This Week at CPBL - Week 31, 2026

This Week in the Lab

A quick roundup of 1 article from the lab this week:

• New Preprint - From Field Photosynthesis to Genetic Architecture: Insights from the First Dedicated Photosynthesis Hackathon - The results of the Photosynthesis Hackathon in Ghana March 2026 have been published

Citations This Week

What an inspiring week: our research was referenced 4 times, a testament to the reach of our work:

• “Evolutionary agroecology: Passive responses to light competition increase yield in wheat” - Yong‐He Zhu et al. (Field Crops Research) - citing our “Improving photosynthetic efficiency toward food security: Strategies, advances, and perspectives”
• “Cooperation, privatization and cheating in microbial exoenzyme synthesis: theoretical analysis in view of biotechnological applications” - Tanvir Hassan et al. (Open Biology) - citing our “A new era of synthetic biology—microbial community design” and “Microbial markets: socio-economic perspective in studying microbial communities” and “Web-based collaborative model development in interdisciplinary consortia: Design principles and practical guidance”
• “A Review of Plant-Derived Diterpenoid Biosynthesis: From Structural Scaffold Diversity and Lineage-Associated Distribution to Enzyme Mining and Discovery Strategies” - Yalan Zhao et al. (Molecules) - citing our “Rule-Based Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Diterpene Libraries: Categorizing Patterns & Unravelling the Structural Landscape”
• “Integrated phenotypic, physio-biochemical, and metabolomic dissection reveals defense mechanisms of Brassica napus against aphid infestation” - Zhou Qianhui et al. (Current Plant Biology) - citing our “Shifts in carbon partitioning by photosynthetic activity increase terpenoid synthesis in glandular trichomes”