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- + The second International Fascination of Plants Day will be held on May 18th
- + PBGG grad student Daniel Caddell, a 2013 Monsanto Beachell-Borlaug International Scholar, featured on the Office of Graduate Studies’ website
- + Meeting report: a symposium on the evolution of common molecular pathways underlying innate immunity, Microbes and Infection
- + Can organic farming sustain the world's food needs? Experts say a mix of organic and conventional farming can help. KXJZ's Insight
- + Ronald undergraduate student Johnny Chin receives Citation Award for Outstanding Performance
- + "Plant Innate Immunity: Perception of Conserved Microbial Signatures" and accompanying podcast, Annual Review of Plant Biology
- Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 2012. 63:451–82, doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-042811-105518
- + Plants Repel Bacteria's Assaults by Spying on Their Chatter, Discover Magazine
- + Bill Gates tackles controversy over genetically-modified crops at UC Berkeley
- + Rita Hosking sings "Sierra Bound", a story about a young plant biologist
- + Vote for "Tomorrow's Table" on the 2012 New Earth Archive Booklist
- + Bill Gates' Next Target: Revolutionize Farming
- + A Nobel Symposium on Innate Immunity, UPDATE - videos now available online
- + "Plant and Human Immune Similarities" on Capital Public Radio
- + A rice breeder's odyssey from surfer to scientist—and onward to Mars
- + Small Protein-mediated Quorum Sensing in a Gram-negative Bacterium:Novel Targets for Control of Infectious Disease
- + Cracking the Microbial code: A story of interspecies communication
- + Ax21 and XA21 travel to Stockholm with 2011 Nobel Laureate Bruce Beutler
- + Pamela Ronald and Michael Dimock discuss biotech and sustainable agriculture
- + Genome-scale Network of Rice Genes to Speed the Development of Biofuel Crops
- http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2011/11/02/ricenet/
- + Bruce Beutler, Jules Hoffman and Ralph Steinman are awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
- + Pamela Ronald and Raoul Adamchak featured on the The Ration, a News21 food and health reporting project by the UC Berkeley School of Journalism
- http://berkeley.news21.com/theration/2011/07/27/video-gmorganic-a-botanical-love-story/
- + National Laboratories and Universities Team up to Build a Community Systems Biology Knowledgebase
- Computational approach seeks to mine growing mountain of data for new insights into biological solutions for energy and environment.
- + Kinsella Prize winner discovers chemical trigger in immunity to rice disease
- http://caes.ucdavis.edu/NewsEvents/spotlight/kinsella-prize-winner-discovers-chemical-trigger-in-immunity-to-rice-disease
- + Ronald selected as one of the 100 most creative people
- + New paper: Plant Genetics, Sustainable Agriculture and Global Food Security. 2011. Genetics 188: 11-20
- + Congrats! Malinee Sriariyanum awarded the 2011 Kinsella Memorial Prize for the best dissertation in the UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
- + Pam Ronald featured in "The Second Green Revolution" and "Consider the Banana" in Popular Science
- Article by Frederick Kaufman, Popular Science, Feb 2011
- + Ax21 is this month's new hot paper in the field of plant and animal science
- Science Watch, March 2011
- + Pam Ronald talks with Kim Hill of Radio New Zealand on organic farming, genetics and the future of food
- Radio New Zealand, March 26, 2011
- + A Growing Debate: How To Define 'Organic' Food. NPR
- by Dan Charles, All Things Considered, NPR, March 1, 2011. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/01/134162035/a-growing-debate-how-to-define-organic-food
- + New Golden Rice Partners Join Forces against Vitamin A Deficiency. IRRI
- IRRI, April 14, 2011
- + Merry Mou won 1st place in Botany in the 2010 Championship for her project, Phenotypic and Genotypic Analyses of Oryza Sativa T-DNA Lines, which was completed in the summer of 2010 as part of the Young Scholars Program
- + USA Science & Engineering Festival
- + Rethink Science. At the 2010 World Science Festival Join Ronald and others in a discussion on "Feeding the Hungry World"
- http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/node/926
- + Tomorrow's Table recommended by Bill Gates. The Gates Notes
- http://www.thegatesnotes.com/Learning/article.aspx?ID=117
- + GM Grain Still 'Long Distance Away'. China Daily
- Source:China Daily, Author:Shan Juan and Wu Jiao
- + Pamela Ronald has developed a more flood-tolerant rice. Earthsky
- by Beth Lebwohl, Earthsky, 1-18-10. http://www.earthsky.org/interviewpost/agriculture/pamela-ronald-has-developed-a-more-flood-tolerant-rice
- + Can we feed the world without damaging it? The New York Times
- By Paul Voosen of Greenwire. The New York Times, January 4, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/01/04/04greenwire-can-we-feed-the-world-without-damaging-it-99381.html?pagewanted=1
- + Top rice producer China approves GMO strain. Wildsingapore.com
- http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-rice-producer-china-approves-gmo.html
- + Beijing Gives Nod to Modified Rice. The Wall Street Journal
- Dec 1, 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125959909959569901.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_world
- + 2009 Nobels: Break or Breakthrough for Women? Science
- Science 30 October 2009: Vol. 326. no. 5953, pp. 656 - 658. DOI: 10.1126/science.326_656. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5953/656
- + Bacterial Trigger of Plant Protection. Science - Editor's Choice. Faculty of 1000 Evaluation.
