In plants, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) serve as key regulators of gene expression. While 24-nucleotide (nt) siRNAs are produced by DCL3 and mediate transcriptional silencing of transposons and pericentromeric chromatin through RdDM (Borges and Martienssen, 2015), 22-nt siRNAs are processed by DCL2…

To grow or not to grow: specific lipoxygenases control wound-induced growth restriction Amna Mhamdi Ghent University, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, and VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, 9052 Ghent, Belgium Address correspondence to: [email protected] As…

Klasek, Inoue, and Theg show how the chloroplast chaperonin Cpn60 binds Plastidic type I signal peptidase 1 in the chloroplast stroma and delivers it to the cpSecI translocon for targeting to the thylakoid membrane. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00309 By Laura Klasek, University of California,…

Yanjun Chen, co-first author of Full-length annotation with multi-strategy RNA-seq uncovers transcriptional regulation of lncRNAs in cotton Current Position: Master, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University Education: Master in Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University,…

Xiaomin Zheng, co-first author of Full-length annotation with multi-strategy RNA-seq uncovers transcriptional regulation of lncRNAs in cotton Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University Education: Ph.D. in Botany, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, China Non-scientific…

Plantae Presents - Carlos Ballaré and Haim Trebes Recorded Wednesday November 25 10am EST, 4pm CET Carlos Ballaré: Phytochrome, jasmonate, and the balance between growth and defense Prof. Carlos L. Ballaré studies the mechanisms by which plants obtain environmental information. Carlos…

Xiu-Li Hou, first author of DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASE 27 Regulates MicroRNA Biogenesis, Zygote Division and Stem Cell Homeostasis Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Education: PhD in Developmental…

Jingjing Zhai, first author of deepEA: a containerized web server for interactive analysis of epitranscriptome sequencing data Current Position: PhD candidate in State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Center of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University,…