Plants

Guayule, a humble-looking but incredibly resilient desert shrub, could be one key piece of the puzzle as states in the Southwest work to find agricultural solutions to severe drought conditions and water shortages.

30 Women in the area of research and innovation have been elected as part of the inaugural class of the UArizona Women of Impact. Out of these 30, 8 are BIO5 members, yet all of the elected women are laying the groundwork for a brighter future.

Xander is a high school senior and researcher at the University of Arizona S.T.A.R. Lab. His studies in the Palanivelu Lab have centered around discovering stress-tolerant crops and included mRNA transcript analyses of incompatible tomato crosses and tomato pollen tube growth under heat stress.

Dr. David Galbraith has established research methods to enhance the understanding of complex organisms and developed foundational tools to refine agricultural practices worldwide.

Erika Haws received the December 2021 Outstanding Senior Award in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department for her research on Arabidopsis thaliana while working in Dr. Frans Tax's lab.

An unprecedented drought experiment at Biosphere 2 by a team of international and UArizona researchers highlights nature’s surprising resilience.

Dr. Rebecca Mosher is one of three UArizona CALS faculty earning recognition and prestige among their University of Arizona colleagues for her work on plants.

UArizona researchers are trying to tackle the massive challenge of climate change with something small: algae.

The University of Arizona Center for Innovation held a grand opening to celebrate its new startup incubator at Biosphere 2, which supports renewable energy and sustainable tech startups.

Dr. Paul Carini is the recipient of two early career awards that will allow him to study microbial resilience in harsh environments—from the desert to the depths of the ocean.