BTI Tomato and Fruit Biology Group Awarded USDA Secretary of Agriculture Honor
BTI researchers led team that pioneered international tomato gene sequencing and genetic basis of fruit ripening. Congrats to Vrebalov, Van Eck, Mueller, Giovannoni, Fei.
ART@BTI, the Botanical Photographs of David O. Watkins Jr.
“From my backyard,” photographs by David Watkins, Jr. on display during August, September, and October. Botanical portraits, including lilies, hostas, and landscapes, with vibrant color.
Architecture within Plant Cells—Keeping the Genome’s House in Order
CRWN proteins alter nuclear organization, which affects plant viability.
Wild Tomato Sequenced
Fei and Giovannoni Labs contribute to sequencing of wild tomato species Solanum pennellii.
Harrison and Fei Awarded USDA/DOE Grant
Research to improve feedstock that produces bioenergy.
Congratulations, Michelle Cilia!
Herbert L. Rothbart ARS Early Career Scientist of the Year and the Schroth Faces of the Future award.
Bioinformatics Progress at BTI
BTI provides bioinformatics consulting in-house.
High Five Cell Line Improves Human Health
The “High Five” insect cell line made the Cervarix HPV vaccine possible, contributing to better human health.
BTI Cassavabase Project in Africa
Mueller Lab at BTI coordinates Cassavabase web site to pool data from cassava field trials in Africa to improve plant breeding.
BTI Helps Launch SIPS, New School of Integrative Plant Science
BTI will be part of Cornell’s exciting new initiative to combine five departments of plant science.
ART@BTI: milly acharya
Public invited to view 40 original watercolors and prints by botanical illustrator milly acharya , at BTI, 533 Tower Road, 8-5 weekdays, through July 23.
Joshua Judkins, BTI and Beyond
Joshua Judkins arrived at BTI as an intern in 2008 and left as a PhD in 2014…for a post doc position with Pfizer in neuroscience.
Teach the Teachers: Algae to Biofuel
Experiments, curricula, and workshops train teachers about biofuel at BTI, thanks to Shawn Kenaley, BTI’s new Teaching Laboratory Coordinator.
New Website Is Portal for Nicotiana benthamiana Experimental Resources
This Nicotiana benthamiana web site shares papers, results, tools, protocols, and other materials from researchers using NB as a study plant.
BTI Researcher on a Mission to Save Citrus
The entire California citrus industry is counting on Cornell vector biologist Michelle Cilia to quickly come up with a solution to stop the spread of a deadly disease that could decimate domestic citrus production.
New Website Is Portal for Nicotiana benthamiana Experimental Resources
This Nicotiana benthamiana web site shares papers, results, tools, protocols, and other materials from researchers using Nb as a study plant.
DELLAs Bolster Symbiosis in Green Revolution Crops
(From Cornell Chronicle) Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell researchers have identified a plant protein called DELLA that may lead to reducing phosphorus-fertilizer applications on farms and better plant growth in poor soil.
BTI One of Top 25 Best Companies to Work for in New York State
The Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) has been named one of 25 Best Companies to Work For in New York State for 2014.
Gene to Bean to Global Scene
BTI invited public to learn more about BTI’s role in recent sequencing of coffee genome, plus presentations by other Cornell researchers from diverse fields who study coffee.
A Wild Relative of Tobacco Offers Insight into Molecular Plant Biology at BTI
The genome of an experimentally important relative of tobacco has been sequenced by US and Canadian researchers.
Teacher Programs Put Plant Research and Resources in Area Classrooms
Professional development for teachers in plant science at BTI is having real impact in classrooms across New York State.
Worms Hijack RNA Building Blocks, Create Unique Sugar in the Process
Conventional wisdom holds that genes determine the morphology of animals, but something else iwormmay be at play. Frank Schroeder from the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University and Ralf Sommer from the Max-Planck Institute in Germany now rep.
Three Boyce Thompson Institute Scientists Honored as AAAS Fellows
Drs. Harrison, Klessig, and Jander honored.
Cornell Receives $25.2M in Funding for Next Generation Cassava Breeding
Cassava, a rough and ready root crop that has long been the foundation of food security in Africa is finally getting the respect it deserves.
Scientists Find Clues into More Disease-Resistant Watermelons, Genome Decoded
Are juicier, sweeter, more disease-resistant watermelons on the way?
