This $959,997 federal Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports collaborative research at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to develop improved methods for plant transformation and regeneration. The research aims to provide a thorough understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying regeneration in maize, a key crop that provides a substantial portion of human caloric intake. By exploiting a "morphogenic-based"...
This $1,088,678 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports collaborative research at Rutgers, The State University to develop improved methods for transforming and regenerating recalcitrant plant species, with a focus on maize. The project aims to provide a thorough understanding of the molecular events enabling plant regeneration from differentiated tissue by exploiting a "GGB" morphogenic-based system. This...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program grant, awarded to Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), provides $426,473 to conduct collaborative research on morphogenic-based mechanisms of maize regeneration. The goal is to gain a thorough understanding of the molecular events leading to successful plant formation from differentiated tissue, which will help improve transformation and regeneration of recalcitrant plant species like maize. The research will...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), will support collaborative research at Kansas State University to identify the genetic basis of plant regeneration, specifically focusing on maize. The $400,000 award will fund the project from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2027. The primary goal is to better understand the genetic mechanisms controlling plant cell proliferation and growth, which are critical for successful...
This $699,870 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports the development of simplified and highly efficient genetic modification technologies for economically important grasses and cereal crops. The "PLANTTRANSFORM: SMART GRASS" project aims to overcome the current constraint in the plant science research community regarding the capacity to genetically modify major crop plants. The award establishes a...
This $220,848 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences will fund the development of new approaches for spatial transcriptome analysis in plants under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The awardee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, will leverage existing fluorescent reporter gene lines to perform single-cell RNA sequencing and fluorescent imaging of the meristematic region of plant roots. Machine...
This $998,790 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support enhancing global plant transformation capacity through research, training, and partnerships led by Boyce Thompson Institute For Plant Research Inc. Over a three-year period, the grantee will establish a global research coordination network to collectively address challenges to plant genetic engineering and gene editing efficiency. The network aims to facilitate collaboration,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $953,779 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to develop innovative data processing and advanced visualization tools for optimizing maize canopy architecture. The goal is to create a "digital twin" of maize plants that can simulate real plant growth and response to the environment. This will allow researchers to experiment with different plant traits and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded a 4-year, $2,670,305 Project Grant titled "TRTECH-PGR: REPROGRAMMING THE PLANT CELL WITH TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS" under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). This project aims to systematically assess the effects of ectopically expressing thousands of maize transcription factors on gene expression and physiological responses in plant tissues. The research will use...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports the development of new computational tools for analyzing single-cell genomic data across diverse plant species. The $1,180,752 award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University aims to address key challenges in plant single-cell transcriptomics, including determining known and novel cell types, enabling cross-species comparisons, and overcoming the lack of curated...