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The Bellwether Foundation: Leading the Way in Plant Science Innovation
With a mission to enhance quality of life in St. Louis through bold, future-focused philanthropy, The Bellwether Foundation has become a catalytic force in plant science innovation at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. The Foundation’s visionary support has powered critical advances in phenotyping—a field that uses imaging and AI to observe how plants grow,…
Read MoreJJK FAN Students Dig into Plant Science with the Baxter Lab
Earlier this year, 50 students from the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Innovation Center (JJK FAN) got to trade their usual schoolwork for microscopes and handfuls of soil thanks to a six-week program led by our Baxter Lab. The program, called Baxter Lab’s Atomic Numbers, provided the fifth-through-eighth grade students the chance to practice…
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