Professor Elliot Meyerowitz has been awarded the 2018 Gruber Genetics Prize by the Gruber Foundation for his "groundbreaking work in identifying the basic regulatory and biochemical mechanisms underlying the development of plants."
HFSP funding to investigate cellular growth and stresses in plants
SLCU's Professor Henrik Jönsson is part of an international collaboration that has received funding from the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) to develop the first integrated model in plants investigating the effects from cellular growth and stresses on nuclear shape and genetic activity.
Research shows first land plants were parasitised by microbes
Sainsbury Laboratory researchers have found that the relationship between plants and filamentous microbes not only dates back millions of years, but that modern plants have maintained this ancient mechanism to accommodate and respond to microbial invaders.
A rare mineral that holds enticing potential as a new material for industrial and medical applications has been discovered on alpine plants through a collaboration between Sainsbury Laboratory and Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
Sainsbury Laboratory scientists have solved a 79-year-old mystery by discovering how plants vary their response to heat stress depending on the time of day.
Fast-talking plants increase flower production within 24-hours of soil nutrient application
The molecular mechanisms enabling plants to quickly adapt their rate of flower production in response to changing nutrient levels in soil have been revealed by researchers at the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
Game-changing synthetic biology developments that could help address global health and agriculture challenges will be examined at a three-day international synthetic biology symposium at the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, this spring (16-18 April 2018).
New legume research adds to the understanding of beneficial and detrimental plant-microbe interactions
The health of a plant is dependent on successfully navigating a diverse world of plant colonizing microbes. For many plants, a fundamental challenge is facilitating colonization of beneficial symbionts whilst also deterring colonization of detrimental pathogens. SLCU’s Sebastian Schornack studies common and contrasting...
I have always held a deep fascination with the natural world and this was almost certainly fuelled by my early years living in Zambia and seeing first-hand the amazing African wildlife. My first experiences working with plants came when I joined the group of Brian Staskawicz at the University of California, Berkeley, to do...
New discovery reveals how plants regulate cell division
SLCU researchers have discovered a way in which cells order progress through cell division - by keeping certain regulatory components “locked in” the nucleus until needed. All parts of a plant – the stem, leaves, flowers, roots, come from a pool of cells found in plant meristems. To keep the supply of these meristem cells...
