Origins Cast your mind back to March 2020. You’ll surely remember learning about lockdowns, lab closures, and conference cancellations. At the time, many plant scientists were scrambling to learn how to work from home, keep experiments going, and juggle course loads and family or loneliness. At ASPB we were focused on finding new ways to […]
More then four years ago, we started a weekly column to highlight a few plant science articles each week. The series lauched with the name What We’re Reading, but at some point was rebranded to Plant Science Research Weekly. From early on, we’ve drawn on the interests and talents of the Plantae Fellows to fuel […]
We’ll be back! Join us in 2021 for more free Plantae Presents webinars. Here’s our schedule so far – mark your calendars! We’ll be updating this post regularly with titles and registration links as they are ready. Visit this page for more information about each of these events. All webinars 10 am EST / 3 […]
What exactly is the growth/defense tradeoff? This review is an excellent place to ask. Zhang et al. review evidence that shows that it is much more than a competition for limiting resources – the plant actively responds to stress in ways that may slow growth but ultimately promote survival. The authors thoroughly summarize key stress […]
Review: Thriving under stress: How plants balance growth and stress response What exactly is the growth/defense tradeoff? This review is an excellent place to ask. Zhang et al. review evidence that shows that it is much more than a competition for limiting resources – the plant actively responds to stress in ways that may slow […]
In 2018, a group of early-career researchers shared insights and advice about career development. Read the full series. Preparing an impressive CV: The DO’s and DONT’s of it The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 1 introduction, by Amanda Rasmussen The Transition from Postdoc to PI: Part 2 Isolation busting by Amanda Rasmussen The Transition […]
The contribution of microtubule orientation to the direction of cell expansion is familiar to most; when microtubules wrap around the middle of a cell like a belt, the cell expands in the perpendicular direction to become longer. Recent studies have extended this idea and proposed that the mechanical forces created by microtubules, along with reinforcing […]
There’s been a lot of talk lately about how to improve the carboxylation efficiency of Rubisco, but of course this also depends on how much CO2 reaches the enzyme within the chloroplasts. To do so, it needs to pass through several distinct barriers: the boundary layer to reach the leaf surface, the stomatal pore, and […]
Review: The mechanical feedback theory of leaf lamina formation The contribution of microtubule orientation to the direction of cell expansion is familiar to most; when microtubules wrap around the middle of a cell like a belt, the cell expands in the perpendicular direction to become longer. Recent studies have extended this idea and proposed that […]