March 4, 2019
Jonathan Lynch visited Master's students at the University of Nottingham to introduce root phenotyping methods
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February 18, 2019
At the annual Newton Fund Project Meeting, Phanchita Vejchasarn presented this poster on Rhizo-Rice in January 2019.
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February 16, 2019
Dr. Amelia Henry listed Dr. Kathleen Brown as one of the "Queens of Rice Science" in a recent article
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February 12, 2019
In 2018 the DIRT paper ranked #4 highest allometric score of all Plant Physiology papers this year
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December 17, 2018
Tania Galindo-Castañeda received the INRA Early Career Award and presented a talk and poster at International Phytobiomes Conference 2018
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November 29, 2018
A summary of the Feed the Future phosphorus-efficient bean project is highlighted in Penn State News
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October 27, 2018
Dr. Patompong Saengwilai and his current student receive awards from Mahidol University
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October 2, 2018
Curtis Frederick is now senior agronomist at Sterman Masser, Inc. in Sacramento, PA
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July 17, 2018
Four alumni of the Roots Lab attended the International Society of Root Research meeting this year
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May 13, 2018
Neiler Comics illustrated results from the Roots Lab's recent paper on crown root number for phosphorus acquisition in maize
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May 11, 2018
Jonathan Lynch has been named the 2018 winner of the Dennis R. Hoagland Award
April 17, 2018
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March 2, 2018
Dr. Patompong Saengwilai receives award from Mahidol University
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March 1, 2018
RhizoRice project uses social media to promote climate-ready rice
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January 19, 2018
Graduate student Christopher Strock is featured in Penn State News for his work on phosphorus-efficient bean roots.
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December 20, 2017
Five members of the Roots Lab graduated this semester with doctoral, masters degrees
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November 13, 2017
Penn State President asks Drs. Kathleen Brown and Jonathan Lynch about the impact of their research.
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August 21, 2017
Researchers are using 3-D modeling to identify the future’s heartiest pickings.
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July 5, 2017
The Roots Lab is collaborating with three previous Ph.D. students in a project to develop drought tolerant rice.
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June 26, 2017
Funding freeze on ARPA-E has been lifted, allowing the Roots Lab to begin using their new grant funds.
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June 19, 2017
Jonathan Lynch's lab is addressing global famine with a combination of old-school methods and modern innovation
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June 17, 2017
Ph.D. student Hannah Schneider received one of three Root Phenotyping Working Group Travel Awards to the IPG Root Biology Meeting 2017
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June 14, 2017
Terry Bates, previous graduate student of Dr. Jonathan Lynch, researches grape nutrition at Cornell and shares his knowledge and experiences
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June 14, 2017
Crops in silico project will accelerate scientists' ability to adapt crops for environmental challenges. Dr. Jonathan Lynch serves as a collaborator on this project.
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June 2, 2017
Hannah Schneider, senior Ph.D. student in the Roots Lab, receives CSSA award for her outstanding contributions to agronomy through education, national and international service, and research.
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June 1, 2017
Collaborator Amy Marshall-Colón, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded $274,000 from The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to support her project, Crops in silico (Cis).
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May 3, 2017
Our lab is caught in the middle of a funding freeze by Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE). Graduate student Molly Hanlon's experience is featured.
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April 14, 2017
The Global Plant Council sat down with Dr. Lynch to discuss his research on crop plant adaptability to drought and low soil fertility.
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January 30, 2017
Hannah Schneider, Ph.D. student with Jonathan Lynch, has just been awarded a Future Leaders in Science Award from the Crop Science Society of America.
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January 16, 2017
The Roots Lab recently received grant from ARPA-E's Rhizosphere Observations Optimizing Terrestrial Sequestration (ROOTS) program to fund maize root research projects.
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