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Tom Sharkey measures the rate of photosynthesis and isoprene being released by a soybean plant.

June 13, 2025

Some plants make their own pesticide — but at what cost to the atmosphere?

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Plant Resilience Institute, Tom Sharkey

New research 40 years in the making from Tom Sharkey sheds light on how isoprene could provide a path for engineering plants that are more resilient to environmental change and pest outbreaks. But that benefit could come at an environmental cost.

Yuan Xu, postdoctoral researcher in the Sharkey lab, uses a LICOR to measure the rate of photosynthesis in a plant.

March 11, 2025

Using unique approaches to study plants in future conditions

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Sharkey lab, Tom Sharkey

Researchers from the Sharkey lab are using unique research techniques to see how plants grow when exposed to high light and high amounts of CO2.

July 8, 2024

Green Gold: Turning Trees Into 'Biofactories'

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Tom Sharkey, plant resilience institute

PRI faculty member Thomas Sharkey is part of a team of researchers reporting new findings that could help engineer poplar trees to produce high value chemical compounds.