bell’s Mars Talk Launches BTI-sponsored Science Cabaret (Sep 20)
• Come to “A Closer Look at BTI” (Sep 7)
• Summer Interns Cap Summer With Symposium (Aug 4)
• Liza Conrad Wins Munger/Murphy Award (Jul 22)
• Rob Abramovitch Wins Barbara McClintock Award (Jul 14)
• Klessig Lab Paper Highlighted by National Synchrotron Light Source (Jun 2)
• Boyce Thompson Institute’s Reference Library Goes on the Auction Block (May 31)
• MicrobeWorld program features Dan Klessig’s research (Audio clip; requires RealPlayer) (May 27)
• Brutnell Lab Wins Grant for Maize Genetics Research (May 4)
• Key Viral Protein Stolen From Host (Apr 1)
• Boyce Thompson Institute Launches Elementary Afterschool Program (Feb 18)
• Martin Article Named “New Hot Paper” (Feb 6)

2004

• Molecular biologist David B. Stern named president of Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Aug 6)
• Plant gene discovery could enhance plant growth, reduce fertilizer needs and phosphate pollution (Jul 28)

2003

• Researchers find plant immune system’s ‘take two aspirin’ gene, offering hope for disease control without agricultural pesticides (Dec 8)

2002

• Bay to bay: Researchers develop the first method to directly compare levels of agricultural and industrial runoff between estuaries
• Tiny plant poised to yield big payoffs in environment and energy as Boyce Thompson Institute reveals key genome sequence
• Tomato catch-up: discovery of ripening gene could make store-bought tomatoes as tasty as homegrown

2001

• Restoring American chestnut, possible medical benefits
• Greta M. Colavito of Ithaca receives BTI’s first Distinguished Service Award
• Biologist David B. Stern named VP for research at Boyce Thompson Institute

2000

• Human immunity to a virus from edible vaccine
• Daniel Klessig named president of Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc.

1999

• BTI scientist to receive Silverstein-Simeone Award for Outstanding Research in Chemical Ecology
• Cornell-affiliated researchers to testify before Congress on agricultural biotechnology Oct. 5 and 6
• Boyce Thompson Institute celebrates 75 years of plant research to benefit human welfare
• Modifying plant genes without foreign DNA
• Boyce Thompson Institute celebrates silver anniversary at Cornell
• Two BTI researchers to receive law group’s Inventors of the Year Award
• Howell becomes editor-in-chief of ‘Plant Molecular Biology’

1998

• George L. McNew, key figure in Boyce Thompson Institute history, dies at 90
• Martin appointed joint professor of plant pathology
• A breakthrough in insulin delivery by Boyce Thompson Institute could eliminate injections for diabetes
• Initial human clinical trial of edible vaccine implanted in potatoes is a success

1997

• Searching for pharmaceutical proteins, BTI researchers just say ‘grow’
• Scientists read the leaves: House plants show importance of vitamin C
• New biological control of insect pests is discovered