Entries by Stephanie Temnyk

Perspective. The art of drying gracefully: The future for desiccation research

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In their perspective article, “Life on the dry side: a roadmap to understanding desiccation tolerance and accelerating translational applications,” Marks et al. outline the current state and future promise of desiccation tolerance research. They define desiccation tolerance as “the ability to dry to a quiescent state and resume normal cellular function when rehydrated,” a process […]

Plasmodesmata: A new frontier for membrane contact site intercellular communication

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Membrane contact sites (MCSs) serve a critical role in intracellular communication, particularly between organelle membranes, enabling direct molecular transfer. Less clear is the role MCSs play in intercellular communication. New evidence from Pérez-Sancho et al. implicates plasmodesmata in this function and their endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane (ER-PM) MCSs. Unique to land plants and some green algae […]