by | Nov 27, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
Mohammad Belaffif is a biologist at heart. As a CABBI Postdoc working out of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, he combines his love for biology with the power of computers to explore the realm of plant genomics. Following his passion, Belaffif obtained his...
by | Nov 4, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
At his desk adjacent to the Morrow Plots, Hans Müller Paul is hard at work on his computer, developing software that aims to revolutionize biofuel research. As he puts it, “The work that I’m doing is like a grain of sand in the desert. But everyone’s work makes the...
by | Jul 7, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
“People who don’t believe in serendipity probably don’t realize that they’ve been recipients of it. You look at how things have developed, and how I’ve gone through my life, and a lot of it is serendipity.” Serendipity, passion, and a posterboard bearing the message,...
by | May 23, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
Growing up in the countryside of China, Li-Qing Chen understood the challenges of farming from a young age. Her family owned a small farm, so she became aware of the many conditions and stresses that plants face. When Chen began her college education, she decided that...
by | Apr 29, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
“A lot of people think that they’re in competition with other people; my mind-set has always been that I’m in competition with myself.” CABBI’s Tom Clemente has upheld this philosophy since his childhood in Kingston, Pa. Forty-eight states, 26 research years and 100...
by | Feb 21, 2019 | Feedstock Production, Research Profiles
“When you grow up with people who are really interested in nature, it’s just something you catch on to.” For Nick LaBonte, caring for and cultivating plants is more than a hobby, degree, or career — it’s a way of life. LaBonte credits his affinity for the natural...
