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Molecular “bypasses” improve grass plants’s synthesis of lignin and starch, laying the early groundwork for evolutionary success 09/02/2026

Molecular “bypasses” improve grass plants’s synthesis of lignin and starch, laying the early groundwork for evolutionary success Words: Elise Mahon | Photos: Sarah Friedrich One hundred million years ago, long before human intervention, ancestors of grasses, like wheat, rice and maize generated “bypasses” of chemical pathways that are used to create two critical compounds: lignin and starch. These more efficient pathways ...

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Congratulations, graduates!
Today is a beautiful day for our Graduation meet-and-greet. Grads, family, faculty and staff took time to talk, play and pick up some Botany and ConsBio swag before heading off into the summer.

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We'd like to congratulate grad student Freyja Moser (Muir Lab) who was awarded an NSF GRFP!
Way to go, Freyja!

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