Monica Borghi: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Monica Borghi, first author of "High-energy-level metabolism and transport revealed at the transition from closed to open flowers"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Department of Biology, Logan, UT, USA
Education:
Ph.D. in Agriculture; Sant’Anna School of Advanced…
Fanna Maina: Plant Direct First Author
Plant Direct: Author Profiles
Fanna Maina, first author of "Genome-wide association studies identify putative pleiotropic locus mediating drought tolerance in sorghum"
Current Position: Crop Geneticist/Research Scientist at the National Institute of Agronomic Research of Niger INRAN (Niger Republic)
Education: Ph.D. in Agronomy…
Vasiliki Michalopoulou: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Vasiliki Michalopoulou, first author of "The host exocyst complex is targeted by a conserved bacterial type-III effector that promotes virulence"
Current position: Post-doc, IMBB-FORTH
Education: PhD in Microbiology Plant Biotechnology at University of Crete, MSc in Molecular Biology and Plant…
Juliene Moreira: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Name: Juliene Moreira, first author of "Auxin-driven ecophysiological diversification of leaves in domesticated tomato"
Current Position: Researcher; looking for a Postdoc position
Education: B.Sc. in Biology at the Federal University of Viçosa-UFV/CRP (2014), M.Sc. in Plant Physiology at the…
Broad spectrum resistance to fungal pathogens in sorghum is conferred by an immune receptor gene
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLee, Fu et al. discover an unusual immune receptor locus that confers broad-spectrum, strong resistance to fungal pathogens in sorghum.
Background: Sorghum, the fifth most widely grown cereal crop globally, provides food security for millions of people. The fungal disease sorghum anthracnose is the…
Plants and Queerness
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Plant life is queer life. Plant life resists classification, redefines sex and reimagines ways of being. Plant life takes root underground, in the darkness, and spreads its limbs towards the light. Plant life is unshakable resilience. Plant life is perpetual growth. Plant life is a gift.
Not…
Zhibo Ma: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Zhibo Ma, first author of "Mycorrhizal symbiosis reprograms ion fluxes and fatty acid metabolism in wild jujube during salt stress"
Current position: Doctoral candidate, College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University
Education: Silviculture, Northwest A&F University， A master's degree；Forestry，Gansu…
Review: Molecular regulators of nitrate response in plants (Curr. Biol.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyNitrate is the major form of nitrogen used by plants in an aerobic crop cultivation scenario. Lamig et al. review recent additions to the already vast knowledge of nitrate signaling. A first line of regulation concerns nitrate uptake through post-transcriptional and post-translational regulation of nitrate…
Upstream ORFs check undesired leaky protein translation and buffer noise (Nature Plants)
Plant Science Research WeeklyDuring my research journey, I have come across a handful of genes that are hard to express. Sometimes, even with a strong promoter and high transcript level, the protein level is negligible. We generally considered these proteins might be degrading very fast. But maybe not. A recent article by Wu et…