Eric Lam: “This discovery opens the door for researchers to begin dissecting the genes that could play various roles for cellulose biosynthesis in the plant.”
News and Highlights
2025 - General News
Ming-Yi Chou
Joel Flagler
Tom Molnar
Xenia Morin
Xenia Morin at the New Jersey FFA 2025 Advocacy and Legislative Leadership Day (FFA - Future Farmers of America)
Shaniya Utamidata shares her edit of “Stories from the Marsh”
James White
Publications
- Evan E., B. Abramson, K. Acosta, P.T.N. Hoang, C. Mateo-Elizalde, V. Schubert, B. Pasaribu, P.S. Albert, N. Hartwick, K. Colt, A. Aylward, U. Ramu, J.A. Birchler, I. Schubert, E. Lam, T.P. Michael, R.A. Martienssen. Duckweed genomes and epigenomes underlie triploid hybridization and clonal reproduction. Current Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.013
- Hyun H., J. Sun, M. Irfan, E. Lam, S. P. S. Chundawat, S. Lee. Time-resolved tracking of cellulose biosynthesis and assembly during cell wall regeneration in live Arabidopsis protoplasts, 21 March 2025. Science Advances. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ads6312
- Campbell, L. G., B. Montgomery, M. King, J. Hall, & L. Struwe. 2025. Students in the wild: Safety instruction practices in distance-taught biological laboratory and field classes. American Biology Teacher 87(1):13-19. doi: 10.1525/abt.2025.87.1.13 [feature article]
- Rothfels, C., et al. [c. 70 authors, incl. L. Struwe]. 2025 (in press). The PteridoPortal: A publicly accessible collection of over three million records of extant and extinct pteridophytes. Applications in Plant Sciences
- Setubal, R. B., L. Struwe, & R. C. Forzza. 2025. Taxonomical revision of American Strychnos sect. Breviflorae subsect. Eriospermae (Loganiaceae). Brittonia. doi: 10.1007/s12228-024-09822-x
- Waters, D., L. Struwe, & J. Lendemer. 2025 (in press). The Lichens and Allied Fungi of Wickecheoke Creek Preserve, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, U.S.A.: A Baseline Pre-Hurricane Ida. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society.
- Young, B., B. Thiers, J. White, & L. Struwe. 2025. Endophytic bacteria discovered in oil body organelles of the liverworts Marchantia polymorpha and Radula complanata. American Journal of Botany e70017. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.70017
- New Patent: Automated Growth System for Floating Aquatic Plants and Method, Eric Lam, Shawn D. Sorrels
- Heckman, J., M. Westendorf, A. Rabinovich. 2025. Organic Lawn Clipping Silage as a Potential Livestock Feed. Sustainable Agriculture Research. doi: 10.5539/sar.v14n1p29
- Heckman, J., T.E. Besancon, A. Rabinovich. 2025. Equine Manure Composition, Soil Fertility and Forage Response. Communications in Soil Science Plant Analysis. doi: 10.1080/00103624.2025.2453000
- Seidel, D., Staffen, M., Abdallah, L., & Morin, X. (2025). Outcomes of a 4-H STEM Learning Enrichment Program Using Video Storytelling. The Journal of Extension, 63(1), Article 18.
Awards and Honors
Speaking Invitations