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Videos:
March 2024: IntrinsyxBio video that includes interview of Prof. Doty
November 2022: “Lightning presentation” (about one minute) on Endophytes as a Nature-Based Solution for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
March 18, 2019: ATTN made a video about our N-fixing endophyte strains licensed to IntrinsyxBio
Illumina filmed our research as part of their series on “Adventures in Genomics“. The video they produced, Power of Plant Partnerships, is a great 8 minute overview of our research.
Radio:
13 May 2020: Professor Doty was interviewed for BYU Radio’s “Top of Mind” on “Using Plants to Clean Up Superfund Sites”
News Articles:
July 2021: Recent press on our pollutant-degrading endophytes came out from the Arbor Day Foundation and FastCompany
January 2021 We are in the UW Co-Motion Researcher Spotlight
18 November 2020 Article highlighting our recent paper on endophytic phosphate solubilization was published on the EMSL website
April 2020: An article about our endophyte research was published in the Good Fruit Grower magazine
7April2020: An article on our phytoremediation research came out today in the New York Times
13 November 2019: Nice article about our research is in The Herald
October 2019: The article, “The Fix Is In: Could a marriage between corn and bacteria solve the world’s fertilizer problem?” in the current issue of Discover Magazine describes some of our research. pdf
August 15, 2019: The Washington Trails Association wrote an article (WashingtonTrails_TheUnseenTrail_Fall2019) about microbes within trees (interviewed Sharon Doty and Carrie Harwood, UW)
Oct. 3, 2018: Our discoveries and push for acceptance of endophytic N-fixation as a substitute for chemical fertilizers was featured in this article on Grist.org
Aug. 10, 2018: Our lab research was described in this Smithsonian magazine article on N-fixation in maize
Aug. 2, 2018: A news article, “UW professor uncovers microbes that could replace fertilizers,” was published in our university newspaper
June 29, 2018: News article in NPR was released about our research: “Microbial Magic Could Help Slash Your Dinner’s Carbon Footprint”
February 2018: An article about our phytoremediation research is in the winter newsletter of the Advanced Hardwood Biofuels NW.
Autumn 2017: Our lab continued to receive lots of press about our phytoremediation research, such as this article in the November issue of Scientific American
NIEHS Story on Our Field Trial
http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/web/2017/09/Trees-probiotic-boost-clean-up-a-carcinogen.html
http://www.poplar.ca/article/poplarmicrobe-partnerships-remove-soil-pollutant-1196.asp
http://www.opb.org/news/article/trees-toxic-waste-probiotics-research/
November 3, 2016: Press release from the US Dept. of Energy on the JGI CSP projects for 2017. Our approved project, “Functional genomics of poplar endophytes for elucidation of mechanisms of improved plant growth under challenging conditions” was listed: DOE JGI news release
July 8, 2016: The Agronomy Society of America posted an article on our research: http://www.agronomy.org/science-news/probiotics-plants
June 2, 2016: The Poplar and Willow Council of Canada posted about our N-fixation research: http://www.poplar.ca/article/poplars-fix-nitrogen-in-leaves-174.asp
May 22, 2016: Check out the latest article in ScienceMag about the Doty Lab’s efforts to establish acceptance of the importance of nitrogen-fixing endophytes
November 2014: We published a paper on endophyte-assisted phytoremediation of phenanthrene in Environmental Science and Technology. It was covered in several news outlets:
Probiotics for plants boost detox abilities untreated plants overdose and die
Magical microbes using natural endophytes to remove environmental pollutants
Uw trick with plants could be answer to cleaning toxics from soil
Press Releases:
May 21, 2018: Two of our microbial endophyte strains originally isolated from within wild willow plants at the Snoqualmie River were launched into space today for an experiment on the International Space Station. This collaborative experiment with Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California, Dr. John Freeman and David Bubenheim at NASA-Ames, and Prof. Doty’s lab at UW, will look at how these plant growth promoting bacteria perform in microgravity. Here is the press release.
August 12, 2017: Results of our successful field trial at NASA-Ames Research Park of our TCE-degrading endophyte strain was published in Environmental Science and Technology. A link to the press release is here.
August 27, 2016: Our paper on drought tolerance in poplar conferred by endophytes is now published. See the Publications tab for a link to the article. The link to the press release is: http://www.washington.edu/news/2016/09/19/microbes-help-plants-survive-in-severe-drought/
May 20, 2016: Press release about our publication on N-fixation in wild poplar: http://www.washington.edu/news/2016/05/20/bacteria-in-branches-naturally-fertilize-trees/
Webinars:
October 18, 2017: Doty gave a webinar entitled, “Partnering Trees & Microbes for Tackling Environmental Pollutants” on phytoremediation as part of the outreach program of the Advanced Hardwood Biofuels NW program.
March 26, 2014: Prof. Doty and Dr. Posy Busby presented their endophyte research as part of the Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest webinar series. The webinar will be posted on the AHB website: http://hardwoodbiofuels.org/webinars/