Archive: January, 2021

Dong, LeBlanc, Poulet et al. investigate genomic stability in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2020) https://bit.ly/3nhgdQ5  By Jie Dong, Chantal LeBlanc, Axel Poulet, and Yannick Jacob  Background: DNA is the genetic material used by all living organisms on Earth. The faithful replication of DNA…

Summary: Huang et al. elucidate a link between ethylene signaling and heat stress responses. Plant Cell https://bit.ly/3pTjNBK By Jianyan Huang, Xiaobo Zhao, Marco Bürger, Yurong Wang, Joanne Chory Background: Temperature is an environmental factor that has one of the most dramatic effects on…

Yupei Wang, first author of Molecular basis for high ligand sensitivity and selectivity of strigolactone receptors in Striga Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University Education: B.S. in College of Life Science, Wuhan University Non-scientific Interests:…

Yujiao Gao, first author of The endosperm-specific transcription factor TaNAC019 regulates glutenin and starch accumulation and its elite allele improves wheat grain quality Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization…

Jakub Tesitel, first author of The bright side of parasitic plants: What are they good for? Current Position: Associate Professor in Botany, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Education: Masters degree in plant systematics and Ph.D. in botany (plant ecology) , University of South Bohemia, Czech…

This series is the exploration of plants that are notable for various reasons: e.g., by producing specialized metabolites, by illuminating evolution, by serving as genetic models, or by their contributions towards practical applications. Papaver somniferum Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is a plant…

A guest post by Fernando Silveira. My mind is still asleep but I hear a baby crying. I can’t tell the exact time, but it’s dark outside. It’s my shift to take care of our 5-mo old baby while my wife tries to get some rest. If things get too noisy, my other two kids sleeping in the next room…

Does a new job always come with a new location? Perhaps this is true for some plant proteins; half of the proteins are located in more than one subcellular compartment. Emerging evidence in plants shows that nuclear-encoded proteins undergo redox and posttranslational modifications or processing events…