Sean Cutler becomes the 6th CEPCEB and the 7th IIGB member elected to the prestigious Academy.

Sarah Nightingale writes "Cutler is being recognized for pioneering the use of chemistry and genetics to define genes and manipulate the resiliency of plants to drought. His fundamental work led to the identification of receptors for the plant hormone abscisic acid, which helps protects plants against drought stress."

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