News - Boyce Thompson Institute

Sep 2014 25

Postgraduates Hosted Annual BTI Symposium, September 25, 2014

Speakers will include Dr. Frank Schroeder, postdocs Daniela Floss and Patricia Manosalva, Dr. Robert Granados and Dr. Maureen Hanson (from Cornell), and discussion of postgraduate training and education with Dr. David Stern and Dr. Eric Richards.

Sep 2014 18

$4.7 Million to SIPS and BTI for More Tomato Research

Jocelyn Rose, professor of plant biology and director of Cornell’s Institute of Biotechnology, with BTI co-PI's Carmen Catala, Zhangjun Fei, James Giovannoni, and Lukas Mueller will research ripening mechanisms & drought tolerance.

Sep 2014 11

Schroeder Lab: Answering Life’s Biggest Questions with Small Molecules

Schroeder's lab works to discover new small molecules and identify their structure and function in the context of aging. “We know everything we see will be unknown, pure discovery...It's pretty intense. We get to the bottom of things.”

Sep 2014 11

NABC Conference, October 8 and 9, “DNA Editing Biotechnology”

The 26th NABC Conference on the theme of "New DNA Editing Approaches: Methods, Applications, and Policy for Agriculture” convened in the Biotechnology Building on the Cornell campus on October 8 & 9.

Sep 2014 3

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.

Aug 2014 18

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.