BTI Participates in Cornell’s Bring a Child to Work Day
On April 28, 2011, thirteen children ages 8 – 12 visited BTI along with their parents as part of Cornell’s Bring a Child to Work Day.
Invasion of the Plant Pathogens
Imagine your home being invaded by an enemy and you are unable to run away. Plants find themselves in that situation repeatedly. As they adapt to fight off pathogens, pathogens evolve to find new ways of infecting plants.
Dan Klessig: APS 2011 Noel T. Keen Awardee for Excellence in Research
Dan Klessig is the recipient of the 2011 Noel T. Keen Award for Research Excellence in Molecular Plant Pathology from the American Phytopathological Society.
BTI Scientist Dan Klessig Speaks at a Biotechnology Conference in Tunisia
At an October program sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to Tunisia, Daniel Klessig, Phd., a BTI scientist, visited Tunisian research centers and spoke at a conference highlighting biotechnology’s potential to mitigate climate change.
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.
Dr. Gregory Martin to Receive Award for Excellence in Molecular Plant Pathology
Gregory Martin, Ph.D., has been named the recipient of the Noel T. Keen Award for Research Excellence in Molecular Plant Pathology by The American Phytopathological Society (APS).
Boyce Thompson Institute President David Stern, PhD, Awarded Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
Ithaca, N.Y., Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) President David Stern, PhD has been awarded the Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) and will be formally recognized at the annual ASPB awards ceremony in Montreal, July 31.
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.
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