There is a particular look people give when you say you are a plant scientist. It falls somewhere between “Oh, that’s… nice” and the polite expression usually reserved for someone who has just confessed to collecting vintage doorknobs. Once, someone replied, “Ah, I love gardening too,” and…

Importance of collaboration Collaboration has become central to contemporary science. The 2024 Physiology Nobel laureate Victor Ambrose remarked that “two people talking about something they’re really interested in is more than just twice one person. Because the exchange of ideas can be catalytic.”…

The end of the semester is fast approaching, meaning many conferences, such as ASPB’s PlantBiology 2026, are on the horizon. These opportunities are a perfect chance to share your results and conclusions with your peers, solicit feedback on your ideas, and develop possible collaborations with others.…

Although calcium ions are universal second messengers, plants employ both conserved and unique strategies to decode Ca²⁺ signals. In a new review in Cell, Sheng Luan reviews the molecular tools used to study calcium signaling in plants and the mechanisms that govern this process. Like other cells,…

Plants cannot escape a bite from herbivore or being cut by a lawn mower, but they can regrow new leaves or even entire stems after damage. From simple mosses to giant sequoia trees, the process of building a new organ after wounding may be more similar than we previously thought. Key players in this…

You ask a plant science specific question to a general-purpose large language model (LLM) and it puts out vague answers. Sometimes you wonder if the answer is valid or if the LLM is pulling you into a hallucination trap! Does this sound familiar?  To tackle this problem, PlantScience.ai, a virtual scientist…

Nanodomains, also known as lipid rafts, temporarily group proteins within the plasma membrane, to efficiently perform cellular processes such as extracellular sensing. This study examines the unclear association dynamic of a very important plant plasma membrane receptor family, the Leucine-Rich Repeat…