- Science 6 November 2009: Vol. 326. no. 5954, pp. 850-853. DOI: 10.1126/science.1173438
- + Bangladesh readies flood-tolerant rice. 3 varieties to prevent a million tonnes of crop loss a year. The Daily Star
- Reaz Ahmad, The Daily Star, Saturday, November 7, 2009. http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=113006
- + NOVA | Evolution in Your Life. Featuring Pam Ronald. PBS
- By Gaia Remerowski,10.26.09, NOVA
- + Food, Farming and Genetics: A Panel Discussion with Michael Pollan. UCTV
- Author Michael Pollan discusses his most recent book is about the ethics and ecology of eating. He is joined by a distinguished panel to discuss topics related to food, agriculture and the environment. University of California Television - http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=12178
- + First Flood-Tolerant Rice Released as Variety. Agriculture Business Week
- By By Reynaldo F. Diocton and Hanah Hmm. Biag. Agriculture Business Week. http://www.agribusinessweek.com/first-flood-tolerant-rice-released-as-variety/
- + Driven out of research. A virologist describes how stringent biosecurity regulations caused her to drop one line of work. Nature
- By Meredith Wadman. Published online 30 September 2009. Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2009.957. http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090930/full/news.2009.957.html
- + CBI Remembers Dr. Norman Borlaug. Council for Biotechnology Information.
- Council For Biotechnology Information. September 15, 2009. http://www.whybiotech.com/?p=1038
- + 'GM' rice may join the menu. China Daily
- By Wang Zhuoqiong, China Daily, 2009-08-25. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-08/25/content_8611098.htm
- + Big Ideas for Our Future Health, Mind and Bodies - Smart Pills, Super-Rice, Mind Control, Organs (Popular Mechanics)
- by Erik Sofge, Popular Mechanics, July 2009
- + Five experts debate the roots of GM opposition, the role of big agribusiness, and whether we’ve achieved real scientific consensus. Seed Magazine
- + Watch Pam Ronald on The Eyes of Nye: Genetically Modified Foods
- + Rainy-Day Rice. Asian farmers will get a disaster-proof version of an essential crop. Popular Science
- http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-12/rainy-day-rice
- + USDA discovery award recognizes rice research
- CAES News and Events, UC Davis, December 9, 2008
- + Submergence tolerance research featured on KOVR CBS13
- Reported by Anny Hong, CBS13, Dec 08
- + From genes to farmers’ fields: waterproof rice set to make waves in South Asia
- IRRI Bulletin , November 2008
- +The new organic: The future of food may depend on an unlikely marriage: organic farmers and genetic engineering.
- The Boston Globe, March 16, 2008
- + Now Available: Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
- Pamela C. Ronald and R. W. Adamchak
- +Submergence tolerance Nature paper has received the “Best Scientific Article” award from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
- + New flood-tolerant rice offers relief for world's poorest farmers
- + Plant Genomics Program professors featured on Capital Public Radio's program Insight
- + Two Postdoctoral positions available in the Ronald Laboratory at the University of California, Davis and the Joint Bioenergy Institute, Emeryville
- + NPR "Morning Edition" story: Waterproof Rice May Help Asia Cope with Flooding
- + Is Xoo a bioweapon?
- + Plant Genetic Engineering and Organic Agriculture
- + Intellectual Property and Agriculture
- + UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
- UC Davis researchers who are experts at turning plants into energy for transportation, buildings and industry will be partners in a new $125 million federal bioenergy research center, the U.S. Department of Energy announced this morning. The funds will establish and support the partnership of three national laboratories and three research universities in Northern California, including UC Davis, to be known as the federal Energy Department's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI, pronounced "jay-bay").
- + China delays GMO rice but raises biotech budget
- By Nao Nakanishi-- HONG KONG, Dec 6 (Reuters) - China delays GMO rice but raises biotech budget
- China committee not recommending GMO rice
- China slows GMO rice plan as concerns mount
- GM rice set for go-ahead
- http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-09/29/content_481642.htm
- + International Team Maps Rice Genome
- + China close to production of safe genetic rice
- HONG KONG, March 9 (Reuters) - As early as this year, China could start commercial production of a new breed of genetically engineered rice.
- Rice-Gene Scientist Sharing Success With Poor Nations
- + Fighting hunger with flood-tolerant rice. CNN
- By Peter Ornstein, CNN, February 5, 2009
