CPBL Weekly - Week 9, 2026

Citations This Week

We’re proud to report 6 citations this week - clear evidence that our science is making waves:

• “Deciphering the microbial architecture of pesticide and antibiotics biodegradation” - Sylvia Thieffry et al. (bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)) - citing our “A new era of synthetic biology—microbial community design”
• “Photorespiration is linked to DNA methylation by formate as a one-carbon source” - Valentin Hankofer et al. (Nature Plants) - citing our “Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity”
• “Gamma-irradiated sodium alginate enhances growth, antioxidant defense, and citral-rich essential oil in Dracocephalum kotschyi” - Sahar Joulaei Hossein Abadi et al. (Industrial Crops and Products) - citing our “Shifts in carbon partitioning by photosynthetic activity increase terpenoid synthesis in glandular trichomes”
• “Editing and synthetic engineering of chloroplast genomes” - Jinqiu Fu and Jiang Zhang (Plant Communications) - citing our “Improving photosynthetic efficiency toward food security: Strategies, advances, and perspectives” and “Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity”
• “Insights into glandular trichome biology from analysis of organ‐specific gene expression programmes in cannabis, hop and tomato” - Muluneh Tamiru‐Oli et al. (The Plant Journal) - citing our “Shifts in carbon partitioning by photosynthetic activity increase terpenoid synthesis in glandular trichomes”
• “Overexpression of GhPAS1 modulates stomatal morphology and canopy architecture to stably improve photosynthetic efficiency and yield in cotton” - Ning Cui et al. (Journal of Integrative Agriculture) - citing our “Improving photosynthetic efficiency toward food security: Strategies, advances, and perspectives”