Geetu Tuteja, assistant professor in Iowa State University’s department of genetics, development and cell biology, has been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. She is the first Iowa State researcher to receive this honor. Tuteja is one of 22 promising scientists nationwide selected by the Philadelphia-based Pew Charitable Trusts to…
Iowa State University animal scientists, led by associate vice president for research James Reecy, helped to form a blueprint to guide the next decade of animal genomics research. The recently released document outlines research priorities that will help livestock producers meet the protein needs of a growing global population. The blueprint calls for increased emphasis…
New research compiled by Iowa State University scientists, in conjunction with researchers from the University of Georgia, Cornell University and the University of Minnesota, details how the process of domestication affected the genomes of corn and soybeans. The study looked at sections of crop genomes and compared them to the genomes of ancestor species. The…
Mahdi Al-Kaisi, professor of agronomy at Iowa State University, and Jim Ippolito, associate professor of environmental soil quality/health at Colorado State University, contend that many long-term problems farmers face from floodwaters are steeped in the soil. They conclude that farmers may need to take far more active measures to manage soil health in the future…
BASF is joining the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University as an industry partner to support emerging technology and innovations to help soybean growers produce high-yielding, high-quality soybeans.
The field of botany is well over a thousand years old, and the practice of agriculture millennia older than that. Yet surprisingly, little is understood how plant roots interact with soil at a molecular level, a narrow zone around roots of intense microbial activity that scientists call the rhizosphere. That zone of microbial activity could…
Puberty is something we all go through and yet there is limited science to explain what is happening inside our bodies, and how it affects our physical and mental health. The answers to these questions may be found in our hair. An Iowa State University researcher is using hair samples to study how hormones and…
A new study from Iowa State University biomedical researchers describes the biological process that causes Parkinson’s-like symptoms to develop following exposure to the metal manganese. The new research, published in the journal Science Signaling, could lead to earlier detection of Parkinson’s disease and better outcomes for patients.
An Iowa State University research team managed to overcome the challenges inherent in the DNA of the soybean cyst nematode to sequence its genome. The project could lead to better management practices to combat the top pest that threatens Iowa soybeans and allows plant breeders to see both sides of the “arms race” between soybean…
The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa, has committed more than $3.5 million to transform biomolecular research at Iowa State University, making it a leader in advanced electron microscopy technology. The Carver Trust grant will help advance the second phase of the Iowa State University Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and…
