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EAST LANSING, Mich. - As climate change threatens global food security, researchers at Michigan State University are building better beans crucial to human nutrition by tapping into the genetics of the more heat-resistant tepary bean.
The tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius A. Gray) is a sister of the common bean which includes kidney, pinto and navy beans. The common bean is the number one source of protein and nutrients for many people living in Central America and Africa, said Robin Buell, a professor of plant biology in MSU s College of Natural Science and former director of the Plant Resilience Institute.
Plant genomicist Buell to join UGA as GRA/GSD Eminent Scholar
January 13, 2021
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Robin Buell, University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University and a renowned plant genomics expert, will join UGA in fall 2021 as its newest Georgia Research Alliance/Georgia Seed Development Eminent Scholar.
C. Robin Buell
GRA Eminent Scholars are acknowledged leaders in areas of science that are strategically important to the state of Georgia and its research universities. Buell, who will be appointed as a professor of crop and soil sciences in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is the eighth GRA Eminent Scholar recruited to UGA since 2015 and the 20th overall. She will be UGA’s 19th currently serving Eminent Scholar. The endowment for Buell’s position is co-supported by a contribution from Georgia Seed Development.