Entries by Linda Palmer

Yaxiu Xu: Plant Physiology First Author

Yaxiu Xu, first author of “Exogenous Ca2+ Promotes Transcription Factor Phosphorylation to Suppress Ethylene Biosynthesis in Apple” Current Position: Ph. D. candidate, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China Education: B.S. (2015) and M.S. (2018) from Shenyang Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Movie and swimming Brief bio: In 2015, I joined the group of Prof. […]

A cellular transporter controlling the uptake, effectiveness and side effects of chemicals that prime plant immunity

Tao et al. identify the transporter for beta amino acids that induce priming in plants. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac271 By Jurriaan Ton & Chia-Nan Tao, University of Sheffield Background: Specific chemicals can induce long-lasting disease resistance in plants. These chemicals act by mediating a form of immune memory, called ‘priming’, which enables the plant to activate a faster […]

Min Gao: Plant Physiology First Author

Min Gao, co-first author of “The Flowering Time Regulator FLK Controls Pathogen Defense in Arabidopsis thaliana” Current Position: Associate professor, College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China  Education: Ph.D. from Northwest A & F University / College of Horticulture, Yangling, China Non-scientific Interests: traveling, hiking Brief bio: I received my Ph.D degree from the College […]

Matthew L. Fabian: Plant Physiology First Author

Matthew L. Fabian. co-first author of “The Flowering Time Regulator FLK Controls Pathogen Defense in Arabidopsis thaliana” Current Position: ORISE Postdoctoral Scholar, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Education: Ph.D., Biological Sciences Non-scientific Interests: playing drums and guitar; ancient history; European travel; veganism Brief bio After leaving a career in business analytics and geographic information […]

Sarathi M. Weraduwage: Plant Direct First Author

Sarathi M. Weraduwage, first author of “Characterization of promoter elements of isoprene-responsive genes, and the ability of isoprene to bind START domain transcription factors” Current Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Bishop’s University, QC, Canada Education: Ph.D. Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada B.Sc. Botany, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka […]

Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková: The Plant Cell Author

Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, first author of “SMC5/6 complex-mediated SUMOylation stimulates DNA-protein crosslink repair in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic Education: PhD in Botany, MSc in Molecular and Cell Biology, Palacky University, Olomouc, CZE Non-scientific Interests: sports, gardening, exploring craft beer all […]

Jingru Li: Plant Physiology First Author

Jingru Li, first author of “BASIC PENTACYSTEINE2 fine-tunes corm dormancy release in Gladiolus” Education: Ph.D. student in the Department of Ornamental Horticulture at China Agricultural University (since September 2022). Non-scientific Interests: Gourmet and traveling Brief bio: My current research interests mainly focus on the dormancy in geophytes in the terms of cis– and trans– regulation. […]

Getting rid of noise in sequencing data

Klasfeld, Roulé, and Wagner develop a user-friendly tool to get rid of artifacts in chromatin immunoprecipitation data. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac282  Doris Wagner, Samantha Klasfeld and Thomas Roulé Background Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) and other genomic approaches reveal transcription factor occupancy at target loci, providing insight into gene activation and repression. These methods rely on amplification […]

Antonella Ferela: Plant Physiology First Author

Antonella Ferela, first author of “Interplay among ZF-HD and GRF transcription factors during Arabidopsis leaf development” Current Position: Data Analyst, Iowa State University, United States. Education: PhD in Biological Science and BS in Biotechnology, National University of Rosario, Argentina. Non-scientific Interests: hiking, running, and spending time with family and friends. Brief bio:  Since a young […]