What We're Reading: December 8th
Blog, Research, Research Blog, WWR Full PostCommentary: The next generation of training for Arabidopsis researchers: Bioinformatics and quantitative biology
Friesner and 38 other authors have written a Commentary outlining the need to radically redesign training for plant scientists to prepare for the massive production of biological data.…
Update: Impacts of fluctuating light on crop performance
Blog, Plant Science Research Weekly, Research, Research BlogLight intensity varies seasonally, with time of day, with cloudiness, and as overlying leaves move in the wind. A sudden change in light intensity alters photosynthetic responses, but not all responses change at the same rate. For example, upon an increase in light intensity, photosynthetic electron…
Update: The actin cytoskeleton: functional arrays for cytoplasmic organization and cell shape control
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Updates, Research, Research BlogBy Daniel B. Szymanski and Christopher J. Staiger
A dynamic network of filamentous elements, the cytoskeleton, holds the key to patterning of the cell wall during growth. This review focuses on the actin cytoskeleton during cell morphogenesis. The field is progressing rapidly, enabled by forward-…
Update: The plant trans-Golgi network. Not just a matter of distinction.
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Updates, Research, Research BlogBy Michel Ruiz Rosquete, Destiny Jade Davis, and Georgia Drakakaki
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Transport networks may be defined as sets of connected nodes or hubs where cargo from different origins are sorted to their final destinations. The trans-Golgi Network (TGN) is the most discussed and arguably busiest hub…
Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Hong-Chao Duan
Blog, Research, Research Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesHong-Chao Duan is featured first author of ALKBH10B is An RNA N6-Methyladenosine Demethylase Affecting Arabidopsis Floral Transition.
Current Position: Research Assistant, Peking University, China
Education: PhD (2017) Chemical Biology, Peking University, China. BS (2011) Chemistry, Nankai University,…
Next Generation of Training for Arabidopsis Researchers: Bioinformatics and Quantitative Biology
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In a new Commentary in Plant Physiology, Friesner et al. write a compelling vision for next-generation training for plant scientists. We asked three of the 39 authors, Joanna Friesner, Molly Megrew and Siobhan Brady, to tell us about their motivations and goals for writing this commentary.
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Taproot Podcast S1E7: Episode Sessile: Measuring Mentoring and other Bleeps with Brian Dilkes
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In this episode, we take a different approach than usual- we bring a conversation we were having offline with our friend Brian Dilkes about a paper that tries to define the key variables that predict a ‘successful’ faculty member. We talk about some really important flaws of the paper, how to define…
Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Ido Nir
Blog, Research, Research Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesIdo Nir is featured first author of The Tomato DELLA Protein PROCERA Acts in Guard Cells to Promote Stomatal Closure
Current Position: PhD candidate in Plant Sciences at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. (direct track to PhD) in Plant Sciences in The Hebrew…
Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Tengfang Ling
Blog, Research, Research Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Tengfang Ling is featured author of Host-mediated S-nitrosylation disarms the bacterial effector HopAI1 to re-establish immunity
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Plant Systems Engineering Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Daejeon, South Korea.
Education: PhD,…