Changing the Shape of the Apex via Cell-size Regulation
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellWang et al. demonstrate that Arabidopsis SAUR17 promotes apical hook development and closed cotyledons in the dark by protecting the cell-expansion inhibitor PP2C-D1. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00283
By Jiajun Wang, Ning Sun, Fangfang Zhang, Renbo Yu, Haodong Chen,…
Designing Drought Resistant Crops for Temperate Climates
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellTöpfer et al. created a combined leaf metabolism/gas exchange model to predict water saving and productivity in temperate climates. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00132
By Nadine Töpfera and R. George Ratcliffeb
.....a Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben,…
Designer for Pollen Wall Surface Pattern Formation
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellH. Li et al. identified and characterized a new genetic factor that controls grass-specific pollen wall pattern formation in rice. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00551
By HuanJun Li, Yu-Jin Kim and Wanqi Liang
Background: Pollen, the male gametophyte in flowering plants, is…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Arvid Herrmann
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Arvid Herrmann, first author of KINESIN-12E regulates metaphase spindle flux and helps control spindle size in Arabidopsis
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Prof. Dr. Keiko Toriis Lab at University of Texas at Austin
Education: PhD in 2018 at the ZMBP (Center for Plant Molecular Biology)…
Excising the mystery of single guide RNA processing
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: News and Views, ResearchSophia G. Zebell
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
zebell@cshl.edu
Over the past 10 years, utilization of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in plants has rapidly and significantly altered the scale and scope of both basic research and crop development.…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: A. Cristina Barragán
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
A. Cristina Barragán, first author of Plant NLR Diversity: The Known Unknowns of pan-NLRomes
Current Position: PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen Germany
Education: MSc in Biology, University of Tübingen
Non-scientific Interests: podcasts, travelling, music,…
Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Hideki Narukawa
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesHideki Narukawa, first author of Host-produced ethylene is required for marked cell expansion and endoreduplication in dodder search hyphae
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Education: Ph.D. in Biology from Department of Developmental…
Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Hinako Matsuda
Plant Direct: Author Profiles
Hinako Matsuda, first author of Diurnal metabolic regulation of isoflavones and soyasaponins in soybean roots
Current Position: Master's student at Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Japan
Education: BSc in Agricultural and Environmental Engineering from Kyoto University,…
Recognizing Plant Direct authors: S M Abdul-Awal
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesS M Abdul-Awal, first author of A sorghum gigantea mutant attenuates florigen gene expression and delays flowering time
Current Position: Professor, Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh
Education: Ph.D. in Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK
Non-scientific…