Author Archives: Steven Burgess

Delighted to announce the latest paper from the lab was published in The Plant Journal last month: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17219 In this paper we investigated the variation in photosynthetic efficiency and light capture in existing soybean genotypes. With a lot of help from Anthony Digrado from Lisa Ainsworth’s lab and Daniel Eck in the stats department weContinue reading “2025.02.20- Lab publication on photosynthetic efficiency”

Excited to have Ryan Boyd and Nic Austen join the team as part of the Center for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) at UIUC. Both come with a wealth of experience in plant physiology, biochemistry and processing of biomass. We’re delighted to have them both!

As this summer comes to an end, a big thank you to Farwah Wasiq – who did a fantastic job working with Ignacio over the summer as part of an iBio internship. As the new semester starts we welcome Sarah and Stephanie as graduate students, who will be starting to work on the regulation ofContinue reading “2024.08.21 A new term”

This summer we have been privileged to host three awesome undergrads as part of summer internship programs: Kelley Wilson (SROP), Jason Rivera (PRECS) and Gerardo Amaro (AAP) – along with IB Student Nick Lisa. Kelley, Jason and Gerardo have been investigating the molecular basis of photoprotection and gained experienced of performing a forward genetic screenContinue reading “2023.07.31 – Summer Stars”

A belated congratulations to Ignacio and Tim for publication of their review “Recent developments in the engineering of Rubisco activase for enhanced crop yield” in Biochemical Society Transactions! (their first co-first author publication) In this manuscript they surveyed the latest research into the structure, mechanism and regulation of Rubisco Activase, a protein which plays anContinue reading “2022.05.22 New publication – Congrats to Ignacio and Tim”

This week we celebrated successful completion of a 10 week summer project in our lab by undergrad extraordinare Chandra Davies. A community college student, Chandra joined us as part of the NSF Funded PRECS REU at UIUC. Thrown the task of establishing a protocol for photosynthesis measurements of the unicellular green alga Ostreococcus tauri, sheContinue reading “2022.08.02 Summer farewell”

After 13 months of hard work from UIUC facilities management and admin the Burgess Lab in Morrill Hall 283 is almost ready for action! We had a small lab warming party last Monday to celebrate, with only a few remaining issues to be resolved before moving over from the IGB. We were joined by membersContinue reading “2022.02.24 – Lab opening”

We invite you to join us for a fully-funded Ph.D position in Plant Biology! Our agricultural system is under strain from extreme weather conditions, new pests, and herbicide resistance weeds. This creates challenges for getting food onto your plate, with the potential to increase grocery prices and worsen socioeconomic disparities. The Burgess Lab is committedContinue reading “2021.09.16 : Join us! Fully Funded Ph.D Position”