Laura Wey

Laura is a Research assistant for the Price lab at ANU. Laura, originally from Sydney, finished recently her Bachelor of Philosophy (PhB) conducting research with the Price lab.

See more details about Laura’s honours project here Laura Wey: A university degree that helps put food on the table.

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How to put together a fast carbon-capturing engine: lessons from blue-green algae

A scientific breakthrough intended to help boost the yields of food crops has solved a long-standing question of how cyanobacteria, known as blue-green algae, builds the carbon-capturing engines in a protein liquid droplet formation.

News, News & Events 23rd January 2019

Mapping the use of nitrogen during photosynthesis

Ask a farmer to name the most essential components for crop production and without doubt, nitrogen will be first on the list. Now Australian researchers have created a map of how nitrogen is used during photosynthesis in wheat, rice and maize, the three main cereal crops that global security depends on.