Entries by Mary Williams

Brassica clubroot disease protist pathogen promotes phloem differentiation and expression of SWEET sucrose transporters (Plant Cell)

November 23, 2018 in /by

Clubroot is a disease of brassicas (including oilseed crops and Arabidopsis) caused by the protist Plasmodiophora brassicae. The infection is characterized by the formation of swollen tissues called galls that are metabolic sinks in which the pathogen propagates. Walerowski et al. took advantage of Arabidopsis tools to dissect the molecular events initiated by the pathogen. […]

What We’re Reading: November 23rd

November 23, 2018 in /by

Editorial. Counting what counts: the importance of quantitative approaches to studying plant cell biology In the new Cell Biology issue of Current Opinion in Plant Biology, editors Haswell and Dixit have chosen to focus on quantitative cell biology, arguing that, “if seeing is believing, then measuring is knowing.” Topics of the issue’s reviews span parts […]

Update: Engineering of metabolic pathways using synthetic enzyme complexes

November 22, 2018 in , , /by

By Nicholas Smirnoff, University of Exeter. This article is part of the forthcoming Synthetic Biology focus issue. Plants provide a source of enzymes for metabolic engineering to produce valuable or useful products in micro-organisms or can themselves be engineered (Andre et al., 2016; Vickery et al., 2016; Moses et al., 2017). Production of high value […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Jiyue Huang

November 21, 2018 in , /by

Jiyue Huang, first author of The Largest Subunit of DNA Polymerase Delta is Required for Normal Formation of Meiotic Type I Crossovers Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Copenhaver Lab, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC Education: PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry. Fudan University, China; M.S. in Genetics, Department of Genetics. Fudan University, China; […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Cong Wang

November 21, 2018 in , /by

Cong Wang, first author of The Largest Subunit of DNA Polymerase Delta is Required for Normal Formation of Meiotic Type I Crossovers Current Position:  Ph.D. Candidate, Biochemistry and Molecule Biology, Fudan University, China. Education:  B. S. Biological Science, Sep. 2009-Jul. 2013. Lanzhou University, China Non-scientific Interests: Travelling, reading and movies. Brief bio: During the last year of […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Nicholas Zoulias

November 21, 2018 in , /by

Nicholas Zoulias, first author of Auxin and pattern formation of the Asteraceae flower head (capitulum) Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Sheffield. Education: PhD in Computational Evolution and Biology, University of Manchester. MRes in Biological Sciences, University of Manchester. BSc in Plant Sciences, University of Manchester. Non—scientific Interests: Running, music, cooking and relaxing […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Sascha Duttke

November 21, 2018 in , /by

Sascha Duttke, first author of Auxin and pattern formation of the Asteraceae flower head (capitulum) Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego Education: 2015 – Ph.D., Biological Sciences University of California, San Diego, 2010 – Diplom, Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany. Brief Bio: Sascha did his PhD […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Sergio Iacopino

November 21, 2018 in , /by

Sergio Iacopino, first author of A synthetic oxygen sensor for plants based on animal hypoxia signaling Current Position: PhD candidate at Plantlab, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa Education: 2013 – MSc. In Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Pavia, 2011 – BSc. in Biological Sciences, University of Siena. Non-scientific Interests: Football, […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Lu Qin

November 20, 2018 in , /by

Lu Qin, first author of Adaptation of roots to N deficiency revealed by 3-D quantification and proteomic analysis Current Position: Associate Professor in Oil Crops Research, Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China Education: Ph.D. in Plant Nutrition at the State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, […]