Terpene Metabolism

Undergraduates Aysha Aguilera Mayorga and Anya Hu both walked away with important recognitions for their work during the 2024-25 academic year. At the UTM research opportunity project (ROP) symposium held Tuesday, 8 April 2025, Aysha was honored with best poster award for her work on the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in cynobacteria, while Anya received honorable mention …

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Sonia E. Evans successfully defended her thesis, completing her PhD program in the Department of Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Toronto on Nov 15, 2024. Congratulations, Sonia!

Our photo was featured on the cover of the October issue of Nature Plants in support of our paper published there this month.

Rubisco supplies pyruvate for the2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate pathway Sonia E. Evans, Yuan Xu, Matthew E. Bergman, Scott A. Ford, Yingxia Liu, Thomas D. Sharkey, Michael A. Phillips https://rdcu.be/dVZIY 10.1038/s41477-024-01791-z

https://rdcu.be/dVKrP 10.1186/s12870-024-05633-0 A chromosome level reference genome of Diviner’s sage (Salvia divinorum) provides insight into salvinorin A biosynthesis Scott A. Ford, Rob W. Ness, Moonhyuk Kwon, Dae-Kyun Ro, Michael A. Phillips

Awarded by the Department of Biology for graduate student research excellence by the Department of Biology on September 30, 2024