Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty, Senior Research Associates, Senior Extension Associates, and Senior Lecturers
These faculty have primary affiliations with other SIPS sections and Cornell units or with USDA-ARS
Faculty emeriti and other retired academics
Graduate students in the Field of Plant Biology
Post-doctoral associates, research associates, extension associates, and lecturers
Staff members support research scientists, maintain greenhouses and research fields, and manage administrative functions
Plant Biology News
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Benjamin Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean, recognized 41 faculty and staff members for their remarkable accomplishments at the 2021 CALS Research, Extension and Core Value Staff Awards ceremony.
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Researchers have assembled a high-quality Isoetes genome that furthers understanding of how these aquatic plants regulate CAM photosynthesis to compete for carbon dioxide underwater, and how that regulation differs from terrestrial plants.
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The faculty recipients of the 2021 Innovative Teaching and Learning Awards will use grants of up to $20,000 to explore new teaching technologies and strategies to enhance the student learning environment across campus.
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A team of researchers have identified a gene that regulates tomato softening independent of ripening, a finding that could help tomato and other fruit breeders strike the right balance between good shelf life and high-quality flavor.
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Academic focus: Synthetic biology, structural biology and biochemistry Research summary: I study nature’s vital, but notoriously inefficient, carbon fixing enzyme called Rubisco. The aim is to target Rubisco function to enhance the efficiency of...