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Vincent Chochois

Vincent works on the photosynthetic functional genomics with Murray Badger at ANU.

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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.

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News, News & Events 23rd January 2019

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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.

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News, News & Events 3rd December 2018

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The Power of Scientific Images and Images of Science

Join us for a panel discussion about the power of scientific images, an event to launch the photography exhibition: Focus on Photosynthesis

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Events, News & Events 24th October 2018

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3D imaging opens a door to fascinating leaf complexity

A team of Australian and international scientists has issued a clarion call for biologists to use the latest 3D imaging to revolutionise their models of leaf complexity.

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News, News & Events 11th October 2018

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Designing a more productive corn able to cope with future climates

An international research team has found they can increase corn productivity by targeting the enzyme in charge of capturing CO2 from the atmosphere.

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News, News & Events 27th September 2018

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Blue-green algae promises to help boost food crop yields

Australian scientists have engineered tiny carbon-capturing engines from blue-green algae into plants, in a breakthrough that promises to help boost the yields of important food crops such as wheat, cowpeas and cassava.

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News, News & Events 3rd September 2018