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Move over Arabidopsis, there’s a new model plant in town

Move over Arabidopsis, there’s a new model plant in town

Bond LSC researchers showed for the first time ever that a grass, Setaria viridis, can receive 100 percent of its nitrogen needs from bacteria when associated with plant root surfaces. This grass will now serve as model for research into biological nitrogen fixation that could benefit crop development.

Move over Arabidopsis, there’s a new model plant in town

Move over Arabidopsis, there’s a new model plant in town

Bond LSC researchers showed for the first time ever that a grass, Setaria viridis, can receive 100 percent of its nitrogen needs from bacteria when associated with plant root surfaces. This grass will now serve as model for research into biological nitrogen fixation that could benefit crop development. | Photo by Roger Meissen, Bond LSC…

Forest at your fingertips: smartphones enhance fieldwork

Forest at your fingertips: smartphones enhance fieldwork

“Fieldwork” means many things to researchers, but in the past it often meant working without easy access to communication. Now cell phones allow my students visiting the La Selva Biological Station in the lowland rainforest of Costa Rica to remain connected.

Forest at your fingertips: smartphones enhance fieldwork

Forest at your fingertips: smartphones enhance fieldwork

An MU student uses his cell phone while in Costa Rica. | Photo by Jack Schultz, Bond LSC By Jack Schultz | Director of MU Bond Life Sciences Center “Fieldwork” means many things to researchers, but in the past it often meant working without easy access to communication. Now cell phones allow my students visiting the…

The Curious Case of Inflammation: One Lab’s Mission to Put the Pieces Together

The Curious Case of Inflammation: One Lab’s Mission to Put the Pieces Together

Gary Weisman has been investigating one criminal for the past 30 years. And he’s certain there’s a way to prevent negative effects of the unsolved case of inflammation.

The Curious Case of Inflammation: One Lab’s Mission to Put the Pieces Together

The Curious Case of Inflammation: One Lab’s Mission to Put the Pieces Together

White coat, dark room. Jean Camden, a senior technician in the Weisman lab, reviews salivary gland and brain tissue samples for research on inflammation. | Photo by Paige Blankenbuehler, Bond LSC By Paige Blankenbuehler | MU Bond Life Sciences Center There’s a criminal on the loose, striking every day. Millions fall victim, but there’s still no…

Unlocking plants’ metabolic thermostat — Missouri Life Sciences Week poster winner talks research

Unlocking plants’ metabolic thermostat — Missouri Life Sciences Week poster winner talks research

Meet Matthew Salie, who works to grow chubbier plants in the lab of Bond LSC's Jay Thelen. We highlight Salie and list all poster award winners from Missouri Life Sciences Week 2015

Unlocking plants’ metabolic thermostat — award-winning LSW posters

Unlocking plants’ metabolic thermostat — award-winning LSW posters

Matthew Salie would like to see chubbier plants. “You’ve probably never really seen a fat plant before, right?” said Salie, a fourth year MU graduate student in biochemistry­. “Humans, we make plenty of extra fat and store that as energy. But plants don’t really need to do that — they make just as much as they…

Float your boat

Float your boat

Bond LSC raised $600 for the Food Bank of Central and Northeast Missouri as participants in the Float Your Boat event.

Outstanding mentors

Outstanding mentors

Bond LSC faculty win and are nominated for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards