GALLERY
Pulses raised as new study reveals secrets of the plant that keeps people calm
Pulses raised as new study reveals secrets of the plant that keeps people calm
25 June 2018 -- Chemical secrets of a plant used throughout history for its calming effects have been revealed in new research. These new findings came from research into Indian snakeroot (Rauwolfia serpentina) which has been used for millennia in South and South East-Asia as a tranquilizer.Lead author of the paper Dr Thu Thuy Dang of the John Innes Centre said: “We set out to find the missing enzyme that catalyses this important reaction based on a 20-year-old clue from the literature.
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ASPB's 2018 Sharon Gray Women's Young Investigator Travel Award Winners Announced
ASPB's 2018 Sharon Gray Women's Young Investigator Travel Award Winners Announced
May/June 2018 -- Each year, ASPB, through its Women in Plant Biology Committee, awards travel grants to attend the Plant Biology annual meeting to early career women investigators.Through a donation from the Sharon Gray Foundation (https://sharongrayfoundation.org), the 2018–2020 Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award (WYITA) will be named for Sharon, who had a passion for and commitment to mentoring women in science. By naming the award for Sharon, we honor her contributions and seek to continue her legacy.
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Researchers identify how opium poppies synthesize promising new drug
Researchers identify how opium poppies synthesize promising new drug
11 December 2014 -- After only four years of intensive research, scientists from the University of Calgary have identified a pathway of genes in opium poppies that underlies the synthesis of noscapine — a promising cancer-fighting agent and a cough suppressant used in many European countries.Researchers Peter Facchini, recent PhD graduate Thuy Dang, and postdoctoral fellow Xue Chen identified 10 of the 11 dedicated steps encoded by a cluster of genes that lead to noscapine biosynthesis.
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Indian snakeroot (Rauwolfia serpentina) in the laboratory
2017 Norwich Science Festival (Norwich, UK)
2017 Exploring Kenyan Diversity Workshop (Naivasha, Kenya)
Kew Gardens (London, UK)
2019 Gordon Research Conference on Plant Metabolic Engineering (Barga, Italy)
Kelowna city centre by the Okanagan Lake