ASPB: Phycologist and Plant Biologist

Plants in the News - Plant biologist receives Australian Science Minister's Prize for Life Scientist
The paper they, Dr. Min Chen etc., published on Science has addressed their discover about chlorophyll f with far red absorption (706 nanometers) and fluorescence (722 nanometers) in vitro. Dr. Chen is an associate professor at the University of Sydney.

Former ASPB president Elisabeth Gantt wins Phycological Society's highest award

The citation for Gantt as published in the PSA's Phycological Newsletter is as follows:
Dr. Ganttʼs numerous contributions to phycology span nearly 50 years and include the discovery of the distinctive localization of the phycobiliproteins in rhodophytan and cryptophytan chloroplasts, with studies leading to the isolation, purification, and characterization of Porphyridium cruentum and cyanobacterial phycobilisomes. More recently, she has contributed to the understanding of different aspects of the biosynthesis and roles of carotenoids. She continues to move into new fields, as exemplified by her current involvement in the Porphyra umbilicalis genome project. In 1994 she received the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and was subsequently elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1996.