This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research at Dartmouth College to investigate how plants integrate signals related to iron availability and light conditions. The $809,225 award made on March 1, 2024 will support experiments to understand the role of the URI protein in regulating iron uptake and utilization by plants. The research aims to improve understanding of how plants coordinate their responses to iron...
The National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded a $531,462 Project Grant to Trustees of Dartmouth College, doing business as Dartmouth College, to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: REDUCING COMPLEXITY IN VIVO ENABLES INVESTIGATION OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE-LIKE D COMPLEX FORMATION, TRAFFICKING AND FUNCTION." The period of performance for this award is from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The goal of this research is to advance...
This $337,667 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will support research to enhance an inducible protein degradation tool called E3-DART for use in plant cell biology. The goals are to develop a ligand-inducible version of E3-DART, create additional recombinant tools to control its activity, and demonstrate its capabilities for studying endomembrane protein function and synchronized secretory protein trafficking in...
This $250,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research aimed at understanding the molecular mechanisms controlling cell fate decisions during inflorescence (flower-bearing structure) development in panicoid cereal crops like corn, wheat, and rice. The key objective is to leverage the model grass Setaria viridis to dissect the genetic module involving the RAMOSA1 transcription factor and growth hormones that...
This $750,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports collaborative research on the evolution and development of fundamental plant reproductive structures called sporangia. Led by the New York Botanical Garden, this interdisciplinary project will investigate the molecular genetics of sporangium development in the model fern Ceratopteris. The research aims to elucidate the core genetic network underlying sporangium...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports research at Iowa State University investigating the role of the ATM1 protein in plant root cell proliferation and organ formation. The $1,089,467 award, with a performance period from July 2024 to June 2027, will fund experiments using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana to explore how cell communication and signaling pathways, such as those involving sugars...
This $959,997 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying plant regeneration, with a focus on maize. The goal is to identify key genes and pathways that regulate the ability of plant cells to reprogram and develop into new plants, which is particularly challenging for some crop species. The research will exploit a...
The National Science Foundation Division of Integrative Organismal Systems awarded a $314,715 Project Grant to President And Fellows Of Harvard College from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "EDGE FGT: Transformation and Genomic Resources to Advance Diverse, Emerging Model Angiosperms" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The research aims to promote progress in the biological sciences by increasing scientific...
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 $750,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences) will support collaborative research at the University of Iowa on the evolution and development of fundamental plant reproductive structures called sporangia. The research aims to investigate the molecular genetics of sporangium development in the model fern Ceratopteris, in order to better understand the evolution of sporangia across land plants and fill a knowledge gap about plant...