Scientists Work Together to Develop Global Distribution Map of Tomato Virus
Boyce Thompson Institute Scientist Zhangjun Fei has teamed up with scientists from across the country to generate a comprehensive global virus distribution map for tomatoes.
BTI Intern Presents at SACNAS
The 2012 SACNAS National Conference “Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Healthy World” will take place in Seattle, Washington and BTI educators and interns will be in attendance.
A Twisted Tale: Plant Roots Form Helices as They Encounter Barriers
The science of how and why plant roots get their shape, it turns out, is a twisted tale.
A Wild Relative of Tobacco Offers Insight into Molecular Plant Biology at BTI
The genome of an experimentally important relative of tobacco has been sequenced by US and Canadian researchers.
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.
BTI Scientist Maria Harrison is Co-principal Investigator on $6.5M NSF Award
The research project will study genes responsible for beneficial symbioses with bacteria and fungi. Work in the Harrison lab will focus on the plant-fungal AM symbiosis and how it improves phosphorus uptake in plants.
Powerful Screening Exposes the Roles of Salicylic Acid
By identifying the proteins which bind the plant hormone salicylic acid and potentially mediate its myriad physiological effects, Dr Daniel Klessig is unravelling the complex roles these hormones play in abiotic and biotic plant stresses.
Former BTI REU Intern Receives Fellowship from the American Society of Plant Biologists
Hannah De Jong an undergraduate in the Georg Jander lab, received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB).
Researchers Discover Link between Tomato Ripening, Color, and Taste
According to an old country song, the only two things money can’t buy are true love and homegrown tomatoes. How true – those perfect, red tomatoes from the store just can’t match ones plucked from the garden. Now, researchers have identified the gene that controls the...
Tomato Genome Becomes Fully Sequenced – Paving the Way for Healthier Plants
For the first time, the genome of the tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, has been decoded.
Compounds in Worms May Lead to Parasite Treatment
All of these nematodes speak the same chemical language,” through the use of compounds called ascarosides, said study co-author Frank Schroeder.
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.
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.
African Sweet Potato Devastation: BTI Research to Expand Understanding of Viruses
An international team of scientists lead by Dr. Fei at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research received a $700,000 grant for research that will expand our understanding of viruses that cause devastating losses of sweet potato crops in Africa.
AIPI Announces First Round of Collaborative Grant Awards
In 2010, the four largest nonprofit plant science research institutions in the United States came together to form the Association of Independent Plant Research Institutes (AIPI).
Polar Localization of a Symbiosis-Specific Phosphate Transporter Mediator Found
Most flowering plants form symbiotic associations with soil fungi to gain additional access to phosphate from the soil.
Draft Genome Sequence for Nicotiana benthamiana Released in 2012
Scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) released a draft sequence of the Nicotiana benthamiana genome which is accessible through the SGN BLAST tool and can be downloaded from an ftp site (see: http://solgenomics.net/). The project was...
Draft Genome Sequence for Nicotiana benthamiana Released in 2012
Scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) released a draft sequence of the Nicotiana benthamiana genome which is accessible through the SGN BLAST tool and can be downloaded from an ftp site.
Release of a Draft Genome Sequence for Nicotiana benthamiana
BTI scientists have released a draft sequence of the Nicotiana benthamiana genome.
Release of a Draft Genome Sequence for Nicotiana benthamiana
BTI scientists have released a draft sequence of the Nicotiana benthamiana genome.
Worms Communicate Using a Complex Chemical Language
Scientists have discovered that a species of small, transparent roundworms called Caenorhabditis elegans possess a highly-evolved language in which they combine chemical fragments to create precise molecular messages.
Comparative Metabolomics Reveals Biogenesis of Ascarosides
Frank Schroeder’s group recently published manuscript describes the use of an MS/MS-based screen to investigate a class of signaling molecules recently identified in the model organism C. elegans.
At the Frontline of a Plant-Pathogen Molecular Arms Race
Research published by Greg Martin in the journal Cell Host & Microbe presents clear evidence of a molecular arms race or coevolution between a host plant and a pathogen.
Georg Jander Receives Award to Reduce Pesticide Pollution
Up to 30 percent of agricultural productivity is lost to insects and disease.
Georg Jander Featured in The Plant Cell
Dr. Jander’s work identifies the nonprotein amino acid N?-acetylornithine and an acetyltransferase that synthesizes it in Arabidopsis thaliana, thus revealing a new methyl jasmonate-inducible defense response.