Entries by Mary Williams

Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Zhenlin Yang

Zhenlin Yang is featured first author of Structure of the Arabidopsis JMJ14-H3K4me3 Complex Provides Insight into the Substrate Specificity of KDM5 Subfamily Histone Demethylases Current Position: PhD Student, Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: BS in Plant Science, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University Non-scientific Interests: […]

Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Xiangsong Chen

Xiangsong Chen is the featured first author of Canonical and Non-canonical Actions of Arabidopsis Histone Deacetylases in Ribosomal RNA Processing Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow in Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Madison Education: PhD in National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Soccer, History Brief bio sketch: I obtained my […]

Editorial: The Plant Cell Welcomes Assistant Features Editors

We are pleased to introduce to our readers our new team of assistant features editors at The Plant Cell. These talented and energetic young scientists are passionate about plant science and dedicated to communicating the importance and fascination of plant biology to a wide audience. They will work with Features Editors Nancy Eckardt, Kevin Folta, […]

Update: Mitochondrial energy signaling and its role in the low oxygen stress response of plants

By Stephan Wagner, Olivier Van Aken, Marlene Elsässer, Markus Schwarzländer Abstract Cells of complex organisms typically rely on mitochondria for energy provision. The amount of energy required to sustain cellular activity can vary strongly depending on external conditions. Vice versa, constraints on respiratory activity due to metabolic status or stress insult require mitochondrial signaling to […]

Update: The SnRK1 kinase as central mediator of energy signalling between different organelles

By Bernhard Wurzinger, Ella Nukarinen, Thomas Nägele, Wolfram Weckwerth, Markus Teige Abstract The evolutionary conserved SnRK1 kinase complex is a key regulator in adjusting cellular metabolism during starvation, stress conditions and growth promoting conditions. Over the last two decades extensive genetic evidence for a widespread SnRK1 signalling network has accumulated. It is now well established […]

Recognizing featured Plant Cell first authors: Olivier Godfroy

Olivier Godfroy is featured first author of DISTAG/TBCCd1 Is Required for Basal Cell Fate Determination in Ectocarpus Current Position: Research assistant in the Translational Gene Therapy group, Nantes Hospital Education: PhD in Plant Biotechnologies at the National Institue of Agriculture Research (INRA), Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France. MS in Informatic, Rennes I University. Non-scientific Interests: […]

Self Reflection: A Leadership and Management series by early-career plant scientists

Science is a rewarding career, but challenges those who pursue it because the road to a permanent position is long and fragmented. Not surprisingly, many of the early-career researchers we’ve spoken to say they’d like to see more advice and resources to help them navigate their career path. With this in mind, we’ve started a […]