In a surprising twist to one of biology’s most fundamental processes, a new study published on October 17, 2025, in the ...

A new study underscores that we still have much to learn regarding how plants will function -- and how nutritious they will be -- as more carbon enters our atmosphere. That same influx of carbon is ...

Siobhan Brady, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Biology and Genome Center, has been selected to join the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator program. (Thomas ...

‘We can upgrade plant cell culture technology using advances in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering’ To those wondering how plant cell culture works in practice, he said, “ What we're trying ...

image: Teaching Tools in Plant Biology is designed to make it easy for educators to use current scientific information in their classrooms. Published monthly in an online-only format by The Plant Cell ...

Wolfgang Busch is a professor of biology at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, where he also serves as the executive director of the Harnessing Plants Initiative. He ...