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Joanne Chory wins the 2020 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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2026-08-03
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Joanne Chory (March 19, 1955 – November 12, 2024) was an American plant biologist and geneticist. She was a professor and director of the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Chory was the founding director of the Salk Institute's Harnessing Plants Initiative (HPI), a carbon dioxide removal approach to fight climate change by optimizing a plant's natural ability to capture and stor
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Joanne Chory, Salk plant biologist who found ways to blunt impacts of climate change, dies at 69
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Joanne Chory, Salk Institute professor and pioneering plant biologist, dies at age 69 - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Salk Professor Joanne Chory named 2024 Wolf Prize Laureate in Agriculture - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Salk Professor Joanne Chory honored with Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Salk Institute's Joanne Chory awarded prestigious Gruber Prize - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Hidden Voices: Dr. Joanne Chory is Changing the World—One Seed at a Time - New York City Public Schools (.gov)
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Salk Institute Professors Joanne Chory and Wolfgang Busch to speak at PlantACT! - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Salk scientists Joanne Chory and Terrence Sejnowski named to National Academy of Inventors - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Salk Institute’s Joanne Chory awarded prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Salk professor Joanne Chory awarded 2012 Genetics Society of America Medal - EurekAlert!
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