Philippe Fuchs, first author of "Reductive stress triggers ANAC017-mediated retrograde signaling to safeguard the endoplasmic reticulum by boosting mitochondrial respiratory capacity"  Current Position: Regulatory and Area Manager, Andermatt Group AG, Grossdietwil, Switzerland Education: PhD in…

Xingxing Li, first author of "Cellulose synthesis complexes are homo-oligomeric and hetero-oligomeric in Physcomitrium patens" Current Position: Postdoc, DOE Great Lake Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) at the Michigan State University, USA Education: PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology (University…

Liu et al. investigate regulation of innate immunity in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab242 Xiaotong Liu, Yuanyuan Zhou and Dongping Lu State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental…

In 1967, Marianna G. Nikolaeva presented the first detailed system to classify seed dormancy based on its causes and the conditions required to break it. Later in 2004, Jerry and Carol Baskin devised a hierarchical classification system based on Nikolaeva’s proposal, which has been widely used by seed…

The size and shape of aerial organs in angiosperms is determined by the activity of shoot apical meristem cells. The mechanism by which this cell population is maintained has been well described in Arabidopsis, and involves a negative feedback loop of diffusible CLAVATA peptides and the transcription…

In plants, immune signalling and the corresponding defence responses are initiated by direct or indirect recognition of pathogen molecules via immune receptors. In the plasma membrane, pattern-recognition-receptors (PRRs) recognize signs of invasion and pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) is initiated.…

Plants have evolved signaling cascades to survive biotic and abiotic stresses, and recent studies have shown that there is crosstalk between many of these pathways.  In a recent study, Dindas et al. developed a micro-electrode-based system to detect active inorganic phosphate (Pi) transport in Arabidopsis…

Climate change is affecting the frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events such as floods, reducing crop production severely. Submergence might lead to a lack of O2, light, and carbon dioxide, having an impact on the carbohydrate content and ATP synthesis. In this work, Xiangxiang et al. characterise…