Entries by Mary Williams

Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Shoji Segami

June 11, 2018 in , /by

Shoji Segami, first author of Vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase and Cytosolic Soluble Pyrophosphatases Cooperatively Regulate Pyrophosphate Levels in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan Education: PhD, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan. Non-scientific Interests: Playing saxophone (classical) and gardening, particularly succulents and carnivorous plants.  I acquired master […]

Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Kun Wang

June 11, 2018 in , /by

Kun Wang, first author of Two Abscisic Acid Responsive Plastid Lipase Genes Involved in Jasmonic Acid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Education: PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University. Non-scientific Interests: Sports, programming and jazz music I received […]

Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Lian-Huan Wei

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Lian-Huan Wei, first author of The m6A Reader ECT2 Controls Trichome Morphology by Affecting mRNA Stability in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD student in the Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University. Education: PhD in Chemical Biology at the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University. BS in Chemical Biology […]

Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Jérémy Scutenaire

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Jérémy Scutenaire, first author of The YTH Domain Protein ECT2 Is an m6A Reader Required for Normal Trichome Branching in Arabidopsis Current Position: Postdoc at the Institute of Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Illkirch, France Education: PhD in plant molecular biology at the Plant Genome and Development Laboratory, University of Perpignan, France. Non-scientific Interests: Fitness, […]

Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Laura Arribas-Hernández

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Laura Arribas-Hernández, featured first author of An m6A-YTH Module Controls Developmental Timing and Morphogenesis in Arabidopsis Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen. Education: PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen (2015), BS and MS in Biology at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2011), BS in Telecommunication Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Non-scientific Interests: […]

ASPB: Evolving in a Digital Age

June 11, 2018 in /by

BY THE ASPB DIGITAL TEAM Some of you may remember when academic correspondence took place by post. Authors sent manuscripts by mail to journals, which passed them on to reviewers, whose comments were ultimately returned to the authors, who then started the process again with a revised manuscript. ASPB published annually a printed membership directory […]

Review: Organization out of disorder – liquid-liquid phase separation in plants (COPB)

June 8, 2018 in /by

Within cells there are vast numbers of different activities and processes occurring simultaneously. In eukaryotic cells, some of these processes are segregated into distinct membrane-bound compartments. Cuevas-Velazquez and Dinneny review how membraneless compartments also contribute to subcellular organization, with a focus on those predominantly found in the green lineage including pyrenoids and photobodies. The authors […]

Decoys untangle complicated redundancy and reveal targets of circadian clock F-box proteins (Plant Physiol)

June 1, 2018 in /by

The processing of the circadian clock requires that regulatory proteins are ubiquitinated and degraded, through their interactions with F-box proteins. Lee et al. used a decoy strategy to characterize the targets of three related F-box proteins involved in clock function, ZTL, LKP2 and FKF1, which genetic studies have indicated have partially diverged, partially redundant activities. […]

Review: Beyond fossil fuel–driven nitrogen transformations ($) (Science)

June 1, 2018 in /by

Obtaining the high yields needed to feed the human population depends on the application of nitrogen-containing fertilizers to non-leguminous crops, yet the production of these compounds consumes 1 – 2% of global energy output. Plant scientists are familiar with the conversion of  N2  to NH3 by nirogenase (in free-living and symbiotic bacteria), as well as […]