Non-profit · founded 1998

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

St Louis, United States · danforthcenter.org

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Citations, last 5 years: 9 600
Works, last 5 years: 5 248
h-index: 279
Scientists listed: 0
Grants since 2016: 95

Grants received

2026 · award

Integrated engineering of whole plant water use efficiency in Sorghum and Setaria

Ivan Baxter · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by U.S. Department of Energy

2026 · award

Dissecting the Regulatory Mechanisms of C4 Photosynthesis and Carbon Partitioning in Sorghum

Ru Zhang · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by U.S. Department of Energy

2026–2029 · research · BARD Research Grant - Food Product

AI-Optimized Antifungal Peptides and Smart Delivery Systems for Postharvest Pathogen Management

N. Alkan · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by United States - Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund

$500k

2025–2026 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

LINKING MOLECULAR, BIOCHEMICAL AND PHENOTYPIC RESPONSES TO THE ENVIRONMENT TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE, STRESS RESILIENT BIOENERGY SORGHUM

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by Office of Science

$2.5M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: TRTech-PGR: Development and Sharing of High-Resolution In Situ 3D Cryo Workflows to Transform Plant Cell Biology

Tessa Burch-Smith · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.2MAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications

2025–2029 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Deconstructing Plasticity in Perennial Plants: Genomic and Epigenomic Architecture of Scion and Rootstock Traits in Grafted Grapevines

Allison Miller · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$432.3kHorticultural and Viticultural Research

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Dissecting a core mechanism controlling spikelet meristem fate and inflorescence architecture in panicoid cereals

Andrea Eveland · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$274.1k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

EDGE CMT: Epigenetic Regulation of Heat Stress Memory in Photosynthetic Cells

Ru Zhang · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.6MPlant Molecular Biology Research

2025–2026 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

DISSECTING THE REGULATORY MECHANISMS OF C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CARBON PARTITIONING IN SORGHUM

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by Office of Science

$5.8M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: TR-Tech-PGR / PlantSynBio: Intragenic genome engineering for the next generation of improved plants

R Keith Slotkin · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$800kChromosomal and Genetic Variations

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

POSE: Phase I: An Open-Source Ecosystem for Plant Phenotyping Tools Based on Plant Computer Vision (PlantCV)

Noah Fahlgren · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$300k

2024–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: EDGE FGT: Development of Sphagnum (peat) moss as a lab model system for physiological, molecular and functional genomics studies

Sona Pandey · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.2M

2024–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Using the liverwort Marchantia palacea as a model for functional, comparative and evolutionary studies of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Armando Bravo · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.3MMycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

2024–2027 · grant · Continuing Grant

PlantTransform: SMART Grass - Simplified Methods for Accessible and Rapid Transformation of the Grasses

Nigel Taylor · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$2.1M

2024–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Development of epigenetic editing for crop improvement

Rebecca Bart · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.2M

2024–2027 · cooperative agreement · Cooperative Agreement

Pivots: Pivoting to Plants (P2P): Experiential Learning Program Applying Imaging and Data Science Tools from Cells to Fields

Noah Fahlgren · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$999.9k

2024–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: 11th International Meeting on Intercellular Communication in Plants

Tessa Burch-Smith · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$15kPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Mechanistic roles of DNA polymerase delta subunit 1 in resistance to DNA geminiviruses

Rebecca Bart · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.1M

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Dissecting the Trigger of the Chromatin Modification Cycle

R Keith Slotkin · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1,000kPlant Molecular Biology Research

2023–2027 · grant · Continuing Grant

RESEARCH-PGR: Atomic Numbers: Identifying the conserved genes driving element accumulation in plants

Ivan Baxter · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$2.5M

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Evolution and Mechanism of a Conserved Regulatory Switch for Mating-Types and Sexes in Volvocine Green Algae

James Umen · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$935kAlgal biology and biofuel production

2023–2026 · grant · Continuing Grant

REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Plant Science at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Tessa Burch-Smith · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$411.5k

2023–2024 · research · R01

The biogenesis and functions of pre-meiotic small RNAs in male reproductive development in maize

Kirk Czymmek · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Institutes of Health

$15.1kPlant Molecular Biology Research

2023–2024 · grant · Standard Grant

Roles of meiotic-stage non-coding RNAs in maize anther development

Blake Meyers · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1MPlant Reproductive Biology

2023–2024 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: The Role of Extracellular RNA in Intercellular and Interkingdom Communication

Patricia Baldrich · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1M

2023–2025 · fellowship · Fellowship Award

NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology FY 2020

Marianne Kramer · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$216k

2022–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: EAGER/Tools4Cells: Translating single cell data into an ultra-high resolution spatial map using fluorescent marker genes

Mao Li · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$89.6kSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics

2022 · fellowship · Fellowship Award

NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology FY 2021: Correlating Maize Metabolic and Phenotypic Responses to Heat Stress ...

Katherine Murphy · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$72k

2022–2023 · grant · Standard Grant

RII Track-4:NSF:Chloroplast retrograde signaling during plant immunity: integrating signal transduction and cellular dynamics

Clemencia Rojas · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$163.3kPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

2022–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Extracellular RNA Produced By Plants: What, Where, How, Who, and Why?

Blake Meyers · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.2M

2022–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: CPS: TTP Option: Medium: Sharing Farm Intelligence via Edge Computing

Nadia Shakoor · Donald Danforth Plant Science Center · funded by National Science Foundation

$152.4k

2022–2026 · grant · Global Growth & Opportunity