Pierre-Mathieu Pélissier, first author of Lateral root formation and nutrients: nitrogen in the spotlight Current Position: PhD fellow - Biochemistry and Biotechnologies, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Gent, Belgium. Education: MSc - Agronomy engineer specialized in plant breeding…

Fanli Meng, first author of Genomic editing of intronic enhancers unveils their roles in regulation of tissue-specific gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position:  Professor, College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University (NEAU), China Education: Ph.D., Genetics at Shenyang…

Shuangrong Liu, first author of FHY3 interacts with phytochrome B and regulates seed dormancy and germination Current position: Ph.D. candidate, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Beijing, China (2015-now) Education: Bachelor of Shandong Agricultural…

Ma, Salomé and colleagues use single cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) on the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a proof-of-concept for the application of this method to unicellular algae.  By Patrice A. Salomé, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA* Background: The sequenced…

Niklas Klusch, first author of A ferredoxin bridge connects the two arms of plant mitochondrial complex I  Current Position: PhD student, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics Education: BSc in Biology, MSc in Cell Biology and Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt/Germany Non-scientific Interests:…

By ES Forsythe, AM Williams, DB Sloan, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Forsythe and colleagues measured the rate of variation across thousands of nucleus-encoded and plastid-encoded proteins to then look for evidence of coevolution, suggestive of similar functions…

We marvel at the ability of starfish to regenerate an arm, or a lizard a new tail, but even more impressive than these feats is the ability of a plant root system to create lateral roots when and where they are needed. This root system plasticity has been long studied, with a wealth of insights into…

One of the most fascinating challenges in developmental biology is to understand how a few stem cells hidden in a microscopic region of the shoot apex give origin to all aerial parts of the plant. Technological advances such as single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) are enabling the comprehensive analysis…