The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $249,000 Postdoctoral Fellowship grant under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to support a research project titled "Capturing RNA Modifications from Start to Finish: Transcription to Maturation during Heat Stress." The fellowship will be hosted at the Université Paris-Saclay in France, with Drs. Martin Crespi and Moussa Benhamed serving as the sponsoring scientists. The project aims to develop novel sequencing technologies and protocols to investigate how crops, specifically tomatoes, manage and respond to heat stress at the molecular level by studying the dynamic regulation of RNA modifications. The research will contribute to advancing the understanding of plant stress management and mitigation, which is critical given the rising global temperatures due to climate change and their impact on agricultural practices and food sustainability.
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