Joanne Chory - Where Cures Begin - 007

Joanne Chory is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, professor and director of Salk's Harnessing Plants Initiative. On this episode of Where Cures Begin , the globally renowned researcher describes how plants can help mitigate climate change. Specifically, by understanding and improving several genetic pathways in plants, the Salk team aims to develop plants that grow bigger, more robust root systems containing an increased amount of suberin (cork) to absorb larger amounts of carbon from the atmosphere, and bury the carbon-rich suberin deep in the soil. Read more:

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Joanne Chory - Where Cures Begin - 007 is an episode from Salk Talk - Salk Institute for Biological Studies by Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

This episode is 17:43 long.

This episode was published on Dec 11, 2019.

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