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Recent Salk news from the Plant biology team
干渴的植物如何在干旱中坚持下来？
Highlights Salk scientists debut gene expression atlas of plant leaves across development, comparing normal versus drought conditions The atlas reveals drought accelerates leaf aging; pinpoints a gene that helps leaves keep …
表观遗传变化调控基因表达，那么什么调控表观遗传呢？
LA JOLLA—All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics—meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed …
索尔克的八位科学家被评为世界上被引用次数最多的研究人员之一
LA JOLLA—Salk faculty members Joseph Ecker, PhD, Ronald Evans, PhD, Rusty Gage, PhD, Christian Metallo, PhD, Satchidananda Panda, PhD, Reuben Shaw, PhD, and Kay Tye, PhD, as well as research assistant Joseph Nery have all …
基因组信息指导的修复措施可以拯救我们的海洋和海岸线
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 …
索尔克科学家约瑟夫-埃克被授予麦克林托克植物遗传学和基因组研究奖
LA JOLLA—Joseph Ecker, PhD, has been awarded the 2026 Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies from the Maize Genetics Cooperation, a global organization of maize geneticists and breeders. The …
万物复苏：干旱后植物如何恢复？
LA JOLLA—A plant’s number one priority is to grow—a feat that demands sunlight, nutrients, and water. If just one of these three inputs is missing, like water in a drought, …
Scientists debut a new foundational atlas of the plant life cycle
LA JOLLA—Nearly everything you know about plants was first discovered in a plant you’ve likely never heard of. Arabidopsis thaliana, also known as thale cress, is a small, flowering weed …
Cannabis pangenome reveals potential for medicinal and industrial use
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 …
模仿多肽是对植物最真诚的奉承
LA JOLLA—Industrial farming practices often deplete the soil of important nutrients and minerals, leaving farmers to rely on artificial fertilizers to support plant growth. In fact, fertilizer use has more …
二合一根部盔甲可保护植物免受环境胁迫，并有助于应对气候变化
LA JOLLA—Plants may burrow into the ground and stretch toward the sun, but they’re ultimately stuck where they sprout—at the mercy of environmental threats like temperature, drought, and microbial infection. …
Plant cells gain immune capabilities when it’s time to fight disease
LA JOLLA—Human bodies defend themselves using a diverse population of immune cells that circulate from one organ to another, responding to everything from cuts to colds to cancer. But plants …
Superior photosynthesis abilities of some plants could hold key to climate-resilient crops
LA JOLLA—More than 3 billion years ago, on an Earth entirely covered with water, photosynthesis first evolved in little ancient bacteria. In the following many millions of years, those bacteria …
Joanne Chory, Salk Institute professor and pioneering plant biologist, dies at age 69
LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Joanne Chory, one of the world’s preeminent plant biologists who led the charge to mitigate climate change with plant-based solutions, died on November 12, 2024, at the …
Study reveals key gene protecting plants from harmful metals in soil
LA JOLLA—The negative impact of human activity on Earth doesn’t just affect our planet’s atmosphere—it goes much deeper, into its soils. For instance, excessive application of manure or sewage sludge …
Salk Professor Joanne Chory named 2024 Wolf Prize Laureate in Agriculture
LA JOLLA—Salk Institute Professor Joanne Chory has been selected by the Wolf Foundation to receive a 2024 Wolf Prize in the field of agriculture for her "key discoveries on plant …
关键营养素帮助植物应对高温
LA JOLLA—Global temperatures are on the rise, with experts projecting an increase of 2.7°F by 2050. Because plants cannot regulate their own temperatures, they are especially sensitive to these temperature …
人工智能帮助科学家设计植物以应对气候变化
LA JOLLA—The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) declared that removing carbon from the atmosphere is now essential to fighting climate change and limiting global temperature rise. To support these …
控制根系生长方向有助于拯救作物并减缓气候变化
LA JOLLA—Above ground, plants stretch toward the sun. Below ground, plants tunnel through the earth. As roots soak up water and nutrients from surrounding soil, they grow and stretch to …