HudsonAlpha breaks ground on new Huntsville campus
A big expansion for a leading biotechnology center happened on Monday in Huntsville.
Posted: May 10, 2021 7:15 PM
Posted By: Bridget Divers
A big expansion for a leading biotechnology center happened on Monday in Huntsville.
The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology broke ground for its new facility that will house different companies, including global headquarters for one. This is a huge day for HudsonAlpha, said Marshall Schreeder, Jr.
Marshall Schreeder Jr. is the Executive Vice-President for Discovery Life Sciences. It and the Center for Plant Science Sustainable Agriculture will soon be housed in the expanded HudsonAlpha campus.
HudsonAlpha breaks ground on new commercial, research centers
Posted May 11, 2021
With this expansion announced May 10, the HudsonAlpha Center for Plant Science and Sustainable Agriculture in Huntsville will add 13,000 square feet of lab and greenhouse space and will be able to propagate and grow research plants here to improve existing crops and develop new uses for plants.
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A life sciences corporation and a plant research laboratory broke ground “virtually” Monday on $15 million in new buildings for research and commercial biotechnology on the campus of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.
At the “virtual groundbreaking” were Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon of Madison County and other local and state leaders who helped secure the expansion funding.
New publication by iDiv member at IPK Leibniz Institute
Based on a press release by IPK Leibniz Institute
Gatersleben. Genomes differ between the individuals of one species and we can learn a lot about diversity in our crops by comparing genomes of different varieties. However, researchers that want to study many genomes need a fast and reliable method for sequence assembly. An international research team led by the IPK Leibniz Institute has now investigated a new DNA sequencing method. The results, which have now been published in the journal The Plant Cell, are very promising. The scientists now hope to be able to use the method for assembling other barley genomes in the future.
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ARS geneticist Sarah Hake and University of California, Berkeley colleague George Chuck study juvenile traits of corngrass. They have found that inserting a specific corngrass gene into switchgrass keeps it in its juvenile form. Scientists from WSU, UC, Arizona involved in ongoing effort to improve the emerging bioenergy crop switchgrass.
Feb 22, 2021
Researchers from Washington State University, the University of California and the Arizona Genomics Institute are part of a large team that announced the genome sequence for switchgrass, a major bioenergy crop.
Laura Bartley, an associate professor in WSU’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, worked for 15 years on the project, which could lead to larger, easier to process switchgrass plants.
January 28, 2021
A field technician wrestling a large switchgrass plant during fall harvest (photo credit: Jason Bonnette).
A Washington State University researcher is part of a large team that announced the genome sequence for switchgrass, a major bioenergy crop.
Laura Bartley, an associate professor in WSU’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, worked for 15 years on the project, which could lead to larger, easier to process switchgrass plants.
“Making switchgrass cultivars more economically successful and competitive is a key to decreasing our dependence on fossil fuels,” Bartley said.
Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are often very different than those bred for Texas. Identifying and breeding varieties that have high productivity across a range of environments is becoming increas