Review: Plasmodesmata- form and function ($) Plasmodesmata are cell-cell junctions forming cytosolic bridges between neighbouring plant cells that provide an essential avenue for intercellular communication during a multitude of developmental and stress-related responses throughout the plant kingdom. In a recent ‘at a glance’ mini-review article, Sager and Lee discuss our current knowledge on both the […]
Adrien Burlacot, first author of Flavodiiron-mediated O2 photoreduction a relay between H2 production and CO2 fixation Current Position: PhD student, Plant Biology, Aix Marseille University. Education: Ecole Polytechnique and MSc in Plant science, Paris Saclay. Non-scientific Interests: Hiking, kayaking, restoring old objects. Brief bio: Despite an early fascination on how plants transform sun energy into […]
By Adam Phillips. Reprinted from It Ain’t Magic, The RIKEN Global Communications Team https://itaintmagic.riken.jp/hot-off-the-press/plants-beat-heat It seems like I’ve been writing a lot about plants recently. The truth is that I hardly have enough time to write about all the cool plant studies going on. The study I’m writing about today is cool because it deals […]
Article source: http://theworldseeds.cn/index.php?p=152804 (Translated by Google Translate) The centromere and its surroundings are the fastest-evolving and most complex areas of the plant genome. The centromere and near centromere regions not only undergo rapid sequence changes and structural remodeling, but also have transcriptionally active genes and are also hotspots for the origin of new genes. Chen […]
Annika Brünje, first author of Chloroplast acetyltransferase NSI is required for state transitions in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: PhD student, Plant Physiology, University of Münster Education: Master of Science, Biology, University of Bochum Non-scientific Interests: Good books and movies, travelling, relaxed evenings with nice people Brief bio: The first time I became fascinated by photosynthetic […]
Minna Koskela, first author of Chloroplast acetyltransferase NSI is required for state transitions in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: PhD student, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku Education: Master of Science, Biochemistry, University of Helsinki Non-scientific Interests: PC gaming, walks in nature Brief bio: Photosynthesis has fascinated me ever since I became a biochemistry student a […]
Discovery of the biosynthetic pathway of a plant metabolite lays the groundwork for its use as an anti-diabetes drug Roughly half of the western medicines used today were derived from naturally occurring plant metabolites. Plants produce over 200,000 of these specialized metabolites, but identifying medicinally useful ones is challenging, and obtaining sufficient quantities for human […]
Sandra Irmisch, first author of Discovery of UDP-Glycosyltransferases and BAHD-Acyltransferases in the Biosynthesis of the Anti-Diabetic Plant Metabolite Montbretin A Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Joerg Bohlmann, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada Education: PhD at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Department of Biochemistry, Jena, Germany; MSc in […]
29th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research Update: ICAR2018 is finished, we’re looking forward to ICAR2019 in Wuhan, China, and ICAR2020 in Seattle, USA. Suayib Üstün pulled together the data for the Twitter activity for #ICAR2018 – it’s interesting reading! As one person observed, you can see a clear pattern of circadian activity in the Tweets – see more […]