December 18, 2024
Graduate student excellence earns impressive awards
Graduate students in the Department of Cell & Systems Biology cover a broad range of fields, including plant science, neuroscience, cell biology, infectious disease research, endocrinology and systems biology. The discoveries these students are making and their contributions to the Department…
December 16, 2024
Pyruvate paradox resolved by careful carbon flux analysis from Dr Sonia Evans
Dr Sonia Evans in the Phillips Lab has solved the "pyruvate paradox" by showing Rubisco as the main source of pyruvate in chloroplasts. The flow of carbon within a plant cell determines how fatty acids, amino acid and isoprenoids are synthesized from the three carbon precursor pyruvate. For…