Roots in Drought | MU Drought Team

May 19, 2020 In What's New By Michelle Lumpkins

East Campus Plant Growth Facility Tackles Issues like Global Hunger and Drought

Traveling east of the University of Missouri, you will come across a curvy road called East Campus Drive. After you pass the MU Veterinary Health Center, student dormitories, and parking lots you’ll come to the end of the road and discover a 41,000 square feet,...

November 26, 2019 In What's New By Riley Steinbrecher

Meet Amelia Griffith

Amelia Griffith is the newest member of the MU Drought Team. She was brought on to help advance prior research conducted by Dr. Robert Sharp’s lab focused on how the nodal roots in corn are able to waterproof themselves and keep growing, even under drought...

September 20, 2019 In What's New By Riley Steinbrecher

Cotton and Soybeans and Corn, Oh My!

I never thought I’d be asked “So, what industry uses maple syrup?” but there I was, explaining the concept of starting your morning with some fresh pancakes with homemade maple syrup to a graduate student visiting from China. I think I can safely mark that...

November 17, 2018 In What's New By Riley Steinbrecher

Meet Nick Baert

Nick Baert joined the MU Drought Team in January 2018, specializing in plant stress biology with a focus on studying root systems at the genetic level. This year, he's spent most of his time identifying specific gene mutations among different strains of corn and analyzing...

September 13, 2018 In What's New By Riley Steinbrecher

Roots in Drought: Inside Mizzou Podcast

In this edition of the Inside Mizzou Podcast, researchers Dr. Bob Sharp, professor in professor in the Division of Plant Sciences and director of the Interdisciplinary Plant Group, and Shannon King, a doctoral student specializing in field biochemistry, sit down with Chancellor Cartwright to discuss...

March 20, 2018 In What's New By Marlee Baldridge

VIDEO: What are bioinformatics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w872v3sjOsE Bioinformatics? What's that? Well, here's a hint: Sometimes it takes a computer geek to explain what the scientists are looking at....

March 1, 2018 In Marlee's blog, What's New By Marlee Baldridge

Superhero Stuff: How to make a science comic

I recently created a comic that explains how bioinformatics works. It’s a science comic, and while the science can get a bit murky the idea is that the comic part of the article will keep readers engaged and help them understand what’s going on. Making...

November 17, 2017 In What's New By Marlee Baldridge

Science on Wheels: Video

https://youtu.be/ISAvlbZo8qU Tyler McCubbin and Shannon King work together with STEM outreach program Science on Wheels to promote their work with corn roots in drought....

November 12, 2017 In What's New By Jacquelyn Olson

Split-Root System

Roots are widely considered important by plant scientists, despite the difficulty that comes with studying them – they are buried underground after all! Root studies commonly focus on the water or nutrient uptake and root interaction with the plant. The MU Drought Team’s research specifically focuses...

August 19, 2017 In What's New By Jacquelyn Olson

Eclipse

On August 21, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the United States. Columbia, Missouri is in the path of totality and the area of greatest duration. There are many accounts of solar eclipses that discuss how animals behave strangely. During the 1932 eclipse, scientists in...

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