News - Boyce Thompson Institute

Jul 2017 27

BTI Receives DARPA “Insect Allies” Award to Develop Viruses and Insects for Maize Improvement

The research project, titled Viruses and Insects as Plant Enhancement Resources (VIPER), is supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Insect Allies program.

Jul 2017 20

In Memoriam: Klaus Apel

Klaus Apel, former professor at the Boyce Thompson Institute, passed away on June 30th at the age of 74.

Jul 2017 13

Maize in Maricopa: An Interview with Intern Michael Miller

Michael Miller spent his first two weeks as a PGRP intern at the United States Department of Agriculture’s Arid Land Research Center.

Jul 2017 6

BTI’s Mueller Lab and visiting researchers collaborate to improve important crop databases

During June and July at BTI, visiting scholars from crop breeding programs in Nigeria, Nairobi, and Uganda have been working closely with researchers in Lukas Mueller’s group to discuss ways to improve the development of online resources related to two of Africa’s most important staple crops: cassava and banana.

Jun 2017 30

2017 GOBii hackathon helps improve current genomic data management system

The GOBII project’s annual hackathon united 25 software developers, bioinformaticians, computational biologists, and application specialists on a week-long mission.

Jun 2017 26

Georg Jander receives $1 million NSF EDGE award to develop genomic tools for studying milkweed

BTI’s Georg Jander is leading one of eight research groups selected to receive awards through the Enabling Discovery through Genomic Tools (EDGE) program, overseen by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) Biological Science Directorate.

Jun 2017 6

Wading into discovery: BTI’s 2017 PGRP Interns

Motivated, curious, and eager to discover, BTI’s 2017 Plant Genome Research Program (PGRP) interns are ready to dive into a 2+ month transformative experience that will prepare them for their future career.

Jun 2017 5

Our commitment to sustainability: A statement from David Stern

BTI reaffirms its commitment to innovation and discovery in the life sciences, upholding our founder’s vision that new knowledge promises new solutions for food security and planetary health.

Jun 2017 1

Science in seconds: Stronger spinach

Most of us know the story of how spinach makes Popeye the Sailor Man strong, but what make spinach stronger? Dr. Chen Jiao explains how a new spinach genomic sequence discovered by BTI's Fei Lab can help increase spinach's resistance to drought and...

May 2017 30

Yonkers’ Boyce Thompson Center opening pays homage to BTI’s history and roots

After the Boyce Thompson Institute relocated to Ithaca, NY in 1978, its original building and grounds in Yonkers, NY laid vacant for more than 40 years. A remnant of its original purpose, the building was left devoid of its most basic vestige: life. That all changed on May 23rd, 2017, with the ribbon-cutting ceremony and official opening of the new Boyce Thompson Center.

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