You have gone through years of training, landed a grant to start your own lab at your dream university, and now you are standing in an empty lab space full of equipment thinking, “Wow! Now I actually need to hire people to help me do science.” Given it is conference season (we had an amazing […]
Why go to Mars Everyone wants to have a house with a garden later on in life. Producing your own vegetables, or just having a glass of wine in an armchair in the light spring wind, sounds charming. Imagine this on another planet, retiring to Mars and doing some gardening. Throughout history, when people have […]
You’ve seen our First Authors on X, BlueSky, and Facebook. Behind the manuscripts are researchers, professors, professionals, and students dedicated to advancing the field of plant science. Read more about these dedicated scientists here. Siddique I. Aboobucker Siddique I. Aboobucker is the First Author of The Stunt of Stunted Silk: A Novel Pollination Control Mechanism […]
Plantae Presents: Healthy Supervision in Plant Sciences Featuring Chien Van Ha, Johannes Kromdijk, and Charles Anderson When: Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at 9:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM BST | 12:00 AM Beijing About this Webinar Supervision is an important part of research and training in plant science, […]
What does it mean to fail in science? In scientific research, what we call “failure” does not always mean the same thing. While some failures arise from technical issues, others stem from the scientific process itself. In the first case, experimental problems due to procedural mistakes, inadequate methodologies, or suboptimal experimental design can often be […]
We are putting our spotlight in this section on how high temperature rewires cell wall biosynthesis in citrus juice sacs, ultimately driving a physiological disorder known as juice sac granulation. Specifically, we wanted to uncover how heat regulates the production of cellulose and hemicellulose, the major structural polysaccharides that strengthen plant cell walls. Juice sac […]
Plantae Presents – Grants and Funding: Finding Outside Collaborators Featuring Vinay Shukla and Paolo Maria Triozzi When: Tuesday, July 28, 2026, at 6:00 AM PDT | 9:00 AM EDT | 2:00 PM BST | 9:00 PM Beijing About this Webinar Securing funding, such as a European Research Council (ERC) grant, is a major […]
In vitro regeneration is a common process for clonal propagation and genetic engineering in plants. However, the regulation of the process has remained underexplored. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms can help design strategies to improve efficiency. In our recent study published in The Plant Cell (Chang et al., 2026), we report the involvement of phospholipid metabolism […]
Scientific conferences are among the most valuable opportunities researchers have to connect with the global community, exchange ideas, establish collaborations, showcase their findings, and build professional networks. But apart from the people who attend, every conference has an invisible guest list: those who wanted to join but could not clear the many barriers in the […]