Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Maja Schuster
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesMaja Schuster, fist author of Limited Responsiveness of Chloroplast Gene Expression during Acclimation to High Light in Tobacco
Current Position: Phd student, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
Education: B.Sc. in Life Science with focus on Biochemistry and M.Sc. in Bioinformatics
Non-scientific…
Cytoskeletal Targets of an Auxin Transport Inhibitor
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: On The InsideThe phytohormone auxin plays critical roles in various plant developmental programs by controlling cell expansion and polarity, as well as organ patterning. Auxin action relies on polar transport through different plant tissues. Auxin transport inhibitors are important tools for understanding auxin-dependent…
Stress-Induced Kinases Rapidly Relocate to Plasmodesmata
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: On The InsidePlasmodesmata are membranous pores that span the plant cell wall creating both cytoplasmic and membrane continuums between cells. By interconnecting most cells throughout the entire plant body, plasmodesmata form a symplastic network that supports and controls the movement of molecules from cell to cell,…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Yan Zhang
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesYan Zhang, co-first author of Cryo-EM structure of the plant actin filaments from Zea mays pollen
Current Position: Associate professor
Working Experience:
2014-Current Associate professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science
2017-2018 Visitor Associate professor, University…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Zhanhong Ren
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesZhanhong Ren, co-first author of Cryo-EM structure of the plant actin filaments from Zea mays pollen
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Center for Biological Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Jing Fan
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesJing Fan, first author of CircRNAs are involved in the rice-Magnaporthe oryzae interaction
Current Position: Associate Professor, Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, China
Education: 2010, Ph.D. in Botany, Chongqing University, China; 2005, B.S. in Bioengineering, Chongqing…
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Meng Xie
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesMeng Xie, first author of A 5-Enolpyruvylshikimate 3-Phosphate Synthase Functions as a Transcriptional Repressor in Populus
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Education:…
Introducing CRISPR-TSKO: A Breakthrough in Precision Gene Editing
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefAn excellent way to explore the function of a gene is to knockout its expression and see what happens. The development of the targeted gene editing system CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) has triggered scores of gene knockout studies. CRISPR is based on a defense system…
A Simple and sensitive SYBR Gold-based assay to quantify DNA-Protein interactions ($) (Plant Molecular Biology)
Plant Science Research WeeklyGene regulation occurs at multiple levels including transcription. During transcription, transcriptional factors bind to specific target sequence which allows the recruitment of other proteins including RNA polymerase that enables transcription. Understanding such an intricate mechanism allows researchers…