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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Apr 8

RIPE Researchers, in work done for the CABBI Project, demonstrated that increasing the Rubisco enzyme in C4 crops like sorghum and sugar cane increases photosynthesis and yield as well!

Their work was published in the National Academy of Sciences proceedings.

Adapting C4 photosynthesis to atmospheric change and increasing productivity by elevating Rubisco content in sorghum and sugarcane | PNAS

Meta-analyses and theory show that with rising atmospheric [CO2], Rubisco has become the greatest limitation to light-saturated leaf CO2 assimilati...

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Apr 7

Tracy Lawson's fascination with plants started as a child on an English farm & recently brought the globally recognized expert in plant biology across the pond to Illinois!

Tracy talks about her research & what she's looking forward to most in this new feature!
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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Apr 4

The Microbiologist recently featured Yong-Su Jin’s work to modify bacteria to convert carbon dioxide into useful products by combining algae’s photosynthetic properties with bacteria’s production capabilities, overcoming a costly limitation faced by previous strategies.

Microalgae and bacteria team up to convert CO2 into useful products

Most methods of genetically modifying the bacterium Escherichia coli and other microbes to convert carbon dioxide into useful biological products require additional carbon sources. A new study overcom...

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Apr 2

RIPE team members have developed an R package for curve fitting that enables users to build analysis pipelines for fitting photosynthetic gas exchange data.

Read more about PhotoGEA in @PlantCell&Environment: doi.org/10.1111/pce....

PhotoGEA: An R Package for Closer Fitting of Photosynthetic Gas Exchange Data With Non‐Gaussian Confidence Interval Estimation

Fitting mechanistic models to gas exchange measurements is a key technique in plant physiology for understanding limitations to photosynthesis. PhotoGEA is a new R package for fitting C3 and C4 CO2 r...

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · Mar 29

Increased Rubisco for better C4 photosynthesis
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Adapting C4 photosynthesis to atmospheric change and increasing productivity by elevating Rubisco content in sorghum and sugarcane | PNAS

Meta-analyses and theory show that with rising atmospheric [CO2], Rubisco has become the greatest limitation to light-saturated leaf CO2 assimilati...

www.pnas.org

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Mar 24

A RIPE team determined that a crucial soybean photosynthesis improvement with traditional breeding methods is unlikely. Gene editing could be the key to unlocking soybean potential.

Their work was published in @theplantjournal.bsky.social

Article: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
Story: bit.ly/4iAM0ZN

Variation in relaxation of non‐photochemical quenching between the founder genotypes of the soybean (Glycine max) nested association mapping population

Previous evidence suggests increasing the rate of relaxation of photoprotection can lead to improved biomass and yield. By comparing photoprotection in 41 diverse soybean genotypes grown in the field...

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Doug Orr @doug-orr.bsky.social · Mar 23

Excited to share that I'll soon be recruiting a 3 year postdoc to join the lab @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social to work with me on Rubisco biochemistry and engineering. Official advertising details to be released very soon, watch this space! Please spread the word. 😀🌱🧪🥼

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Kromdijk Lab @plantphys-cam.bsky.social · Mar 14

WE’RE HIRING!

Funded 3-year postdoc looking at the impact of chilling on maize 🌽

The project will be looking at chilling responses in roots and shoots 🌱❄️ including the role of ABA and photoinhibition.

Applications close 28th March. More details below www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50591/

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Mar 11

RIPE researchers from @lancasteruni.bsky.social wrote a chapter in the latest volume of Methods in Enzymology, providing a protocol for using radiometric assays to measure Rubisco in plant leaves.

Read more about their work here: bit.ly/3XzXW5h

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Mar 7

Corrected link for the commentary: doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Mar 6

Our home institute, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, flipped the script on our communications manager Allie, interviewing her for a recent feature story!

Read about her journey in science communications here: bit.ly/3QNvAkk

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · Mar 5

Connecting detailed photosynthetic kinetics to #crop growth and yield: A coupled #modeling framework
📰 Story: buff.ly/42b5Xki via @Botany.One
🔬 Research: buff.ly/4czuZfm

RIPE team models connection between enzyme activity and yields for the first time

New model connects dynamic enzyme activity of photosynthesis with whole canopy growth and yield for soybean.

