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Sabeeha Merchant on life, photosynthesis, and genomics

May 05, 2025

Merchant, a professor in PMB and Molecular and Cell Biology, recently wrote about the history of her research in the Journal of Molecular Biology.

Researcher Abigail Stevens, Brian Staskawicz, Myeong-Je Cho, and researcher Maxwell Vetterli examine a cacao plant in growth medium at the Plant Genomics and Transformation Facility.

(Not) The End of Chocolate

April 29, 2025

Professor Emerit Brian Staskawicz and former postdoc Myeong-Je Cho are working to safeguard the planet’s supply of cacao from disease.

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Annelise Goldman receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

April 24, 2025

Goldman, who studies how methanogenesis fuels nitrogen fixation in methanogenic archaea, is one of three graduate students in the College to receive the competitive fellowships. 

Marco Dueñas in the Sabeeha Merchant lab. Image courtesy of Marco Dueñas.

Focus on: PhD candidate Marco Dueñas

April 10, 2025

QB3 recently interviewed Marco Dueñas, a plant biology PhD candidate in Sabeeha Merchant's lab.

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Professor Krishna Niyogi will join live event for the Science Friday podcast

March 13, 2025

Niyogi and ESPM professor Whendee Silver will join hosts Ira Flatow and Ethan Elkind this Friday, March 14, in San Francisco for a special live podcast event focused on climate change and environmental solutions. 

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Brian Staskawicz awarded Wolf Prize in Agriculture

March 11, 2025

The award recognizes the plant biology professor’s groundbreaking discoveries of the immune system and disease resistance in plants.

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Alum Giles Oldroyd named Danforth Center president

February 19, 2025

An internationally recognized plant geneticist, Oldroyd, PhD ’98, was a graduate student in the lab of Professor Brian Staskawicz.

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Alum makes Forbes’ 30 under 30 list for healthcare

February 13, 2025

Yue Clare Lou, who earned both a BS and PhD in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, was recognized for her work toward the creation of next-gen immune boosters.

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