Since its founding more than a century ago, the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) has been a place where bold scientific ideas take root. From advancing plant science and training future researchers, to...

Dr. Natalie Hoffmann, recipient of the inaugural Jane Silverthorne Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Boyce Thompson Institute, is investigating how beneficial fungi penetrate plant cell walls without causing damage. Her research explores how plants remodel their cell walls to facilitate symbiotic partnerships, utilizing advanced imaging and genetic tools to solve a mystery with implications for sustainable agriculture.

Watermelon is a quintessential summertime fruit, evoking images of warm, sunny afternoons and cookouts with friends and family. You can easily picture its striped, green rind and pink flesh, imagine the delicate...

The Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) is pleased to announce that Dr. Georg Jander and Delanie Sickler, Education and Outreach Director at BTI, have received a multi-year award from the U.S. Department of...

Over a century ago, a botanist named Daniel Trembly MacDougal injected salt solutions into plant ovaries and reported that the procedure changed the hereditary material passed on to offspring. Both MacDougal’s results...

Isako Di Tomassi spends her days studying microbes that threaten plant health. Outside the lab, she helped build a movement: a campaign that convinced hundreds of scientists to write letters and op-eds...