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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA @rgleadow.bsky.social · Mar 6

Webinar by me for the International Safe Cassava Network hosted by @globalplantgpc.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/5sSSjHC...

Nutritional quality of cassava in a warming world

YouTube video by The Global Plant Council

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Feb 28

Current & former RIPE team members were invited to share their expertise & provide commentary on a recent @newphyt.bsky.social article.

Read Coralie & Yi's article, “Mesophyll conductance and cell wall composition: insights from a meta-analysis across species,” doi.org/10.1111/nph....

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Feb 21

This semester, RIPE will be joined by Maria Raza as our science communication intern! Maria will work with our team to share RIPE research news and also participate in mentorship and career preparation experiences.

Welcome to the team, Maria!

Read more about her here: bit.ly/3XbypiO

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Feb 19

Check out this @sciam.bsky.social article about our ‘Hot Potato’ research!

bit.ly/4hYOX5z

@kmeacham-hensold.bsky.social, @cavycavs.bsky.social, @plantnerd.bsky.social, @illinoisresearch.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

‘Hot Potato’ Plants Engineered to Flourish in Heat Waves

A genetic tweak keeps potatoes efficient in the heat

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Feb 17

We are thrilled to announce RIPE’s new leadership duo!

Lisa Ainsworth is our Director & Elizabete Carmo-Silva is our Deputy Director!

Both Lisa & Elizabete have been with the project for years & we look forward to what we can accomplish under their guidance.

Full announcement here: bit.ly/42UuCtW

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Feb 13

We are looking for a team member to provide maintenance & management of our pool of LiCOR devices at Illinois.

Work will take place in lab, greenhouse, & field settings. Additional details can be found here: bit.ly/4hXUGbI Deadline to apply is March 13 at 6pm (CST).
@li-corenv.bsky.social

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Feb 11

Science does not move forward without the invaluable contributions of women. Today we celebrate the incredible women on the RIPE team and all of those shaping the future of research.

#EveryVoiceInScience

@cavycavs.bsky.social @meganlmatthews.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Feb 11

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 👩‍🔬
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"Let’s help pave a path to STEM careers that women and girls deserve, and our world needs" UN Secretary-General António Guterres
🌿🔬🚀⚛️

International Day of Women and Girls in Science | United Nations

The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.

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Amanda Cavanagh @cavycavs.bsky.social · Feb 4

Are you a non-UK scientist interested in working in the UK for a postdoc? A Royal Society Newton Fellowship could be just what you are looking for!

We can support applicants interested in working on photosynthetic responses to climate change. Please get in touch!
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Newton International Fellowships | Royal Society

This fellowship is for non-UK scientists who are at an early stage of their research career and wish to conduct research in the UK.

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Feb 3

After decades of impactful & prolific research, Steve Long & Don Ort are retiring from their RIPE leadership roles. bit.ly/4hEKDIA

We are honored to have worked under them for the last 12 years & are elated they will continue RIPE work as principal investigators. We wish them all the best!

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Jan 28

Read about the latest in genomics research from our home institute, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology!

There are a couple of RIPE features in this year’s Biomarker, and we can even help you out with page 61! bit.ly/49ALtmQ

The front cover of a magazine showing a cell. The words Biomarker Magazine Volume 18 appear in the middle left of the cover. Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology appears in the bottom right.

A magazine is open to a page with the headline RIPE team models connection between enzyme activity and yields for the first time. Then there is text in the middle of the page and the bottom of the page is a picture of a soybean field at dusk.

A magazine being held open. The left side has a headline that says Improving crop yields and a page of text. The right side of the magazine is a picture of two people kneeling in a field with young plants.

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Jan 21

“The reason we focus on photosynthesis is because we want to try to improve crop production without added inputs and without needing more land,” @kmeacham-hensold.bsky.social in a recent interview with @jtsangwrites.bsky.social for Advanced Science News.

Read the full article here: bit.ly/3WsKbEW

Future-proofing potato crops to resist heat waves - Advanced Science News

Crops that can withstand rising temperatures could increase global food security amidst the rising threat of climate change.

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project @ripeproject.bsky.social · Jan 17

David Hong, RIPE's science communication intern last semester, recently reflected on what he learned as a member of the RIPE team and his internship experience. bit.ly/3PDT9vq

Thank you, David, for all your hard work, and best of luck in your future endeavors!

@giesbusiness.bsky.social

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