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Plant Scientist Highlight: Caroline Dean

A series by Alyssa Preiser Why did you decide to pursue science as you went through college, and what got you particularly interested in epigenetics and plant developmental transitions? I loved the documentaries of the marine biologist Jacques Cousteau so I chose to study marine biology at…

Too Much, Take it Back: PAP Moves from the Cytosol to Plastids and Mitochondria for Degradation via PAPST2

Plants need to strike a fine balance between the production, transport, and degradation of stress signals in order to optimize growth in fluctuating environmental conditions. The signal 3’phosphoadenosine 5’phosphate (PAP) accumulates during drought and light stress and induces stress-responsive…

The AREB1-ADA2b-GCN5 Complex Regulates Gene Expression during Drought Stress

Abiotic stresses constitute a global threat to agricultural crop production and natural ecosystems. One of the most prominent abiotic stresses is drought, which dramatically alters plant physiology and morphology. Studies in model organisms have shed light into how plants respond to drought stress, including…

Suspended Animation: A Transcriptional Module Triggers Embryo Formation in Suspensor Cells

Of all plant behaviors, ectopic embryogenesis (reviewed in Radoeva and Weijers, 2014) might be one of the coolest. Zygotic embryogenesis begins with fertilization, followed by an asymmetric cell division that generates two cells with distinct fates. The small apical cell gives rise to the pro-embryo,…

Happy New Year from ASPB, Plant Cell, Plant Phys and Plant Direct, and me!

I don't think that 2018 will be on too many lists of "favorite years"; nevertheless, there have been many bright spots. My personal highlights all center on interactions with early-career scientists, whose energy and enthusiasm propel plant science towards the future. In 2018 I had the pleasure of…

Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Linhan Sun

Linhan Sun, first author of S-Locus F-Box Proteins Are Solely Responsible for S-RNase-Based Self-Incompatibility of Petunia Pollen Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA Education: B.S. in Horticultural…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Mian Gu

Mian Gu, first author of OsPHT1;3 Mediates Uptake and Translocation of Phosphate under Extremely Low Phosphate Regime Current Position: Visiting scholar, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan;  Associate Professor, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Mingxing Chang

Mingxing Chang, first author of the OsPHT1;3 Mediates Uptake, Translocation and Remobilization of Phosphate under Extremely Low Phosphate Regimes Current position: PhD student of Nanjing Agriculture University Education: PhD student, MOA Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Lower-Middle…

Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Tatyana Radoeva

Tatyana Radoeva, first author of A robust auxin response network controls embryo and suspensor development through a bHLH module Current Position:  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands Education: PhD, Wageningen University &…