The world destroyer in your shampoo and ice cream 7/6/2020 Palm oil is an environmental scourge. Genetics has a solution. Read the story »
The DNA tricks that gave us 100 different kinds of tomatoes 6/17/2020 It takes 230,000 genetic differences to make 100 different varieties of tomatoes. Read the story »
Teachers make genomes more useful… from home 5/21/2020 Researchers and educators participated in an online annotation jamboree to help researchers understand the corn genome. Read the story »
Coronavirus research in plants 5/15/2020 Purified coronavirus proteins are in short supply for COVID-19 researchers, so CSHL plant scientists are jumping in to make them. Read the story »
The future of food looks small, dense, and very bushy 2/18/2020 Vertical farming could make agriculture more robust and sustainable. To unlock that potential, scientists are redesigning crops for urban life. Read the story »
Lippman wins NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences 1/22/2020 CSHL Professor and HHMI Investigator Zachary Lippman was awarded the NAS Prize for his work in the field of plant genetics. Read the story »
A new tomato ideal for urban gardens and even outer space 12/23/2019 Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to optimize tomatoes for urban agriculture, preparing them for the city rooftops and possibly space missions. Read the story »
Shifting the balance of growth vs. defense boosts crop yield 12/19/2019 Researchers found that a specific gene in maize balances both growth of the plant and its immunity. Read the story »
These tomatos flourish in a storage unit 11/6/2019 Before now, Urban Agriculture has been dominated by compact, leafy greens such as lettuce growing in climate-controlled storage units. Watch the video »
Plant scientist David Jackson–A CSHL PI profile 11/5/2019 CSHL Professor David Jackson studies mutated corn and flowers. Watch the video »
Researchers double sorghum grain number to improve food supply 10/30/2019 A set of hormone-controlling genes may be the key to doubling grain number in sorghum plants. Read the story »
The next agricultural revolution is here 9/19/2019 After reviewing decades of plant research, scientists suggest that with past lessons and modern tools, the next agricultural revolution is at hand. Read the story »
An essay from the President: Biology for the planet 5/16/2019 CSHL plant scientists are looking for solutions to the biggest questions in agriculture as environments are reshaped by climate change. Read the story »
Profile: Doreen Ware champions the plant genome 5/8/2019 Molecular biologist Doreen Ware uses computer science to parse out the genetic roadmaps of plants. Read the story »
Cryptic mutation is cautionary tale for crop gene editing 5/6/2019 Unexpected interactions between mutations can be a thorn in the side for plant breeders. Scientists unveil what drove one infamous “cryptic” mutation. Read the story »
