{"id":1568,"date":"2021-06-04T14:30:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:05:00","slug":"carleton-universitys-maria-derosa-receives-2021-grants4ag-award-for-agricultural-sustainability-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/2021\/carleton-universitys-maria-derosa-receives-2021-grants4ag-award-for-agricultural-sustainability-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University\u2019s Maria DeRosa Receives 2021 Grants4Ag Award for Agricultural Sustainability Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton University\u2019s Maria DeRosa Receives 2021 Grants4Ag Award for Agricultural Sustainability Research\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/people\/derosa-m-c\/\">Maria DeRosa<\/a>&nbsp;is one of 24 scientists worldwide to receive a 2021 Grants4Ag award for her work using short stretches of DNA called aptamers to make&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/smart-fertilizer-game-changer-for-farmers\/\">agriculture more sustainable<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After receiving more than 600 proposals from almost 40 countries, the Bayer Crop Science team selected 24 proposals to fund. From protecting plants with beneficial bacteria to detecting disease through drones and artificial intelligence, these scientists have outstanding innovations to help farmers protect crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Carleton\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ladder\/\">Laboratory for Aptamer Discovery and Development of Emerging Research<\/a>&nbsp;(LADDER), DeRosa is developing biosensors and \u201csmart\u201d materials based on aptamers\u2014short synthetic DNA or RNA sequences that specifically bind to a diverse variety of targets from small molecules to whole cells.&nbsp;The goal is to discover new aptamer sequences, understand their binding properties and apply them to help solve problems in a wide range of fields, including health, environment and agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/2021\/carleton-universitys-maria-derosa-receives-2021-grants4ag-award-for-agricultural-sustainability-research\/?utm_source=Homepage&amp;utm_medium=Spotlight\">more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University\u2019s&nbsp;Maria DeRosa&nbsp;is one of 24 scientists worldwide to receive a 2021 Grants4Ag award for her work using short stretches of DNA called aptamers to make&nbsp;agriculture more sustainable. After receiving more than 600 proposals from almost 40 countries, the Bayer Crop Science team selected 24 proposals to fund. 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