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Khadidiatou Sall, Doctor of Molecular and Cellular Biology: The discoverer of genes allowing plants to tolerate drought, cold and salinity

By leral.netKhadidiatou Sall, PhD in molecular and cellular biology: The discoverer of genes allowing plants to tolerate drought, cold and saltolerer, dryness. The young Senegalese scientist based in the United States is a well-known figure in the field of Dna and Arn sequencing. The biologist, born in Ouakam, has discovered several genes...

How junior scientists can land a seat at the leadership table

By Kendall Powell for nature. Early-career researchers bring energy, talent and diverse voices to leadership and advisory roles. Alfredo Giron-Nava didn’t spot many peers at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development. Read this article on nature.com

African Science Week: the presence of UVS marked by an exhibition – demo of four students from M.A.I.

By Mamadou Alpha SANE for UVS.SNFour students from Université Virtuelle du Sénégal (UVS) enrolled in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science animated, on the occasion of the African Science Week at the Place du Souvenir in Dakar, the institution’s stand with an exhibition on connected objects.Their names are Papa Thiam SY, Daddy DIENG, Mamadou...

Transcriptomics of nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 6 induction in imbibed seeds reveals feedback mechanisms and long non-coding RNAs

By Khadidiatou Sall, David Hendrix, Taira Sekine, Yoshihiko Katsuragawa, Ryosuke Koyari and Hiroyuki Nonogaki[Published online by Cambridge University Press] Abstract Induction of nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase 6 (NCED6), an abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis gene, alone is sufficient to suspend germination in testa-ruptured seeds, which are...