This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) is providing $788,825 to The Trustees of Princeton University to advance the basic understanding of the principles underlying the assembly and architecture of pyrenoids - specialized cellular compartments found in certain algae and plants. The project aims to leverage this understanding to build a functional synthetic pyrenoid-based carbon dioxide-concentrating mechanism into the model plant Arabidopsis. This work has the potential to enable the development of crops with greater yields, nitrogen-use efficiency, water-use efficiency, and climate resilience. The 3-year project period runs from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027.
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