Reflections on Classics: Plant Cell's 30th anniversary "The 1980s were an exciting and revolutionary time for biology, and plant molecular biology in particular," begins an editorial by Bob Goldberg, Brian Larkins, and Ralph Quatrano, the three Founding Editors of The Plant Cell. They describe why…

Wang et al. examine single-copy, conserved genes of unknown function, with OPENER as proof of concept. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00033    By Wei Wang and Totte Niittylä, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden  Background: Thale cress or Arabidopsis thaliana was the first sequenced…

In 2019, we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Plant Cell. In recognition of this milestone, we have solicted a series of reflections by members of the editorial board and others. We asked them to write about one or more memorable and exciting articles published in The Plant Cell, and how it…

About you Describe your journey from student to newly appointed faculty   I was an undergraduate at William and Mary in Virginia and did an honors thesis with fruit flies in George Gilchrist’s lab. I spent two amazing summers as an NSF REU and then summer technician at Rocky Mountain Biological…

Philippa Borrill, first author of Identification of transcription factors regulating senescence in wheat through gene regulatory network modelling Current Position: Lecturer at The University of Birmingham, UK Education: PhD in Biology, John Innes Centre, UK; BA Hons in Plant and Microbial Sciences,…

Barunava Patra, co-first author of GATA and PIF transcription factors regulate light-induced vindoline biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus Current Position: Scientist II, The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, University of Kentucky, USA Education: PhD, Bose Institute, Kolkata,…

Yongliang Liu, co-first author of GATA and PIF transcription factors regulate light-induced vindoline biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus Current Position: Scientist I, The Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center, University of Kentucky, USA Education: PhD, University of Chinese Academy…

Plants can adjust their growth and reproduction cycles according to the local climate they experience, but how will they respond when ambient temperatures rise? Most Arabidopsis accessions respond by increasing cell elongation and accelerated flowering, but some cannot cope with higher temperatures and…