News - Boyce Thompson Institute

Jul 2008 23

Frank Schroeder Published in Nature: Sex and Life Span Linked in Worms: A Family of Sugar

A group of scientists who set out to study sex pheromones in a tiny worm found that the same family of pheromones also controls a stage in the worms’ life cycle, the long-lived dauer larva.

Nov 2007 9

Human Urine May Cure Blood Pressure

A study has identified a hormone from human urine, a xanthurenic-acid derivative, which might help safely flush sodium out of the body and could be harnessed to develop more effective and safer treatments for high blood pressure, or hypertension.

Nov 2007 6

The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

BTI scientists sequenced the nuclear genome of Chlamydomonas and performed comparative phylogenomic analyses, identifying genes encoding proteins that are likely associated with the function and biogenesis of chloroplasts or eukaryotic flagella.

Nov 2007 6

High-Resolution Root Spatiotemporal Map Reveals Dominant Expression Patterns

BTI scientists present microarray expression profiles of a high-resolution set of developmental time points within a single Arabidopsis root and a comprehensive map of nearly all root cell types.

Oct 2007 5

Methyl Salicylate Is a Critical Mobile Signal for Plant Systemic Acquired Resistance

In plants, the mobile signal for systemic acquired resistance (SAR), an organism-wide state of enhanced defense to subsequent infections, has been elusive. BTI scientists find that MeSA is a SAR signal in tobacco.

Oct 2007 5

Scientists to Sick Plants: Take Two Doses of an Aspirin-Like Hormone and Call Me in the

Discovery could lead to development of crops with enhanced yield, heightened immunity and reduced need for pesticides.

Jul 2007 19

Tracy Rosebrock Interviewed by Nature Magazine

Tracy Rosebrock, a former BTI graduate student in the laboratory of Greg Martin, discusses how some bacteria suppress plant immunity.

Jan 2007 22

In Relations between Plants and Fungi, Phosphorous Plays a Key Role

Recent research in Maria Harrison’s lab has exposed the vital importance of phosphorous transfer is in some relationships between plants and fungi.

Dec 2005 13

Stern Featured on MicrobeWorld Radio Program

A long time ago, in a land of primordial goo, two bacteria lent new meaning to the word “teamwork.”

Dec 2005 9

Lin and Bollenbach Win Bogorad Award

The Lawrence Bogorad Molecular Plant Biology Award was established to honor and celebrate scientist and longtime BTI Board member Lawrence Bogorad. The award is given annually to an outstanding BTI postdoctoral fellow.

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