Advancing plant and molecular science for a sustainable future.
We're on a mission
To advance, communicate, and leverage pioneering discoveries in plant sciences to develop sustainable and resilient agriculture, improve food security, protect the environment, and enhance human health.
Three pillars of impact
For over a century, our vision has been simple yet powerful: discover how biology works at its most fundamental level, and use that knowledge to improve agriculture, human health, and the environment.
Every day, you interact with the work of plant scientists and never know it.
The food on your table. The aspirin in your medicine cabinet. The vaccine that prevents cervical cancer. The cotton in your clothing. Behind each of these is a chain of discovery that began with a simple question about how plants work — and in many cases, that question was first asked at the Boyce Thompson Institute.
Become a science champion
Your support helps sustain BTI’s ability to achieve our mission of advancing and communicating scientific discovery in plant and molecular biology to improve agriculture, protect the environment, and enhance human health.
