/ Bioenergy Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ 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 ºÙºÙÊÓƵ 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 ºÙºÙÊÓƵ 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