Masakazu Iwai

Jennifer Doudna Wins American Chemical Society’s Priestley Award The Nobel Laureate has received the American Chemical Society’s highest prize for her breakthrough work on CRISPR-Cas9

🎉 Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna! The Nobel Laureate has just received the @acs.org‘s Priestley Medal for her incredible work on CRISPR-Cas9 🧬 and contributions to unlocking the power of RNA. 🧪

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How Plants Manage Light: New Insights Into Nature’s Oxygen-Making Machinery Nature’s oxygen-making machinery reveals possible blueprint for developing light-harvesting systems

New research reveals how plants harvest sunlight with near-perfect efficiency. The findings could inspire smarter, more resilient light harvesting technology. 🧪 @biosci.lbl.gov

Kris Nyogi in a t-shirt with a cichlid on it

IGI Investigator Krishna Niyogi on improving photosynthesis to fight #ClimateChange, how federal funding drives research – and being a cichlid stan 🐟 (see the T shirt). Read more in our Meet an IGI Scientist Q&A: ow.ly/OhSw50VERi2

Congratulations to #MBIB Senior Scientist Vittal Yachandra on being honored with an honorary doctorate by Uppsala University for his contributions to the development of X-ray spectroscopy and serial femtosecond crystallography.

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Thank you to GeneBites for letting me write about the exciting potential of DNA data storage! 🧬

What if we stored data in DNA 🧬💾instead of on hard drives and in the cloud? 🌩️ Priyati Sharma describes a world where vials 🧪 of what we now know as our genetic blueprint hold all the world’s data 🌍, and how we might possibly get there.

Image Text: Karina Cunningham. Graduate Student @ UC Berkley. Research: Photosynthetic Efficiency in Microalgae

#blackhistorymonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Karina Cunningham!🌱

👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn

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Berkeley Lab’s Jennifer Doudna Awarded National Medal of Technology and Innovation Jennifer Doudna has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

“On behalf of the Berkeley Lab community, I extend my warmest congratulations to Jennifer for receiving the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Her groundbreaking research will push the boundaries of science and benefit humanity.” - @mwitherell.bsky.social
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Seedless berries, avocados that don't go brown, cows with a genetic haircut, and more – learn about how CRISPR 🧬 is being used in plant 🌾 & animal 🐮 agriculture in our reader-friendly review, written by IGI's Tonio Chaparro! Read here: ow.ly/KLMJ50UpjA7

The top half of the image is a man inspecting the leaf of a plant in a greenhouse with other leaves nearby. A large green number one splits the middle of the image. The bottom half of the image has the words Changing upstream DNA alters photosynthesis next to the bottom of the one, The words RIPE 2025 Social Media Countdown, RIPE, and Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency are across the bottom along with the RIPE logo.

Topping our 2024 Countdown: A RIPE team used CRISPR/Cas9 to alter photosynthesis in rice by changing its upstream DNA. This was the first approach to increase gene expression & downstream photosynthetic activity.
Article in Science Advances: https://buff.ly/4iIGjJF
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An incredible article that touches on so many aspects of our work to improve photosynthesis to prepare food crops for the changing climate! bit.ly/4eBR5y8

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