Plants can adapt their lignin using ‘chemically encoding’ enzymes to face climate change
A new study shows how plants “encode” specific chemistries of their lignin to grow tall and sustain climate changes: each…
Author: Iqra Aslam
Iqra Aslam is currently working as lecturer of Biochemistry. She has been awarded with “Excellent performance Award” in recognition of her services and hard work. Her main areas of research include: enzyme based biosensors and enzymatic biofuel cells development.
Researchers identify a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn
The discovery of a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn is a new tool to enable…
How a harmful fungus renders its host plant defenseless
Ustilago maydis attacks and reproduces in the aerial parts of the corn plant. Huge tumor-like tissue growth often form…
To track disease-carrying mosquitoes, researchers tag them with DNA barcodes
West Nile, Zika, dengue and malaria are all diseases spread by bites from infected mosquitoes. To track the threat of…
Discovery highlights dual threat to the climate and survival of plants, shellfish, coral reefs and other marine life
An international team of researchers have sounded new alarm bells about the changing chemistry of the western region of the…
Step closer to tackling drug resistant parasites in Brazil
Researchers at the University of York are a step closer to identifying ways to support clinicians in predicting drug treatment…
40 percent of Amazon could now exist as rainforest or savanna-like ecosystems:
A larger part of the Amazon rainforest is at risk of crossing a tipping point where it could become a…
Paleobiology: Complex family relationships
An international team of researchers led by LMU paleontologist Bettina Reichenbacher has managed to classify fossils of one of the…
Complete picture of Arctic sea ice freeze-thaw cycle highlights sea ice response to climate change
Years of research show that climate change signals are amplified in the Arctic, and that sea ice in this region…
Tree species diversity under pressure
In a new global study of more than 46,000 species of trees, an international team of researchers has shown that…