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No eyes, no brain, no problem

Communications Department — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:30:43 +0000

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CRISPR primes goldenberry for fruit bowl fame

Margaret Osborne — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:30:59 +0000

Since the dawn of agriculture around 10,000 years ago, our ancestors have saved seeds from the tastiest, largest, and most resilient crops to plant in the following season. Today, most fruits and vegetables we buy are the result of hundreds to thousands of years of selective breeding. Now, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) plant biologists...

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AI offers ‘roadmap’ to plant genetics

Margaret Osborne — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:30:47 +0000

As global temperatures rise, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) scientists work to grow stronger, more resilient crops. Yet, this process is challenging. Plants often have several related genes that control desirable traits, such as size or drought resistance. Finding genes with overlapping functions, or “redundant genes,” is a near-impossible scavenger hunt. “Most of the time,...

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Uplands Farm: Grounds for discovery

Jennifer Michalowski — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:30:53 +0000

At first glance, Uplands Farm—12 carefully tended acres about a mile east of the ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) campus—resembles farms you might have seen before. Orderly rows of corn dominate the fields, sharing space with sorghum, eggplants, and other crops. Three greenhouses shelter young plants, extending the growing season so they can flourish in...

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You’ve never seen corn like this before

Margaret Osborne — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:30:56 +0000

Plant stem cells are crucial for the world’s food supply, animal feed, and fuel production. They lay the foundation for how plants grow. Yet, much about these mysterious building blocks remains unknown. Previous analyses have failed to locate many of the important genes that regulate how these cells function. Now, for the first time, Cold...

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CSHL and global collaborators map Solanum pan-genome

Margaret Osborne — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000

AI generated voice with Zachary Lippman’s actual voice About 75 percent of the world’s food comes from 12 plants. Scientists estimate up to 30,000 species are edible. Not only does this bottleneck jeopardize our food supply if a major crop is impacted by drought or disease—it also limits our choices at the grocery store. For...

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CSHL goes to the White House for Easter EGGucation

Luis Sandoval — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:30:20 +0000

Plant biology and science education are in ��ϳԹ��Դ’s (CSHL’s) DNA. Recently, two CSHL plant scientists brought their expertise from the lab to the White House lawn for an event hosted by First Lady Jill Biden. Since 2022, the White House’s annual “EGGucation” Roll has used fun Easter-themed activities to teach kids about...

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At the Lab Episode 1: The tomato of tomorrow

Marc Persad — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:00:37 +0000

Picture a tiny silo of tasty tomatoes growing in a dense urban environment. Now imagine that same setup … in outer space! It all starts At the Lab. For our premiere episode, we visit the lab of ��ϳԹ��Դ Professor & HHMI Investigator Zachary Lippman to catch a glimpse at the future of...

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From plant genomics to a bioscience revolution

Jen A. Miller — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:30:22 +0000

Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, and corn. But these breakthroughs aren’t just about plants. They’ve changed the way scientists think about all life on Earth. AI-generated image: © LadyAI - stock.adobe.com" data-description="" />Farmers have been playing with plant genomics since before the world knew what genes were. Does one strawberry plant produce sweeter fruits? Encourage its growth over less tasty crops. Voilà! Your strawberry crop is now yummier than ever. Since the turn of the 21st century, ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) breakthroughs have helped revolutionize the...

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An evolutionary mystery 125 million years in the making

Luis Sandoval — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 19:00:44 +0000

Plant genomics has come a long way since ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) helped sequence the first plant genome. But engineering the perfect crop is still, in many ways, a game of chance. Making the same DNA mutation in two different plants doesn’t always give us the crop traits we want. The question is why...

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You say genome editing, I say natural mutation

Luis Sandoval — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:00:46 +0000

For tens of thousands of years, evolution shaped tomatoes through natural mutations. Then, humans came along. For centuries, we’ve bred and cherry-picked tomatoes with our preferred traits. Today, CRISPR genome editing allows us to make new crop mutations that improve traits even further. However, individual mutations, whether natural or engineered, don’t work alone. Each operates...

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Cocktails & Chromosomes: Uprooting climate change

Communications Department — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:30:39 +0000

Pull up a stool to watch CSHL Associate Professor Ullas Pedmale speak about plants and climate change at Industry bar in Huntington, NY.

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Cocktails & Chromosomes gets corny

Communications Department — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 11:30:36 +0000

In the best way possible! CSHL Professor David Jackson talked about corn genetics. Plus, we gave away tickets to Tony Award-winning musical Shucked.

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Climate-control technology future-proofs plants

Communications Department — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:30:45 +0000

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New CSHL technology controls the weather and time itself

Luis Sandoval — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:30:31 +0000

Just like baking a cake, growing crops isn’t only a science. It’s also an art. There’s a perfect recipe of light, water, air, and nutrients needed for plants to flower just right. Tragically, climate change jeopardizes all of these ingredients. But what if plant growers could somehow control the weather? What if they could harness...

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Digging up the deep-rooted secrets of perennial corn

Luis Sandoval — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:30:11 +0000

The world’s population is projected to hit 10 billion by 2050. As we inch closer each year, the conversation around food demand gets louder. The world’s natural resources are finite, and current farming practices are expected to dry up every last drop. Today, plant scientists at ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) are in a race...

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CSHL groundcherry research bears new fruits

Nick Wurm — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:30:32 +0000

Over 34 million people in the U.S. don’t have enough food. More diverse and adaptable crops are needed to address challenges in food production made worse by climate change. Small, sweet berries called groundcherries may not feed the country, but along with other related “orphan crops,” they could strengthen food supplies. Unfortunately, these distant relatives...

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What shedding light on plant growth could mean for cancer

Nick Wurm — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 15:00:57 +0000

Understanding how plants process light is key to improving crop yields. Light helps plants know when to grow and flower at the right time. Plants find light using proteins called photoreceptors. ��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) Assistant Professor Ullas Pedmale’s team uncovered how proteins called UBP12 and UBP13 help regulate a photoreceptor called CRY2. Their...

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How tweaking genes keeps corn and rice on your plate

Jennifer Michalowski — Wed, 18 May 2022 11:30:14 +0000

an plant scientists keep up with a changing world? It took thousands of years of breeding for farmers to transform the wild ancestors of corn and rice into the staples that we grow and consume on a massive scale. But to keep up with population growth, climate change, and other pressures, those crops will have...

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New CSHL website brings together sorghum researchers

Luis Sandoval — Mon, 09 May 2022 11:30:49 +0000

��ϳԹ��Դ (CSHL) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have created a website called SorghumBase that serves as the first centralized hub for sorghum crop research. The hub, open to anyone, pools together existing and emerging genetic, genomic, and breeding data and resources worldwide to facilitate crop improvement efforts. Doreen Ware, a...

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