Providing support and serving partnerships to enhance crops for food security

From Uganda to the U.S. Heartland: a Look at Global Food Security
Panel to include Ugandan Minister of Agriculture and Chancellor of University of Missouri

Speakers from across the world will discuss synthetic and systems biology

The discussion will focus on St. Louis's emerging expertise in bioinformatics and how it will enhance existing scientific efforts and bringing new skills and ideas to the region.

Biofuels expert takes new role at Los Alamos National Laboratory

"These grants help expand our program by supporting additional interns to engage in an international research environment with a diverse set of research areas," Dr. Leslie Hicks, Principle Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center was recently ranked 8th in The Scientist Magazine's 2012 "Best Places to Work Postdocs" survey of non-tenured life scientists working in academia, industry or noncommercial research institutions.

Let's talk... about Plant Science Innovation: From Lab Bench to Dinner Plate

"Plants are some of the most highly complex organisms on the planet," said Jan Jaworksi, member, Danforth Plant Science Center. "AIPI researchers are dividing up the research into primary areas so that we can generate the most profound and usef

Projects support expansion of research at the Enterprise Institute for Renewable Fuels

New hires bring significant expertise and grant funding to the region

Collaboration with the Stanley lab shows that there are natural compounds from plants that can control this deadly disorder and, with the atomic structure in hand, can be used as a starting point for further drug design.

Special event on Sunday, August 28 to raise funds to fight world hunger

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center was recently ranked 8th in The Scientist Magazine's 2011 "Best Places to Work in Academia" survey, up from number 18 last year.

Seeds of Change to feature Richard C. Longworth for a Visionary Event

Experts at the conference explained how climate changes are likely to increase cassava production validating the need for expanding research efforts