/ Bioenergy Content for ΢²ªÊÓƵ en /blog/understanding-growth-regulation-protein-degradation-trees-bioenergy <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The U.S. Department of Energy is funding a project at the ΢²ªÊÓƵ College of Biological Sciences to study the function of genes that regulate growth and wood formation in poplar trees. The three-year, $2.5 million project is led by Nitzan Shabek, assistant professor in the ΢²ªÊÓƵ Department of Plant Biology together with Andrew Groover at the USDA Pacific Southwest Research Station in Davis and Justin Walley, Iowa State University. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> September 14, 2022 - 11:58am Andy Fell /blog/understanding-growth-regulation-protein-degradation-trees-bioenergy