Genome-wide analysis of gene expression in sorghum furthers efforts to improve stem biomass

Sorghum bicolor is a deep-rooted, heat- and drought-tolerant crop that thrives on marginal lands and is increasingly valued ...

Matching gene expression to metabolite production in single plant cells

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has successfully combined single-cell RNA sequencing ...

Africa acacias 'go for broke' to grow and use up water to survive drought

Young umbrella acacia trees in Africa survive severe drought by putting their natural processes into overdrive when water is ...
Brandeis University

Professor Steven Henikoff receives 55th Rosenstiel Award for research on genome organization and gene expression

The 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research has been awarded to professor Steven ...
Carnegie Mellon University

Henninger Explores Targeting RNA in Cancer Prevention, Treatment

Jonathan Henninger, an assistant professor of biological sciences, is part of a growing movement in the life sciences exploring how ribonucleic acid, known as RNA, can be harnessed to develop ...
The Scientist

Epigenetics and Heritable Control of Gene Expression

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...