Todd Michael, PhD

Forschungsprofessor

Labor für molekulare und zelluläre Pflanzenbiologie

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Genombasierte Wiederherstellung könnte unsere Ozeane und Küsten retten

LA JOLLA—Seagrasses preserve our oceans, offering safe harbor for sea life, calming rough waters, and storing excess carbon dioxide. Dozens of seagrass species protect coastlines around the globe, including the …


Can a healthy gut microbiome help prevent childhood stunting?

LA JOLLA — Malnutrition is responsible for more than half of all deaths in children under the age of five worldwide. Those who survive can still experience lifelong consequences like …


Cannabis-Pangenom enthüllt Potenzial für medizinische und industrielle Nutzung

LA JOLLA—Cannabis has been a globally important crop for millennia. While best known today as marijuana for its psychoactive cannabinoid THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), historically, cannabis has been a cornerstone of human …


Salk Institute erhält $50 Millionen von der Hess Corporation zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels durch Pflanzenwissenschaft

LA JOLLA — Hess Corporation wird dem Salk Institute’s Campaign for Discovery: The Power of Science, einer siebenjährigen, $750 Millionen umfassenden Spendenkampagne, $50 Millionen spenden, um die Menschen und …


Salk-Forschungsprofessor Todd Michael erhält $2 Millionen für den Aufbau einer Genom-Datenbank für die Maniokpflanze

Todd MichaelClick here for a high-resolution image.Credit: Salk Institute

LA JOLLA–Research Professor Todd Michael will receive nearly $2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to sequence the genomes of …


Study shines a light into “black holes” in the Arabidopsis genome

LA JOLLA—Salk scientists, collaborating with researchers from the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University, have sequenced the genome of the world’s most widely used model plant species, Arabidopsis thaliana, …


Secrets of quillwort photosynthesis could boost crop efficiency

LA JOLLA—The humble quillworts are an ancient group of about 250 small, aquatic plants that have largely been ignored by modern botanists. Now, Salk scientists, along with researchers from the …


Salk plant researchers launch collaboration to breed carbon-capturing sorghum

LA JOLLA—Researchers at the Salk Institute’s Harnessing Plants Initiative (HPI) have established a five-year, $6.2 million collaboration with Nadia Shakoor, principal investigator and senior research scientist and her team at …


Research catches up to world’s fastest-growing plant

LA JOLLA—Wolffia, also known as duckweed, is the fastest-growing plant known, but the genetics underlying this strange little plant’s success have long been a mystery to scientists. Now, thanks to …


Salk Institute und Sempra Energy kündigen Projekt zur Förderung der Forschung zur pflanzenbasierten CO2-Abscheidung und -Speicherung an

SAN DIEGO und LA JOLLA – Das Salk Institute und Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) gaben heute ein neues Projekt zur Förderung der pflanzenbasierten Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -speicherung, Forschung, Bildung und Umsetzung bekannt, um zu helfen ...


Plant geneticist Todd Michael joins Salk Institute

LA JOLLA—Todd Michael will return to Salk as a research professor in the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, where he will oversee his own research group as well as …


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BA, University of Virginia
PhD, Dartmouth College
Postdoctoral training: Salk Institute for Biological Studies


Auszeichnungen & Ehrungen

  • 2016 - Research Fellow, Volwiler Society, Abbott Laboratories
  • 2011 - Associate Fellow, Monsanto Science Fellows Society
  • Named as one of Genome Technology’s 2008 "Tomorrow’s PIs"
  • 2003 - Hannah Croasdale Award for Outstanding Graduate Work