Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project

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Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) is an international research project engineering crops to be more productive by improving photosynthesis. We hope to reduce global food insecurity & prepare plants to deal with the changing climate.

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A woman in a lab coat smiles while taking a measurement of leaves with a device.
A woman in a lab space works with a pipette. Her arms are under a protective bar and she is surrounded by standard lab equipment.
A brunette woman with glasses and a red shirt smiles at the camera.
A close-up picture of a soybean plant’s leaves.
A young woman in a white shirt in front of yellow sunflowers.
Two pictures side-by-side. The left picture is of a woman wearing sunglasses holding a leafy green plant surrounded by green plants tall enough to reach her waist. The photo on the right is a woman in a lab coat sitting slightly behind a plant and an instrument measuring the plant.
A small, white machine takes a measurement of a green leaf surrounded by other leaves. White text in the bottom right says Join Our Team!
A collage of eight pictures of women scientists against a background of green. There is a yellow block in the center with dark green text reading Women move science forward. Under the text is the Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency Project logo.
Two men kneeling on the ground in a field with small plants around them.
The front cover of a magazine showing a cell. The words Biomarker Magazine Volume 18 appear in the middle left of the cover. Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology appears in the bottom right.
Green box with a picture of a young man in a blue shirt in the middle. Above the picture is the RIPE logo and the words Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency. Below the picture it says David Hong, RIPE Fall 2024 Science Communication Intern.
Hands on a keyboard with green lighting over the picture. The words Join Our Team are in the top right corner in bold white copy.
The background is light green, a darker green Happy New Year takes up most of the image. From the RIPE team is in even darker green near the bottom right. In the bottom right corner are the words RIPE Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency and the RIPE logo.
The top half of the image is a man inspecting the leaf of a plant in a greenhouse with other leaves nearby. A large green number one splits the middle of the image. The bottom half of the image has the words Changing upstream DNA alters photosynthesis next to the bottom of the one, The words RIPE 2025 Social Media Countdown, RIPE, and Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency are across the bottom along with the RIPE logo.
The top half of the image is a machine with the word licor on top taking a measurement of a green leaf surrounded by other green plants. A large green number two splits the middle of the image. The bottom half of the image has the words How-to guide for gas exchange techniques next to the bottom of the two, The words RIPE 2025 Social Media Countdown, RIPE, and Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency are across the bottom along with the RIPE logo.
The top half of the image is a woman looking down at a measurement tool in a field of green plants with a blue sky in the background. A large green number three splits the middle of the image. The bottom half of the image has the words Increase in mesophyll conductance can be engineered next to the bottom of the three. The words RIPE 2025 Social Media Countdown, RIPE, and Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency are across the bottom along with the RIPE logo.
The top half of the image is a man kneeling in a field surrounded by green and yellow plants. A large green number four splits the middle of the image. The bottom half of the image has the words Decrease in Chlorophyll results in higher seed nitrogen next to the bottom of the four, The words RIPE 2025 Social Media Countdown, RIPE, and Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency are across the bottom along with the RIPE logo.
The top half of the image shows a diagram showing three different types of photosynthesis modeling: metabolic kinetics, to leaf-level to canopy microclimate and growth. Also shows the important factors in each stage; metabolic kinetcs: Light, water, and CO2 in and sugars and O2 out. Leaf level: light absorption, carbon assimilation, water stress, and transpiration. Canopy mircroclimate and growth: Sunlight, evapotranspiration, water and CO2 in and O2 out. The bottom half of the image has a large number five with the words Modeling framework ties dynamic pathways directly with crop growth next to it. The words RIPE 2025 Social Media Countdown, RIPE, and Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency are across the bottom along with the RIPE logo.
An open computer displays a spreadsheet of data with one column highlighted in yellow. A hand gestures toward the screen. The words Join Our Team are in the bottom left in white, block letters.
A field of two-foot-tall sorghum plants at sunset. The sky has streaks of pink and blue.
A man in a blue shirt kneels in a field with young plants with a clear blue sky in the background.
A woman and a man in white lab coats hold containers with young green plants in a lab setting.
A woman surrounded by green plants holding a plant.
A bushy green cowpea plant is the main focus with brown soil below and blue sky above. There is a measuring instrument set up in the background just out of focus. The words Join Our Team are near the center top of the image in dark green.