Summary: <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.talkingbiotechpodcast.com%2F059-engineering-efficiency-in-photosynthesis%2F&via=talkingbiotech" class="twitter-share-button">Tweet</a><br> <a href="https://i2.wp.com/www.talkingbiotechpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/059-long-slider.jpg"></a><br> Increasing efficiency in photosynthesis has been one of the desired goals of plant biology. A recent paper in the journal Science presents work by a team led by Dr. Stephen Long from the University of Illinois/University of Lancaster. By overexpressing three genes in tobacco, the plants were able to increase carbon assimilation, showing that there are mechanisms to improve the process. We discuss the paper, but also its extensions into food security, climate change and future fuels. <a href="http://lab.igb.illinois.edu/long/team/long/">Dr. Long’s website is here</a> and his <a href="http://ripe.illinois.edu/team/steve-long">Gate’s foundation project is here</a>.<br> <br> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.talkingbiotechpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gray2.jpg"></a><br> Dr. Long also had strong ties to Dr. Sharon Gray, the UC Davis postdoctoral researcher <a href="https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/sharon-grays-mentorship-lives-on/">who we tragically lost </a>in a horrible situation in Ethiopia. <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/SharonBethGray">Her family has developed a memorial fund</a> to raise support toward scholarships for women in science. Please consider a donation, even a small one. If everyone downloading this podcast contributed even a few dollars the fund could almost double. I’d love to see it hit $1 million and provide beautiful impacts to others, to honor the memory of Dr. Gray.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/SharonBethGray">https://www.gofundme.com/SharonBethGray</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Also, Chelsea Boonstra and The Boonstra Report.<br> Like the podcast? Please subscribe and write a review!<br> <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=68340&refid=stpr"> Stitche</a>r <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-biotech-podcast/id1006329802">iTunes</a> <a href="https://player.fm/series/talking-biotech-podcast">Player FM</a> <a href="http://tunein.com/radio/Talking-Biotech-Podcast-p794716/">TuneIn</a><br>
