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Yuanyuan Zhang, first author of OsATX1 Interacts with Heavy Metal P1B-type ATPases and Affects Cu Transport and Distribution in Rice Current Position: PhD student in the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. Education: PhD in Biochemistry…

Review. Genetically encoded biosensors in plants: Pathways to discovery ($) Genetically-encoded biosensors are produced from genes, and provide a specific readout (usually fluorescence or luminescence) of the amount and distribution of a compund of interest (the analyte). We’ve all see data obtained…

Part of the "Self Reflection" series by and for early-career researchers Scientists are sometimes obsessive with their work: this is both a cliché and many times a reality, at least during certain periods of their professional life. The infamous “Publish or perish” saying comes to mind. However,…

Plant Science: Science at the Interface of Math, Computer Science, and Plant Biology Recorded July 2018  About This Webinar This seminar will give insight into the research of cross-trained scientists at the interface of mathematical, computational, and biological sciences. In doing so, the seminar…

Christina Maria Franck, first author of The protein phosphatases ATUNIS1 and ATUNIS2 regulate cell wall integrity in tip-growing cells Current Position: Post-Doctoral position at the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich (Switzerland) Education: PhD in Botany, University…

By Dario Leister Applications of synthetic biology to photosynthesis currently range from exchanging photosynthetic proteins to the utilization of photosynthesis as a source of electrons for entirely unrelated reactions. Oxygenic photosynthesis is imperfect and the evolutionarily conditioned patchwork…

Rachel Shahan, first author of Consensus co-expression networks provide insights into wild strawberry flower and fruit development Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Biology Department, Duke University Education: PhD in molecular genetics at the University of Maryland (2018), BS in Biology…