Review: Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions Kawa and Brady review the contributions and responses of individual cell types and cell identities in plant biotic interactions, both pathogenic and commensal. The first step in these interactions is the perception of the microbes by…

In spite of several years of observation of the symbiotic relationship between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, we are still learning about the intricate mechanisms and processes behind their relationship. Symbiotic fungi provide nutrients (mainly phosphorus and nitrogen), stress tolerance, and…

Plants and microorganisms build complex associations that are essential for plant homeostasis. Studies have suggested that there is a ‘core microbiota’ that is particular to specific crops and that is inherited through generations. Targeted manipulation of crop microbiomes with the inoculation of…

Gene manipulation in most plant species faces two major hurdles, transformation efficiency of tissue and regeneration of callus. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is the most common method of plant transformation. Transformation efficiency can range from more than half  the  tissue to less than…

Aala A. Abulfaraj, first author of "Analysis of the Arabidopsis coilin mutant reveals a positive role of AtCOILIN in plant immunity" Current Position: Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics at King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Education Profile 2013-2018 Ph.D. Molecular…

Camille Puginier, first author of "Plant - microbe interactions that have been consequential to plant terrestrializations"     Current Position: PhD Student at the University of Toulouse, LRSV (Plant Science Research Laboratory, Toulouse France) supervised by Jean Keller and Pierre-Marc Delaux Education:…

Junting Pan, co-first author of “A plastid-encoded protein Orf2971 is required for protein translocation and chloroplast quality control” Current Position: Ph.D candidate, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Master (2018) from Nanjing Agricultural University Non-scientific…

Jiale Xing, co-first author of “A plastid-encoded protein Orf2971 is required for protein translocation and chloroplast quality control” Current Position: Postdoc, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Ph.D. (2018) from Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Non-scientific…