Sam Amsbury Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, Sheffield, UK ORCiD: 0000-0002-2767-9768 [email protected] The physical and chemical barrier provided by the cell wall is one of the first lines of defence for plants against pathogen attack. Plant cell walls provide physical protection…

Sami Kazaz, first author of Differential Activation of Partially Redundant Δ9 Stearoyl-ACP Desaturase Genes is Critical for Omega-9 Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis During Seed Development in Arabidopsis Current position: PhD student, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRAE, Versailles, France Education:…

Marie-Christine Carpentier, first author of Monitoring of XRN4 targets reveals the importance of co-translational decay during Arabidopsis development Current Position: Bioinformatician at Plant Genome and Development Laboratory, University of Perpignan, France Education: Master’s degree in computational…

In an effort to provide more speaking opportunities in the Plantae Presents virtual seminar series, we've scheduled four "open calls". Anyone can submit a seven-minute video on the designated research topic, and all will be posted to the Plantae YouTube channel. Four speakers will be selected from…

Promoting a culture that values diversity and inclusion (D&I) has become a goal shared across the scientific community. The events surrounding the deaths of African American men and women due to police violence and the ensuing national conversations about systemic racism have struck a chord…

Wenfang Lin, first author of Dual-localized WHIRLY1 affects salicylic acid biosynthesis via coordination of ISOCHORISMATE SYNTHASE1, PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE1 and S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE-DEPENDENT METHYLTRANSFERASE1 Current Position: Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, College of Life Science,…

Sara Izquierdo Zandalinas, first author of Vascular bundles mediate systemic reactive oxygen signaling during light stress in Arabidopsis Current Position: Senior Research Assistant at the Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, USA Education: PhD in Sciences at the University Jaume I…

Ananya Mukherjee University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588 ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1802-1806 [email protected] Photosynthetic organisms often face fluctuations in light quality and quantity. Green plants and algae have built-in mechanisms that allow them to adapt to such changes. One…