Salmonella and Tomato Infection Interactions to Be Investigated
Salmonella bacteria cause 1.4 million cases of food poisoning in the United States each year.
Fearless Aphids Ignore Warnings, Get Eaten by Ladybugs
If your building has 10 false fire alarms one morning, it is human nature to ignore it when it goes off for the 11th time.
Mobile MicroRNAs Direct Tissue Patterning
Scientists have been working for more than a decade to understand how tiny molecules called microRNA regulate genes within cells. Now researchers have discovered that microRNA actually moves between cells to help them communicate.
Assay for PAMP-Triggered Immunity in Plants
Research associate Suma Chakravarthy from Greg Martin’s lab, shows the procedure Assay for Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP)-Triggered Immunity (PTI) in Plants in a JOVE publication.
VIGS in Nicotiana benthamiana and Tomato
Graduate student André Velásquez from Greg Martin’s lab shows how to do Virus-induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in Nicotiana benthamiana and Tomato in a JOVE publication.
VIGS in Nicotiana benthamiana and Tomato
Graduate student André Velásquez from Greg Martin’s lab shows how to do Virus-induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in Nicotiana benthamiana and Tomato in a JOVE publication.
Frank Schroeder Published in Nature: Sex and Life Span Linked in Worms: A Family of Sugar
A group of scientists who set out to study sex pheromones in a tiny worm found that the same family of pheromones also controls a stage in the worms’ life cycle, the long-lived dauer larva.
Human Urine May Cure Blood Pressure
A study has identified a hormone from human urine, a xanthurenic-acid derivative, which might help safely flush sodium out of the body and could be harnessed to develop more effective and safer treatments for high blood pressure, or hypertension.
High-Resolution Root Spatiotemporal Map Reveals Dominant Expression Patterns
BTI scientists present microarray expression profiles of a high-resolution set of developmental time points within a single Arabidopsis root and a comprehensive map of nearly all root cell types.
The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions
BTI scientists sequenced the nuclear genome of Chlamydomonas and performed comparative phylogenomic analyses, identifying genes encoding proteins that are likely associated with the function and biogenesis of chloroplasts or eukaryotic flagella.
Scientists to Sick Plants: Take Two Doses of an Aspirin-Like Hormone and Call Me in the
Discovery could lead to development of crops with enhanced yield, heightened immunity and reduced need for pesticides.
Methyl Salicylate Is a Critical Mobile Signal for Plant Systemic Acquired Resistance
In plants, the mobile signal for systemic acquired resistance (SAR), an organism-wide state of enhanced defense to subsequent infections, has been elusive. BTI scientists find that MeSA is a SAR signal in tobacco.
Tracy Rosebrock Interviewed by Nature Magazine
Tracy Rosebrock, a former BTI graduate student in the laboratory of Greg Martin, discusses how some bacteria suppress plant immunity.
In Relations between Plants and Fungi, Phosphorous Plays a Key Role
Recent research in Maria Harrison’s lab has exposed the vital importance of phosphorous transfer is in some relationships between plants and fungi.
Stern Featured on MicrobeWorld Radio Program
A long time ago, in a land of primordial goo, two bacteria lent new meaning to the word “teamwork.”
MicrobeWorld Program Features Dan Klessig’s Research
The podcast MicrobeWorld program features BTI scientist Dan Klessig’s research.