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Field reports & milestones we wrote ourselves

Blog Mar 2026

GrENE-net published in Science

Our paper “Rapid adaptation and extinction in synchronized outdoor evolution experiments of Arabidopsis” is now published in Science!

Blog Jan 2023

Town hall 2023: first phase of sequencing complete

At our January 2023 general meeting, we shared a major milestone: the first phase of sequencing was finalized. Roughly 2,500 samples — th...

Blog Jul 2021

Town hall 2021: pool sequencing is delivering

At our July 2021 general meeting, the network came together to share encouraging progress. After the first seasons of sampling, pool sequ...

Blog Dec 2020

GrENE-net–ing … in progress …

Despite the challenges that 2020 brought, our lab in the Carnegie Department of Plant Biology at Stanford, has been working to process th...

Blog Apr 2019

GrENE-net is growing up!

90 enthusiastic researchers and 40 institutions, 45 sites, 12 replicate plots per site, ~5 million seeds distributed and sown. This is ho...

Blog Feb 2018

And the first flower price goes to …

About one year after the official launch of GrENE-net, in Darwin’s 2017 birthday, the first flowers of this globally distributed evolutio...

Blog Dec 2017

The founder seed mix

Ever wondered how some million Arabidopsis thaliana seeds look like? (see below)

Blog Dec 2017

45 experimental evolution sites

90 researchers and 40 institutions, 45 sites, 12 replicate plots per site, ~5 million seeds distributed and sown. This is the start of Gr...

In the news & press

Coverage from outside outlets

PressUC Berkeley · Mar 2026

One-of-a-kind experiment tracked plant evolution at 30 sites worldwide

PressPhys.org · Mar 2026

Tracking plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites

PressScienmag · Mar 2026

Global study monitors plant evolution across 30 sites

JournalScience · 2026

Rapid adaptation and extinction in synchronized outdoor evolution experiments of Arabidopsis

PressIGI · EN · 2026

A one-of-a-kind project tracking plant adaptation to rapid climate change

PressUtrecht University · EN · 2026

Climate change has shifted the optimal growing location for thale cress

Pressmadri+d · ES · Apr 2026

Adaptarse o morir: la respuesta evolutiva de las plantas al cambio climático

PresselDiario.es · ES · 2026

Científicos españoles revelan el límite de adaptación de ciertas plantas al cambio climático

PressBionity · DE · Mar 2026

Evolution im Zeitraffer: wie sich die Ackerschmalwand anpasst – oder ausstirbt