Archive: February, 2019

Arpita Yadav, first author of The B-box-containing microprotein miP1a/BBX31 regulates photomorphogenesis and UV-B protection Current position: Ph. D student at Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, India. Education: B.Sc. Biotechnology…

Thorsten Knipfer, first author of Spatiotemporal coupling of vessel cavitation and discharge of stored xylem water in a tree sapling Current Position: Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis Education: PhD Non-scientific Interests: Nature and Sports Brief…

Lili Zhang, first author of SEED CAROTENOID DEFICIENT Functions in Isoprenoid Biosynthesis via the Plastid MEP Pathway Current Position: Technician, State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests in the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Education: 2010.9-…

Evidence suggests that crop breeding programs have not optimized photosynthesis making it an attractive target for improvement. The last few years have been an exciting time for photosynthesis research with several groundbreaking studies that have afforded huge advances in both our understanding of…

Plants compete with each other over finite resources like water and nutrients, but also for sunlight when they grow in each other’s shadow. Light filtered through leaves is rich in far-red light and initiates responses, known as shade avoidance syndrome (SAS), that aim to out-compete neighbors by promoting…

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short (typically 21–22 nucleotide), single-stranded noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression, mainly via posttranscriptional gene silencing. The miRNA biogenesis pathway is complex, involving numerous proteins, and is highly conserved in plants. If this pathway is hampered,…

Zou et al. reveal the underlying mechanism that regulates the ontogeny of plant innate immunity. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00297. By Yanmin Zou and Dongping Lu  Background: Plants and animals largely rely on innate immunity to protect themselves from pathogen infections. Recognition…

Yan Bao, first author of A functional unfolded protein response is required for normal vegetative development in Arabidopsis Name: Yan Bao Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher Associate, Michigan State University Education: PhD, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese…