Archive: January, 2023

Plant Cell Webinar: Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress Celebrating the January 2023 Focus Issue on Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress Recorded Tuesday, February 7, 2023, About This Webinar In many regions of the world, climate change is leading to increased exposure to abiotic stresses for…

Hong Liao, co-first author of “Delphinieae flowers originated from the rewiring of interactions between duplicated and diversified floral organ identity and symmetry genes” Current Position: Associate Professor, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, China Education:…

Shuixian Li, co-first author of “Delphinieae flowers originated from the rewiring of interactions between duplicated and diversified floral organ identity and symmetry genes” Current position：Ph.D. candidate, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Education：Bachelor…

Huiqi Zhao, co-first author of “Delphinieae flowers originated from the rewiring of interactions between duplicated and diversified floral organ identity and symmetry genes” Current Position: Assistant Professor, Sanya Institute, Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Education:…

Tang et al. examine the function of the transcription factor WRKY53 in cold stress tolerance at the booting stage in rice. Background: Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food for over half of the global population. Cold stress at the booting stage leads to serious yield losses and has become a major…

Jannik Hornbergs, first author of "SEC14-GOLD protein PATELLIN2 binds IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER1 linking root iron uptake to vitamin E" Current Position: Doctoral researcher at Institute of Botany, HHU, Düsseldorf, Germany member of MB Train of CRC1208, HHU, Düsseldorf, Germany Education: M.Sc.…

Zhou et al. explore the links between ethylene and auxin responses in rice. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac250  Background: The phytohormones ethylene and auxin play important roles in developmental regulation and environmental acclimation in plants. Ethylene promotes the accumulation of the…

Today's academics are confronted with new ways of life in the classroom and at home. Specifically, the pandemic affected academic parents’ work-life balance as it created novel challenges and unique opportunities, like working from home and hybrid teaching. Academics who were also parents may have…