Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
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Our Mission: To improve the human condition through plant science 🌱
Located in St. Louis, Missouri, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is the largest independent non-profit institute dedicated to plant science in the world.
Located in St. Louis, Missouri, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is the largest independent non-profit institute dedicated to plant science in the world.
🌱 Planned giving is powering Future Forward. Our late founding chair, Dr. William H. Danforth, helped secure the Center’s future with his estate gift—you can join that legacy. Read John & Ginny Rowe’s blog + see simple, tax-wise options: https://bit.ly/4oxmkjw
#FutureForward
#FutureForward
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🌱 Planned giving is powering Future Forward. Our late founding chair, Dr. William H. Danforth, helped secure the Center’s future with his estate gift—you can join that legacy. Read John & Ginny Rowe’s blog + see simple, tax-wise options: https://bit.ly/4oxmkjw
#FutureForward
#FutureForward
Harvest season on our Field Research Site isn’t just about collecting crops—we’re collecting critical data to support more sustainable, higher yielding agricultural practices for the future 🚜🌾🌎
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Harvest season on our Field Research Site isn’t just about collecting crops—we’re collecting critical data to support more sustainable, higher yielding agricultural practices for the future 🚜🌾🌎
Today we honor and thank all who have served. 🇺🇸 #VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today we honor and thank all who have served. 🇺🇸 #VeteransDay
Ru Zhang, PhD, will lead a team of scientists in a new NSF-funded project that aims to find out how plant cells retain memory of heat stress.
Learn how their work could help future crops adapt to heat: https://loom.ly/F214Eco
Learn how their work could help future crops adapt to heat: https://loom.ly/F214Eco
Collaborative Research Team to Uncover How Plants “Remember” and Adapt to Heat Stress - Danforth Plant Science Center
A new collaborative research team of plant scientists led by Ru Zhang, PhD, associate member, Danforth Plant Science Center has been awarded new funding from the National Science Foundation to investigate how photosynthetic cells retain “heat stress memory” (HSM), a key adaptive mechanism that could help future crops withstand intense and frequent heat waves.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ru Zhang, PhD, will lead a team of scientists in a new NSF-funded project that aims to find out how plant cells retain memory of heat stress.
Learn how their work could help future crops adapt to heat: https://loom.ly/F214Eco
Learn how their work could help future crops adapt to heat: https://loom.ly/F214Eco
On #STEAMDay, we recognize the importance of students pursuing interests in science, technology, engineering, arts & math. Our Ed Research & Outreach team connects youths & educators with plant science, cutting edge tech, & real-world applications. Learn more: https://loom.ly/qK8Zwi0
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
On #STEAMDay, we recognize the importance of students pursuing interests in science, technology, engineering, arts & math. Our Ed Research & Outreach team connects youths & educators with plant science, cutting edge tech, & real-world applications. Learn more: https://loom.ly/qK8Zwi0
You have the power to shape your legacy. 🌱 By making a planned gift to the Danforth Center, you can provide meaningful support for the people you care about and make a lasting difference for generations to come.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lWM7QZ
#PlantScience #PlannedGiving
Learn more: bit.ly/4lWM7QZ
#PlantScience #PlannedGiving
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You have the power to shape your legacy. 🌱 By making a planned gift to the Danforth Center, you can provide meaningful support for the people you care about and make a lasting difference for generations to come.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lWM7QZ
#PlantScience #PlannedGiving
Learn more: bit.ly/4lWM7QZ
#PlantScience #PlannedGiving
Check out this X-ray tomography scan of all the internal features of a #Halloween pumpkin, which can be studied without being carved! Thanks to Keith Duncan of our X-ray CT Imaging Facility! Learn more about this cutting edge technology: https://loom.ly/2V7LhU4
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Check out this X-ray tomography scan of all the internal features of a #Halloween pumpkin, which can be studied without being carved! Thanks to Keith Duncan of our X-ray CT Imaging Facility! Learn more about this cutting edge technology: https://loom.ly/2V7LhU4
We were thrilled to host the #FFARFellows on Tuesday! They toured our cutting-edge facilities and heard from our scientists how #plantscience impacts lives around the world! 🌱🌍✨
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We were thrilled to host the #FFARFellows on Tuesday! They toured our cutting-edge facilities and heard from our scientists how #plantscience impacts lives around the world! 🌱🌍✨
Last week, the Grand Farm Partner Trip visited our Field Research Site and learned about our research there. Thanks for the great conversations about #plantscience, #innovation, and the future of #agriculture!
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Last week, the Grand Farm Partner Trip visited our Field Research Site and learned about our research there. Thanks for the great conversations about #plantscience, #innovation, and the future of #agriculture!
