Much has been discussed about the impacts of abiotic effects (e.g., heat and drought stress) on crop yields arising from climate change. Here, Deutsch and Tewksbury et al. evaluate how a changing climate will affect crop (wheat, rice and maize) yields through increases in insect herbivory. Temperature affects herbivorous insects in two ways. First, with […]
Review: Harnessing synthetic chemistry to probe and hijack auxin signaling Auxin has been studied since Charles Darwin observed the phototropic response. More recently, chemical genetic approaches using auxin agonists and antagonists have been applied to studies of auxin. Torii et al. review how synthetic chemistry and chemical genetics have provided insights into and new tools […]
Li Yu, first author of The patterned structure of galactoglucomannan suggests it may bind to cellulose in seed mucilage Current Position: Research Associate at Department of Biochemistry and The Leverhulme Trust Centre for Natural Material Innovation, University of Cambridge, UK Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry, Northeast Normal University, China; Visiting student during Ph.D. in Centre […]
Ascensión Andres-Garrido, first author of Chloroplast damage induced by the inhibition of fatty acid synthesis triggers autophagy in Chlamydomonas CURRENT POSITION: Ph.D. student in Genetics Department, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain EDUCATION: Master’s Degree in Plant Breeding NON SCIENTIFIC INTEREST: Writing, cinema, football, dancing, trekking BRIEF BIO: Fascinated by the fields of both genetics and […]
Luis Heredia-Martínez, first author of Chloroplast damage induced by the inhibition of fatty acid synthesis triggers autophagy in Chlamydomonas Current Position: Ph.D. student at the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla) Seville, Spain. Education: Master degree in Molecular Genetics, Biotechnology and Clinical Research (University of Seville, Spain). Non-scientific Interests: Watching movies, reading […]
Christian R. Boehm, first author of Recent advances and current challenges in synthetic biology of the plastid genetic system and metabolism Current Position: Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany / Research Affiliate of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge, England Education: PhD in Plant Sciences, […]
ICAR2018 Workshop on Public Engagement, June 28, 2018 Communicating Science in the Age of Fake News: Broadening Your Impact ICAR2018 Workshop on Public Engagement, June 28, 2018 Background As part of an NSF-funded Research Coordination Network grant, the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) has organized workshops at the last four International Conferences on Arabidopsis […]
Jisheng Li, first author of Hydrogen sulfide disturbs actin polymerization via S-sulfhydration resulting in stunted root hair growth Current Position: Associate professor, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, China Education: Ph.D in Lanzhou University, China Non-scientific Interests: Playing with my son, science fiction and history of the world. Brief bio: During my doctoral studies at Lanzhou […]
Green leaf volatiles (GLVs) are a set of six-carbon volatile molecules that are produced in response to wounding and herbivore activity and contribute to plant defences including indirect defences. As yet, the pathways involved in production and removal of GLVs are largely not known. Tanaka et al. identified an enzyme involved in this process, CINNAMALDEHYDE […]