Thiago Alexandre Moraes, first author of Response of the circadian clock and diel starch turnover to one day of low light or low CO2 Name: Thiago Alexandre Moraes Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany Education: PhD…

Guest post by Ron Milo, Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel https://www.weizmann.ac.il/pla... When I worked on analyzing biological networks I thought it was a disgrace I don’t know more about the relevant subject. Yet what we…

Louveau et al. investigate plant natural products in the large family of enzymes called arabinosyltransferases https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00641  Background: Plants produce a diverse array of natural products. These compounds have important ecological functions, providing protection against pests,…

If you had 48 free hours, what are the odds you’d spend them at a leadership retreat? Prior to my own experience I would have said “not likely”. After all, I’m a second-year graduate student with coursework, experiments, and TA responsibilities clamoring for my time. I’m also a member of the…

Jingjing Hou, first author of ESA1 is involved in embryo sac abortion in interspecific hybrid progeny of rice   Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: 2013-M.S., Agronomy, China Agricultural…

Sun et al. use CRISPR/Cas9 in Petunia to establish the essential role of SLF proteins in self-compatibility and reveal their complex interactions with S-RNases. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00615. By Linhan Sun and Teh-hui Kao, The Pennsylvania State University  Background: Plant…

Studying seed development is important for understanding plant evolution and engineering food production. Previous discoveries have shown that maternal small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), which induce RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) through NRPD1-mediated pathway, regulate seed development in Arabidopsis.…

Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLRs) receptors are involved in the intracellular recognition of pathogen effectors. Hundreds of genes encode these NLRs, and the genes are highly polymorphic. So far, a limited number of NLRs were characterized, and three mechanisms of effector recognition have…