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As promised, here's a 3D volume rendering from an XRM scan of a single Arabidopsis flower, showing the anemone-like stigmatic structures on top of the carpel and array of ovules within. The carpel is ~300um in diameter.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
As promised, here's a 3D volume rendering from an XRM scan of a single Arabidopsis flower, showing the anemone-like stigmatic structures on top of the carpel and array of ovules within. The carpel is ~300um in diameter.
@danforthcenter.bsky.social
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
@danforthcenter.bsky.social
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
Mike DeCamp tells how the Danforth Center + @39northstl.bsky.social helped CoverCress turn a winter weed into renewable fuel. That’s Community Building: access to tech, experts, talent, mentors, capital.
Join #FutureForward: http://bit.ly/4o8dskl
#STLMade
Join #FutureForward: http://bit.ly/4o8dskl
#STLMade
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Mike DeCamp tells how the Danforth Center + @39northstl.bsky.social helped CoverCress turn a winter weed into renewable fuel. That’s Community Building: access to tech, experts, talent, mentors, capital.
Join #FutureForward: http://bit.ly/4o8dskl
#STLMade
Join #FutureForward: http://bit.ly/4o8dskl
#STLMade
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Meet our CSTM Member of the Month! 🎉 Ana Wisa fell in love with plants while growing sunflowers and earned a horticulture degree. Now, she cares for the plants that power discovery in our Plant Growth Facility and hopes to one day run her own greenhouse operation. Congrats, Ana!
October 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Meet our CSTM Member of the Month! 🎉 Ana Wisa fell in love with plants while growing sunflowers and earned a horticulture degree. Now, she cares for the plants that power discovery in our Plant Growth Facility and hopes to one day run her own greenhouse operation. Congrats, Ana!
Our region's strength in plant science is known around the world, and it’s only growing 🌱 Read more in this story via @stlmag.bsky.social: https://loom.ly/7lLyAbo
St. Louis’ push for international agriculture industry connections is paying off
Two years since starting an initiative to link the region to Latin America, companies with no previous ties to St. Louis are coming to town.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Our region's strength in plant science is known around the world, and it’s only growing 🌱 Read more in this story via @stlmag.bsky.social: https://loom.ly/7lLyAbo
This month’s On the Vine is here! If you don’t already know, our monthly e-newsletter is the easiest way to follow along with all that’s going on at the Center. 📨 Check out our latest issue and be sure to sign up today! conta.cc/4ottaX2
#ScienceNews #PlantScience
#ScienceNews #PlantScience
October 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This month’s On the Vine is here! If you don’t already know, our monthly e-newsletter is the easiest way to follow along with all that’s going on at the Center. 📨 Check out our latest issue and be sure to sign up today! conta.cc/4ottaX2
#ScienceNews #PlantScience
#ScienceNews #PlantScience
It’s golden hour all day every day at our prairie in the fall ✨
Check out our blog to learn how we made the change from lawn to prairie and why both the financial and ecological benefits are as good as gold: https://loom.ly/Pcs3200
Check out our blog to learn how we made the change from lawn to prairie and why both the financial and ecological benefits are as good as gold: https://loom.ly/Pcs3200
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It’s golden hour all day every day at our prairie in the fall ✨
Check out our blog to learn how we made the change from lawn to prairie and why both the financial and ecological benefits are as good as gold: https://loom.ly/Pcs3200
Check out our blog to learn how we made the change from lawn to prairie and why both the financial and ecological benefits are as good as gold: https://loom.ly/Pcs3200
Bellwether’s $5M commitment is taking phenotyping to the field—accelerating crop innovation at our 140-acre site and training the next gen. 🌱🤖
Read how this superstar investment is changing what’s possible: https://loom.ly/aW2V_EY
#FutureForwardFridays #AgTech #STL
Read how this superstar investment is changing what’s possible: https://loom.ly/aW2V_EY
#FutureForwardFridays #AgTech #STL
The Bellwether Foundation: Leading the Way in Plant Science Innovation - Danforth Plant Science Center
At the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, we believe in a future where no one goes hungry, where agriculture regenerates the environment rather than depleting it, and where innovation drives sustainable solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. That future starts today with the Future Forward Campaign.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Bellwether’s $5M commitment is taking phenotyping to the field—accelerating crop innovation at our 140-acre site and training the next gen. 🌱🤖
Read how this superstar investment is changing what’s possible: https://loom.ly/aW2V_EY
#FutureForwardFridays #AgTech #STL
Read how this superstar investment is changing what’s possible: https://loom.ly/aW2V_EY
#FutureForwardFridays #AgTech #STL
Be a part of the Danforth Center and discover what makes us a 2025 Top Workplace in #STL! We are #hiring for a Financial Analyst. Learn more about the role and apply: https://loom.ly/i08yQpA
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Be a part of the Danforth Center and discover what makes us a 2025 Top Workplace in #STL! We are #hiring for a Financial Analyst. Learn more about the role and apply: https://loom.ly/i08yQpA
On #WorldFoodDay, we’re celebrating the science that will help feed the world.
