Project Grant 2306142
- The National Science Foundation Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded California Institute of Technology (Caltech) $1,225,440 on June 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate spatiotemporal coordination of growth and differentiation across plant tissues. The project uses Arabidopsis thaliana roots as a model system to determine how neighboring tissues communicate during organ development and coordinate growth and maturation. Recent work has...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a collaborative research project to study how plant hormones regulate rapid growth and development of stamen filaments in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The $651,000 grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, awarded on February 15, 2024, will examine the cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling stamen filament elongation as flowers open, a critical process for...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $835,320 Project Grant to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period January 15, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The grant will support research studying the mechanisms of transport through plasmodesmata in plant cells. Specifically, the grantee will examine the transport of messenger RNAs that encode homeodomain transcription factors, which are important for plant growth and stem cell...
- This $826,720 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at the University of California, Riverside to investigate the mechanisms that regulate plant cell division positioning. The key objectives are to: Assess whether two proteins, TANGLED1 (TAN1) and AUXIN INDUCED IN ROOT CULTURES9 (AIR9), physically interact to mediate division plane positioning in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Characterize genetic...
- This $1,269,993 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research to understand the molecular basis of how plant cells establish the division plane during cell division. The project aims to dissect the function of cytoskeletal motor assemblies at the cortical division site and determine how they connect to molecules in the phragmoplast, the structure that forms the new cell wall during cytokinesis. Researchers at...
- This $735,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support research at Cornell University to investigate the interactions of plant transcription factors that regulate the three-dimensional patterning of grass leaves. The research aims to gain a better understanding of the functional interactions between the LIG1 and WOX3 transcription factor genes, which are critical for determining leaf width, length, and angle in grasses like...
- This $290,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program is supporting research to study how plant hormones stimulate rapid growth in stamen filaments, the male flower organs that produce pollen. The project aims to examine the cellular and molecular events during stamen filament elongation, revealing how this growth is controlled by hormones and coordinated with pollen release. Key activities include using advanced microscopy, gene expression...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers awarded the University of California, Davis $1,252,158 on July 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to decipher the effects of structural variation in specialized metabolites on plant-insect interactions. The four-year project, running through June 30, 2030, will explore how changing composition of lineage-specific specialized metabolites affects plant-biotic interactions, using Solanaceae acylsugars as a...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program grant awarded to Cornell University will investigate the role of the micronutrient copper in regulating auxin metabolism and signaling, which are critical for plant reproduction and grain yield. The $299,974 grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will employ functional genetics and genomic tools to explore the relationship between copper, auxin, and reproductive development in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences awarded the University of Florida (UF) a $750,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to investigate the mechanism of superinfection exclusion (SIE) by Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV), a plant virus model system. The project aims to elucidate the role of a viral long non-coding RNA in the SIE phenomenon, which influences viral pathogenesis and evolution. Key research activities...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $680,000 in funding to Yale University to conduct research on regulating stem cell patterning and activity in citrus plants. The key activities under this 3-year award, running from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026, involve assessing auxin distribution and activity in citrus, experimenting to perturb auxin action, and evaluating the transcriptome and genome-wide binding sites of a key transcription factor related to thorn vs. branch primordium development. This research aims to define how auxin signaling interacts with other signaling components to produce the unique phyllotactic pattern and organ development observed in citrus, which could reveal new targets for genetically manipulating plant architecture and influencing crop productivity. The work will also contribute to the career development of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers, and enable outreach to the local community and underserved high school students.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $680.0k | 6/22/23 |