News

ORNL Director, Thomas Zacharia spoke about ORNL’s success in 2020 for the Knoxville News Sentinel.  SEED SFA team member, Xiaohan Yang, spoke about genetic improvements of salt and drought tolerance as part of a new technology ORNL hopes to commercialize.  See complete story here.

Hear more about Xiaohan Yang and his team about a Plantiful Future.

Plant Synthetic Biology 2021.  September 25 – 27, 2021.

4th International Conference on Microbiome Engineering (ICME). November 3 – 5, 2021.

The DOE Office of Science selected Melissa Cregger for an Early Career Research Program award.  Melissa was selected for her proposal: “Understanding the Effects of Populus – Mycorrhizal Associations on Plant Productivity and Resistance to Abiotic Stress.” See announcement here.