Editor-in-Chief Mike Blatt talks about the journal Plant Physiology, how online communication accelerates the pace of scholarly publishing, and the need to express key research findings in an accessible way. “What I often encourage authors to do when they prepare manuscripts is to think about the sound bite – what is the one, most-important thing […]
Summary: Mentors have crucial roles in supporting the development of young scientists, but one mentor may not be enough. Previously I wrote that It takes a community to raise a scientist, here I elaborate on the roles of mentors. One mentor to rule them all? Nope. As scientists progress through their careers, their mentoring responsibilities […]
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 15, 2018 – For decades, biologists have believed a key enzyme in plants had one function–produce amino acids, which are vital to plant survival and also essential to human diets. But for Wellington Muchero, Meng Xie and their colleagues, this enzyme does more than advertised. They had run a series of […]
By Lisa Smith and Nathan Butler Epigenetic modifications in plants repress transposable elements to maintain genome stability and facilitate adaptation to changing environmental conditions by regulating the expression of some genes. Furthermore, conditions such as disease stress can alter the epigenetic machinery to impact gene expression and genome stability. Addition of methyl groups to DNA […]
“I speak so openly about being a disabled woman in science because, well, I’m a disabled woman in science. There’s virtually none of us out there and speaking about it. We are invisible, imaginary, and crossing multiple intersections with very little for it. Disabled people, as a whole, are hidden away. How many disabled doctors, manicurists, teachers, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]