Entries by Mary Williams

About Life and Science: An Interview with Plant Physiology Monitoring Editor Prof. Christian Fankhauser, PhD

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By Jathish Ponnu, PhD, Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor Prof. Christian Fankhauser is an eminent photobiologist passionate about phototropism and shade avoidance in plants. He works at the Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland and has served as a Monitoring Editor for Plant Physiology since 2018. Talking with Jathish Ponnu, an Assistant Features […]

Drought-induced civil conflict among the ancient Maya (Nature Comms)

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The observation that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” (attributed to philosopher George Santayana) is quite relevant for our efforts to comprehend the impacts of climate change. As we observe temperature and rainfall records being broken with increasing frequency, it remains difficult to know where things are headed, but at […]

Plant Science Research Weekly: July 29, 2022

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A robust mechanism for resetting juvenility during each generation in Arabidopsis Proper development requires an aging program that is regulated throughout the entire lifespan of an organism as well as across generations. In plants, reproductive cells are derived from differentiated cells, and thus the aging program encoded in these reproductive cells must be rejuvenated per […]

New Teaching Tool, “Plants and Python: a series of lessons in coding, plant biology, computation, and bioinformatics”

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We’re excited to announce the publication of The Plant Cell’s latest Teaching Tool, “Plants and Python,” by Robert VanBuren, Alejandra Rougon-Cardoso, Erik J. Amézquita, Evelia L. Coss-Navarrete, Aarón Espinosa-Jaime, Omar Andres Gonzalez-Iturbe, Alicia C. Luckie-Duque, Eddy Mendoza-Galindo, Jeremy Pardo, Guillermo Rodríguez-Guerrero, Pablo Y. Rosiles-Loeza, Marilyn Vásquez-Cruz, Selene L. Fernandez-Valverde, Tania Hernández-Hernández, Sourabh Palande, and Daniel […]

Review: Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions (TIPS)

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Kawa and Brady review the contributions and responses of individual cell types and cell identities in plant biotic interactions, both pathogenic and commensal. The first step in these interactions is the perception of the microbes by root cells, which involves highly conserved microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) such as flagellin. MAMPs can trigger plant defense responses, […]

Plant Science Research Weekly: July 15, 2022

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Review: Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions Kawa and Brady review the contributions and responses of individual cell types and cell identities in plant biotic interactions, both pathogenic and commensal. The first step in these interactions is the perception of the microbes by root cells, which involves highly conserved microbe-associated molecular patterns […]

An Interview with Pierdomenico Perata, PhD, Monitoring Editor of Plant Physiology

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By José Manuel Ugalde, PhD, Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor, and Elisa Dell’Aglio, PhD Prof. Pierdomenico Perata is an Italian plant physologist and professor at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa. He completed his PhD in agricultural biology at the University of Pisa, Italy, and a post-doctoral fellowship at Nagoya University in Japan. Between 2013 and […]

Inclusive restoration: Ten recommendations to support LGBTQ+ researchers in restoration science (Restoration Ecology)

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Restoration ecologists seek to repair damaged environments, and as Toone et al. write, “the same principles that shape ecosystem restoration also provide a blueprint for cultivating inclusion in science”. Here, a group of mostly early-career restoration ecologists use their professional lenses and provide ten recommendations to support LGBTQ+ researchers (these are specified towards but not […]

Plant Science Research Weekly: July 1, 2022

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Circadian clock component CCA1 is a transcriptional regulator of ABA-mediated abiotic stress tolerance in rice In rice, the circadian clock component gene Circadian Clock Associated 1 (OsCCA1) regulates flowering and nitrogen use efficiency. CCA1 is a MYB family transcription factor that follows a rhythmic expression pattern. Wei et al. confirmed the role of CCA1as a […]