Turn one gene up, another down. Enhancing the photosynthetic capacity of plants will likely require learning how to conduct a complex orchestra of genes. Achieving this could help sequester at least part of the carbon dioxide emissions driving climate change, while also increasing crop yields.
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The Women in Enterprising Science Program (WIES) is located on the UC Berkeley campus and is supported by the foundation of Solina Chau Hoi Shuen (co-founder of Horizons Ventures in Hong Kong). The initiative, aiming to enhance gender equity in bio-entrepreneurship, was presented last March by IGI, the institute founded by Jennifer Doudna. In the pictures above you can see the inaugural cohort of fellows, announced this month.
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