Finding candidate genes in maize with Camoco (Plant Cell)
Plant Science Research WeeklySchaefer and colleagues have developed Camoco (Co-analysis of molecular components), which integrates data from GWAS and co-expression networks to identify high confidence candidate genes associated with a phenotype of interest. To evaluate the program they used GWAS and co-expression data from maize.…
Update: Engineering of metabolic pathways using synthetic enzyme complexes
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: UpdatesBy Nicholas Smirnoff, University of Exeter. This article is part of the forthcoming Synthetic Biology focus issue.
Plants provide a source of enzymes for metabolic engineering to produce valuable or useful products in micro-organisms or can themselves be engineered (Andre et al., 2016; Vickery et…
Small Talk: Protons Help Calcium Get the Message Across
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefCalcium (Ca2+) is a versatile second messenger that controls a range of cellular processes—from pollen tube growth to stress responses—by regulating the activity of various proteins. Although Ca2+ is present at millimolar concentrations in the cell wall and vacuole, a set of channels, pumps, and…
Corn ChIPs and RNA-seq: Researchers Dip into Advanced Tools and Resources to Examine bZIP Transcription Factor Function in the Maize Endosperm
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefThe endosperm of maize (Zea mays) seeds undergoes a complicated developmental program that ends with the production of massive amounts of storage compounds, particularly carbohydrates, but also including zein storage proteins (reviewed in Li and Berger, 2012; Hannah and Boehlein, 2017; Larkins et al.,…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Jiyue Huang
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesJiyue Huang, first author of The Largest Subunit of DNA Polymerase Delta is Required for Normal Formation of Meiotic Type I Crossovers
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Copenhaver Lab, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC
Education: PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Cong Wang
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesCong Wang, first author of The Largest Subunit of DNA Polymerase Delta is Required for Normal Formation of Meiotic Type I Crossovers
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Biochemistry and Molecule Biology, Fudan University, China.
Education: B. S. Biological Science, Sep. 2009-Jul. 2013. Lanzhou…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Nicholas Zoulias
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesNicholas Zoulias, first author of Auxin and pattern formation of the Asteraceae flower head (capitulum)
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Sheffield.
Education: PhD in Computational Evolution and Biology, University of Manchester. MRes in Biological Sciences, University…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Sascha Duttke
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesSascha Duttke, first author of Auxin and pattern formation of the Asteraceae flower head (capitulum)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego
Education: 2015 – Ph.D., Biological Sciences University of California, San…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Sergio Iacopino
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesSergio Iacopino, first author of A synthetic oxygen sensor for plants based on animal hypoxia signaling
Current Position: PhD candidate at Plantlab, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa
Education: 2013 – MSc. In Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Pavia, 2011…