January 15, 2009

September 26, 2016

Dr. Zhongfu Ni, a former postdoctoral fellow and visiting scientist from China Agricultural University, Beijing, and Eun-Deok Kim, a current Ph.D. student in Plant Biology, were co-first authors of a recent discovery in the Chen Laboratory that reveals how plants grow bigger and more vigorously through changes in their internal clocks. The work, entitled "Altered circadian rhythms regulate growth vigour in hybrids and allopolyploids", was published in 15 January 2009 issue of Nature. Nature highlighted the work in the subtitle of the cover (Hybrid Vigour - Plants seize the day) and featured the research in the Authors page Abstractions and in the Podcast (Big Plants). Nature Review Genetics featured the Research Highlight "Plant Development: Growing with Time". BBC World Service aired a segment on 5-7 December 2008.