In this episode, we peer into plant cells. Researchers are using measurements from single cells to understand which genes help plants grow, get nutrients, weather drought, and more. And eventually, their findings could help us grow better crops, with less impact on our planet.

Links from this episode:

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• Monet’s Waterloo Bridge at Sunset (1904)
• Serat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884)
• Submit a proposal to work with the JGI: https://jointgeno.me/proposals 
• Margot’s 2021 Berkeley Lab SLAM talk 

Genome Insider is a production of the Joint Genome Institute. 

This episode uses two pieces of music from Free Music Archive: 

Sad French Accordion by Dana Boulé (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Sonata No. 20 in G Major, Op. 49 No. 2 - I. Allegro ma non troppo by Daniel Veesey (Public Domain)