Joanne Chory

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Joanne Chory is an American plant biologist renowned for her pioneering work on how plants sense and respond to their environment, particularly light, and for her contributions to sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation.


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instanceOf American scientist
person
plant biologist
academicDegree PhD in microbiology
associatedWith Harnessing Plants Initiative
awardReceived Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Gairdner International Award
Gruber Genetics Prize
Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
citizenship United States of America
doctoralAdvisor Samuel Kaplan
educatedAt Oberlin College
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
employer Salk Institute for Biological Studies
familyName Chory
fieldOfWork environmental responses in plants
genetics
molecular biology
photomorphogenesis
plant biology
plant developmental biology
signal transduction in plants
gender female
givenName Joanne
hasResearchFocus engineering plant root systems to store more carbon in soil
using plants to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide
knownFor research on how plants sense and respond to light
research on plant hormone signaling
work on climate change mitigation using plants
work on sustainable agriculture
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
name Joanne Chory
nationality United States of America
notableIdea enhancing plants to mitigate climate change
notableWork identification of key genes in plant photoreceptor pathways
studies of Arabidopsis thaliana light signaling pathways
occupation biologist
plant biologist
professor
positionHeld investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
researchInterest light-regulated gene expression in plants
plant architecture and growth regulation
plant responses to environmental signals
workplace Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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