Xiaoyue Wang, first author of Genetic dissection of Fe-dependent signaling in root developmental responses to phosphate deficiency Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Education: B.S., School of Life Sciences at Shandong University, Jinan, China. Non-scientific Interests: Photography, painting, travelling, swimming, and music. Brief bio: After graduating from […]
Rob Schaefer, first author of Integrating co-expression networks with GWAS to prioritize causal genes in maize Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota Education: 2015 – Ph.D., Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology, University of Minnesota, 2010 – B.S., Computer Science, University of Minnesota Non-scientific Interests: Open-source, open-science, yoga, swimming, and long-boarding […]
Real-time tracking is a hugely powerful way to understand the behaviour of single proteins. Cui et al. review the methods and applications of single-particle tracking (SPT) in plant cells. They describe the applications of variable-angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (VA-TIRFM) to visualize fluorescently labeled plasma-membrane proteins. SPT has revealed many interesting and important aspects […]
Carboxysomes are protein-bound microcompartments of cyanobacteria that sequester Rubisco and carbonic anhydrase (which converts bicarbonate to carbon dioxide), thus enhancing Rubisco’s carboxylation efficiency. The carboxysome shell is made up of hexamer, pentamer and trimer modules, with selectively permeable pores in the middle of each module. CcmK3 and CcmK4 are related proteins that contribute to the […]
Aphids are major vectors for viral spread. Guo et al. have identified an interesting interaction that affects aphid feeding behavior and viral spread. They showed that reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation in plants infected with cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) affects aphid feeding behavior; specifically, it increases the frequency with which the stylets are inserted, delays […]
Review: Single-particle tracking for the quantification of membrane protein dynamics in living plant cells Real-time tracking is a hugely powerful way to understand the behavior of single proteins. Cui et al. review the methods and applications of single-particle tracking (SPT) in plant cells. They describe the applications of variable-angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (VA-TIRFM) […]
Jose Espejo Valle-Inclán, first author of Long Read Annotation (LoReAn): automated eukaryotic genome annotation based on long-read cDNA sequencing Current Position: PhD student at the Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. Education: MSc in Bioinformatics at Wageningen University, BSc in Biochemistry at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Non-scientific […]
David E. Cook, first author of Long Read Annotation (LoReAn): automated eukaryotic genome annotation based on long-read cDNA sequencing Current Position: Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas USA. Education: PhD in Plant Pathology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, BSc and MSc in Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences from Virginia Tech. Non-scientific […]
Linlin Qi, first author of Elongator is required for root stem cell maintenance by regulating SHORT ROOT transcription Current Position: Associate Professor, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Education: PhD in Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; MS in Botany, Northwest Normal University, China. Non-scientific […]