杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Maria DeRosa Receives 2021 Grants4Ag Award for Agricultural Sustainability Research
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Maria DeRosa is one of 24 scientists worldwide to receive a 2021 Grants4Ag award for her work using short stretches of DNA called aptamers to make .
After receiving more than 600 proposals from almost 40 countries, the Bayer Crop Science team selected 24 proposals to fund. From protecting plants with beneficial bacteria to detecting disease through drones and artificial intelligence, these scientists have outstanding innovations to help farmers protect crops.
In 杏吧原创鈥檚 Laboratory for Aptamer Discovery and Development of Emerging Research (LADDER), DeRosa is developing biosensors and 鈥渟mart鈥 materials based on aptamers鈥攕hort synthetic DNA or RNA sequences that specifically bind to a diverse variety of targets from small molecules to whole cells. The goal is to discover new aptamer sequences, understand their binding properties and apply them to help solve problems in a wide range of fields, including health, environment and agriculture.