Plants experience changes in gene expression and cellular metabolism to improve their survival to abiotic stresses, such as hypoxia. It has been observed that environmental signals induce phospholipase D (PLD) which generates phosphatidic acid (PA) by cleaving membrane phospholipids. Indeed, submergence…

Happy New Year! Welcome to our latest edition of Plant Science Research Weekly, featuring contributions from several of our new cohort of Plantae Fellows, who will be helping us keep up with exciting developments in plant sciences. Enjoy! The evolutionary advantage of losing genes after endosymbiosis The…

Xu Liu, first author of "Stress response proteins NRP1 and NRP2 are pro-survival factors that inhibit cell death during ER stress" Current Position: Associate research fellow (South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Education: PhD at South China Normal University in 2012 Non-scientific…

Yuhua Yang, first author of "Stress response proteins NRP1 and NRP2 are pro-survival factors that inhibit cell death during ER stress" Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow (South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Education: PhD at University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences…

Jingjing Ma, first author of "MADS-box transcription factors MADS11 and DAL1 interact to mediate the vegetative-to-reproductive transition in pine" Current Position：PhD student in the College of Biological Sciences and Technology at Beijing Forestry University, China Education：PhD (2021) in…