Media

Rooted in Discovery: The RIPE Project

A new Big Ten Network documentary, “Rooted in Discovery: Agriculture at Illinois,” highlights the RIPE project

Boosting crops’ natural capabilities could help feed a warming world

A new article in PNAS spotlights the complexities involved in engineering more resilient crops, and how RIPE researchers are finding solutions. The piece features perspectives from RIPE researchers Elizabete Carmo-Silva and Steven Burgess alongside other innovators in the field.

By: Saima Sidik || Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Stephen P. Long: Visionary, teacher, and doer

Stephen Long pioneered a multidisciplinary approach to advance our knowledge of photosynthesis, by integrating research at the molecular, cellular, organismal, and ecological levels along with a pragmatic understanding of the implications for agriculture. This involved development of new mathematical models, patented equipment for analyzing photosynthetic efficiency, and the world’s largest open-air laboratory for understanding crop responses to atmospheric change. 

By: Lisa Ainsworth, Donald Ort || Carl R. Woese Institute of Genomic Biology