The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center: A St. Louis based non-profit committed to Improving the Human Condition through Plant Science.
St. Louis, MO
Joined July 2009
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A tiny plant, a role in the bigger food picture.🌱 This Arabidopsis thaliana flower was fixed in buffered aldehydes, contrasted with osmium tetroxide, embedded in agarose and imaged using ZEISS VersaXRM 5 Insight. Sample courtesy of Dr. Keith Duncan, @DanforthCenter #WorldFoodDay
ALT X-ray microscopy image of Arabidopsis thaliana flower
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From our FY26 New Investigators: Leading two sorghum projects, @NadiaShakoor will generate deep-soil DNA maps and a time-resolved activity dataset to support improved productivity and resilience. @DanforthCenter
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ALT Community Science Program New Investigator (FY26) Congratulations to our 2026 CSP New Investigator recipients! Nadia Shakoor Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Multi-stage RNA-seq of sorghum to uncover diurnal and developmental gene regulation; & Deep soil metagenomes of sorghum bioenergy systems: Interactions of management, crop and depth.
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There's a reason the world's leading food and ag companies call St. Louis home. And BRDG Park, located on the @DanforthCenter campus, sits at the heart of it all.
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I'm running a booth at @DanforthCenter for the @ArchReactorSTL Maker Space!
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Plants can indicate environmental hazards with color changes, a breakthrough that could transform agricultural practices. Researchers at the @DanforthCenter unlock keys to developing these plants. farmprogress.com/crops/tomor…
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I am excited to share that my first-author paper from my PhD research is now published online in New Phytologist! You can read the article here: doi.org/10.1111/nph.70978. I would love to hear your thoughts.
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🌟New Editor on Board🌟
Meet 𝐃𝐫. 𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐱
Asst. Prof. Biology @WashU
Asst. Member @DanforthCenter
The Cox lab maps gene activity in plants to understand how genes are organized and regulated across tissues.
To know more👉thecoxlab.org
Welcome to TPJ!!
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NEW: Tune in as @DanforthCenter's new president discusses how local research supports farmers at home and abroad, and how St. Louis can become a leader in plant science. hubs.li/Q03_V4nG0
Hosted by @sarahfenske @RyanWKrull
Sponsored by @RoyalBanksOfMO @STLpubLibrary
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Great news for STL: Indian #agtech company @PIAgsciences has relocated its plant sciences division to @39NorthSTL!
Stories like these are a testament to the strength of our region’s innovation ecosystem.
Meet our new neighbors: loom.ly/S5ME7YE
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Riverview Gardens HS scholars enjoyed their field trip to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. Scholars met world-class plant scientists, visited the plant vault and experienced hands-on lab activities. Special thanks to @danforthcenter for supporting RGSD schools.🤓🔬🌱
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Congrats to Saluna on securing @ArchGrants support! Led by President & CEO Matt Plummer, a longtime supporter of the @DanforthCenter, Saluna’s work on hemp is a big part of our growing #agtech ecosystem here in St. Louis.
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Congrats to @mariannekrame45 and authors for work published @ThePlantCell! A terrific Academic+Industry collaboration to identify "aberrant RNAs" that trigger silencing. We used ML, RUBY and a different approach to transcriptomics "All-in-One" RNA-seq: academic.oup.com/plcell/adva…
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Welcome to the new home of biological innovation – the cutting-edge NewLeaf Lab + Research Headquarters. The heart of NewLeaf is science-led, and our new facility puts science at the center so that we can continue to develop our PPFM technologies that help growers drive yield in a more sustainable way. And as NewLeaf strives toward the future, our new state-of-the-art lab will allow our pipeline to move from potential to reality. Now, more than ever, we see a bright future for Ag, and that future is pink.
#ChampionsOfPinkPerformance #StLouisAgTech #HubHappenings @39NorthSTL
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Really great event, as always, by @DanforthCenter. And great to see @MichelleLiTV (also as always!)
Fascinating presentation and conversation with Dr. Cary Fowler and @sarahfenske — at the @DanforthCenter
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Fascinating presentation and conversation with Dr. Cary Fowler and @sarahfenske — at the @DanforthCenter
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Four Danforth Center teams have been awarded funds from the Startup Initiative, which fuels promising technologies with the early support they need to take off. See how the projects could transform agriculture in this Science Mag story: loom.ly/xwuvrEY
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On June 23-27, 2025, we organized a 5-day environmental risk assessment workshop on non-target organism testing in cooperation with @DanforthCenter @CortevaUS & @Bayer Crop Science. Learn more in the AFSI Newsletter- conta.cc/4lcSdve |🗞️ Previous- foodsystems.org/resources/af…
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“Everything is related to plants — there’s so much at stake if we don’t investigate this secret world of plants.” – Katie Murphy, @DanforthCenter 🌽 #STLMade thestl.com/work/seeding-solu…
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#TBT to when JJK FAN students, as part of the @DanforthCenter Drone Camp, took STEM learning to new heights—literally! From hands-on drone flights & coding to community map-making and real-world geospatial tech, youth explored how geography, tech & creativity shape our world.
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Engineering an RNA/protein-binding module for higher transgene protein production and improved long-term durability
Yu-Hung Hung et al. @Slotkin_Lab
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👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70254
