By Anna N. Stepanova, North Carolina State University Young children are curious by nature and their inquisitive minds are like sponges that take in everything that is happening around them. As a parent, a scientist, and an educator, I feel that my role is to teach children the basic rules of life in a fun […]
Katharina Schiessl, first author of MtNODULE ROOT1 and MtNODULE ROOT2 are essential for indeterminate nodule identity Current position: Research Associate at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, UK Education: PhD, John Innes Centre Non-scientific interests: Sports Brief bio: I am intrigued by the fundamental processes of cell division and cell growth, and how both processes are regulated […]
Dandan Qian, first author of OsDer1 is an ER-associated protein degradation factor that responds to ER stress in rice Current Position: Research Associate, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Education: PhD in Developmental biology at the Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Non-scientific Interests: Yoga and running. Brief bio: I obtained […]
Kévin Magne, first author of MtNODULE ROOT1 and MtNODULE ROOT2 are essential for Medicago truncatula indeterminate nodule identity Current Position: Post doc, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research Education: Ph.D., Biology, University of Paris-Sud Non-scientific Interests: Motorcycle riding Brief bio: Fascinated by plants since childhood, I lately decided to […]
This week we have a short edition as the editor and many of the contributors have been busy at the Plant Biology meeting in Montréal, Canada. This was a hugely successful conference by all accounts. You can get a glimpse of it from the level of activity on Twitter – see #PlantBio18. Besides great scientific […]
Said Hafidh, first author of Dynamics of Nicotiana tabacum pollen sequestrome defined by subcellular coupled omics Current Position: Research fellow, Institute of Experimental Botany (IEB), Prague Education: BSc and PhD at the University of Leicester (2002-2009) Non-scientific Interests: Cycling, football, micro photograph, music (house/afro beat/drums), a good PHO BO, road trips and part time hiking. Brief bio: […]
Jing Wang, first author of AnnAt1 and AnnAt2 regulate Arabidopsis primary root growth in response to sugar Current Position: Ph.D candidate in University of Texas Education: Master of Science in Shandong University, China Non-scientific Interests: Cooking, hiking and traveling Brief bio: Sugar serves as carbon sources, energy suppliers and signals just like plant hormones to regulate plant […]
Lin Zhang, first author of Nucleus-encoded Protein BFA1 Promotes Efficient Assembly of the Chloroplast ATP Synthase Coupling Factor 1 Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China. Education: PhD in Developmental Biology at the Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Non-scientific […]
Commentary by Trevor H. Yeats and Raimund Nagel Saffron is produced from the stigmas and styles of Crocus sativus flowers and is one of the most expensive spices. In C. sativus, both stigma and style are intensely crimson red in color due to the presence of three major classes of apocarotenoids: crocins, picrocrocin, and safranal. […]