Water deficit is currently one of the most significant limiting factors for global agricultural…
Doreen Ware

Doreen Ware
The plant genome, champion of its own survival, has been the focus of Doreen Ware’s career. Ware has targeted her genetics and computational science skills on plants, especially those that are important for agriculture and that continue to feed the world’s growing human population. Ware uses so-called forward and reverse genetics to dissect specific processes in an effort to understand gene function in plants. In forward genetics, she searches for the genetic basis of phenotypes of specific traits, while in reverse genetics, she tries to figure out what characteristics arise from specific genetic sequences. As for the future, Ware is looking forward to working with the scientists who use the gene-editing tool CRISPR.
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Climate, Environment, & Global Warming
Common weed may be ‘super plant’ that holds key to drought-resistant crops
by Doreen Wareby Doreen WareA common weed harbors important clues about how to create drought resistant crops in…
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Climate, Environment, & Global Warming
Feeling the pressure: Researchers refine the equations for mechanical stiffness to apply to plant cell walls based on elastic shell theory and verified using finite element simulations
by Doreen Wareby Doreen WareScientists from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) have used elastic shell theory…
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Climate, Environment, & Global Warming
Oft-overlooked grasslands build biodiversity, resilience over centuries
by Doreen Wareby Doreen WareGrasslands’ biodiversity and resilience to disturbances such as fire, heat and drought is the…
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Climate, Environment, & Global Warming
Metabolically engineered bacterium produces lutein?
by Doreen Wareby Doreen WareA research group has engineered a bacterial strain capable of producing lutein. The research…
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Climate, Environment, & Global Warming
Speeding up evolution at genome-level by alternative chromosome configuration
by Doreen Wareby Doreen WareA research team led by André Marques at the Max Planck Institute for Plant…
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