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Researchers from CIMMYT and the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology in Kazakhstan discuss the importance of mentorship, training, and female role in science
Five-in-Five Blog Series: #1 The importance of an inclusive environment in wheat research
Commercialization of RSTA of the Institute
Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology is the winner of Competitions for grant financing of projects for the commercialization of the results of scientific and scientific-technical activities (2017, 2018) and is the main executor and collaborator of 3 projects: 1) Production of superelite saplings of fruit and nut bearing crops by biotechnology methods (Laboratory of Germplasm Cryopreservation); 2) The organization of
Genetic map of soft wheat first created in Kazakhstan
For the first time, a genetic map of soft wheat grown in Kazakhstan has been formed, Yerlan Turushpekov, head of the molecular genetics laboratory of the Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of the RK Education and Science Ministry, told a briefing in the CCS, Kazpravda.kz correspondent reports. Read more on this site Kazpravda.kz.
Wise Plant Analysis
Weizmann Institute’s WeizMass and MatchWeiz help identify plant metabolites https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/wios-wpa040617.php
Plant genes may lack off switch, but have volume control
Scientists at the University of California, Davis have discovered that DNA sequences thought to be essential for gene activity can be expendable. Sequences once called junk sometimes call the shots instead. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/uoc—pgm041417.php
Better barcoding: New library of DNA sequences improves plant identification
Researchers at Emory University have developed a new database of genetic information that can be used with the latest DNA sequencing technologies to improve the accuracy of plant identification. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/bsoa-bbn031517.php
Surprise: Transport proteins evolved long before their compounds emerged
The scientists investigated how transport proteins evolved along with the emergence of new defense compounds. The research goal was to understand how transport proteins acquire the ability to move new toxic compounds — and what comes first in the evolution: the transport protein’s ability to move a defense compound or the compound? https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/fos—stp030917.php
Evaluating traits contributing to salinity tolerance
The authors present methods and support methodologies to test for and quantify the impact of salinity on individual traits, such as ion exclusion, maintenance of water relations, transpiration rate and efficiency, ionic relations, photosynthesis, senescence, and maintenance of growth and yield components. aobblog.com
Project G4687 “New Phytotechnology for Cleaning Contaminated Military Sites” is granted to the Institute as Multy-Year Research Project by NATO Science for Peace and Security Program (SPS)
Project G4687 “New Phytotechnology for Cleaning Contaminated Military Sites” is granted to the Institute as Multy-Year Research Project by NATO Science for Peace and Security Program (SPS). Beginning of the project: 2016; End of the project: 2018. Project manager from the Institute – Professor Nurzhanova Asil. Participants: Kansas State University USA; National University of Life and Environmental Science, Ukraine; Jan
Wise plant analysis
A new method of plant analysis, developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science, has identified healthful antioxidants in tomato skins. In fact, as reported recently in Nature Communications, the new method reveals that biologically active plant substances typically associated with particular plant species — including those providing health benefits — are much more prevalent across the plant kingdom than was
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