Prominent plant biologist Jane Silverthorne died on August 15 at the age of 69. She is best known for her work on plant genomics projects at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and for her impact on the career development of young academics.
“Dr. Silverthorne was a respected scientist and a leader and champion for the development of the plant genomics field and community,” Grant Hartzog, Silverthorne’s former colleague at the University of California (UC), Santa Cruz, writes in a university statement.
According to an obituary posted on Legacy.com, Silverthorne split her childhood between England, Scotland, and Malta before arriving at the University of Sussex in the UK to study biology. After completing a PhD at the University of Warwick and a postdoc at the University of California, Los Angeles, Silverthorne joined the department of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at UCSC in 1987, where she studied plant photoreceptors called phytochromes.
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