From improving crops to withstand stress like drought and disease to discovering planet-friendly ways to boost crop yields, our research is growing a more food-secure future for all.
From improving crops to withstand stress like drought and disease to discovering planet-friendly ways to boost crop yields, our research is growing a more food-secure future for all.
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
On #WorldFoodDay, we’re celebrating the science that will help feed the world.
From improving crops to withstand stress like drought and disease to discovering planet-friendly ways to boost crop yields, our research is growing a more food-secure future for all.
From improving crops to withstand stress like drought and disease to discovering planet-friendly ways to boost crop yields, our research is growing a more food-secure future for all.
Join us for #BioBash2025 on Thursday, October 23 🌱 Register for this free event to attend a job fair, panel discussion, elevator pitch contest and networking mixers. Science trainees of all experience levels are invited! Register: https://loom.ly/iIUIc0s
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Join us for #BioBash2025 on Thursday, October 23 🌱 Register for this free event to attend a job fair, panel discussion, elevator pitch contest and networking mixers. Science trainees of all experience levels are invited! Register: https://loom.ly/iIUIc0s
We’re excited to announce the first two awardees of the Core Facilities Access Grant, a #CultivarSTL initiative that gives Latin American startups access to our world-class core facilities! Get to know the winning companies in our news release: https://loom.ly/lyPEoD8
Creating Access to Cutting Edge Technology to Support Global Innovators - Danforth Plant Science Center
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced the first awardees of the Core Facilities Access Fund – an initiative of Cultivar STL designed to advance research and open doors for startups in Latin America. The new fund provides selected startups access to world-class infrastructure at the Danforth Center Core Facilities helping to accelerate breakthroughs, validate technologies, and build global connections in the Heartland.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We’re excited to announce the first two awardees of the Core Facilities Access Grant, a #CultivarSTL initiative that gives Latin American startups access to our world-class core facilities! Get to know the winning companies in our news release: https://loom.ly/lyPEoD8
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I'm frequently asked if we can use XRM imaging to study Arabidopsis, and the answer is absolutely yes. The pollen grains were segmented using basic grayscale thresholding. This scan used the 4X lens, stayed tuned for results from the 20X.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'm frequently asked if we can use XRM imaging to study Arabidopsis, and the answer is absolutely yes. The pollen grains were segmented using basic grayscale thresholding. This scan used the 4X lens, stayed tuned for results from the 20X.
@danforthcenter.bsky.social
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
@danforthcenter.bsky.social
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
This year’s Party with the Plants was our best one yet! 🥳🌱 If you missed out on the fun, or just want to relive it, you can read more about the event in our new blog post: https://loom.ly/DMvzOg0
#STLEvents #PartyWithThePlants
#STLEvents #PartyWithThePlants
Plants in Paradise: A Good Time for a Good Cause - Danforth Plant Science Center
On September 26, the Danforth Center treated guests to a unique, fun-filled, and entertaining night in support of a meaningful cause at the sixth-annual Party with the Plants
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October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This year’s Party with the Plants was our best one yet! 🥳🌱 If you missed out on the fun, or just want to relive it, you can read more about the event in our new blog post: https://loom.ly/DMvzOg0
#STLEvents #PartyWithThePlants
#STLEvents #PartyWithThePlants
📣Calling all #science trainees! 📣Join us for #BioBash2025 on Thursday, October 23 to connect with science professionals and employers through a career panel and a #CareerFair. Get all the details and reserve your spot: https://loom.ly/VTwf2fU
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📣Calling all #science trainees! 📣Join us for #BioBash2025 on Thursday, October 23 to connect with science professionals and employers through a career panel and a #CareerFair. Get all the details and reserve your spot: https://loom.ly/VTwf2fU
President gilesoldroyd.bsky.social welcomed attendees of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Conference and spoke about the opportunity for plant science to make a major impact. We’re thrilled to be hosting them here at the Danforth Center in partnership with @39northstl.bsky.social.
October 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
President gilesoldroyd.bsky.social welcomed attendees of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Conference and spoke about the opportunity for plant science to make a major impact. We’re thrilled to be hosting them here at the Danforth Center in partnership with @39northstl.bsky.social.