Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Annika Brünje
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesAnnika Brünje, first author of Chloroplast acetyltransferase NSI is required for state transitions in Arabidopsis thaliana
Current Position: PhD student, Plant Physiology, University of Münster
Education: Master of Science, Biology, University of Bochum
Non-scientific Interests: Good books and…
Nuclear Positioning Requires a Tug-of-War Between Kinesin Motors
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefThe microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton is a dynamic network of self-assembling highways that, together with the help of motor proteins, promotes intracellular transport and the formation of magnificent structures such as the preprophase band, mitotic spindle, and phragmoplast (Nebenführ and Dixit, 2018). …
Recognizing Plant Cell first authors: Minna Koskela
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesMinna Koskela, first author of Chloroplast acetyltransferase NSI is required for state transitions in Arabidopsis thaliana
Current Position: PhD student, Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku
Education: Master of Science, Biochemistry, University of Helsinki
Non-scientific Interests: PC…
A pretty plant of summer produces a promising anti-diabetes compound
Blog, The Plant CellDiscovery of the biosynthetic pathway of a plant metabolite lays the groundwork for its use as an anti-diabetes drug
Roughly half of the western medicines used today were derived from naturally occurring plant metabolites. Plants produce over 200,000 of these specialized metabolites, but identifying…
Snapshot and summary from Turku (ICAR 2018)
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29th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
Update: ICAR2018 is finished, we're looking forward to ICAR2019 in Wuhan, China, and ICAR2020 in Seattle, USA.
Suayib Üstün pulled together the data for the Twitter activity for #ICAR2018 - it's interesting reading! As one person observed,…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Sho Fujii
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesSho Fujii, first author of Digalactosyldiacylglycerol is essential for organization of the membrane structure in etioplasts
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Education: Short-term Scholar, University of Michigan…
Advances in the analysis of the molecular mechanism of rice tiller angle regulation in genetic development
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: NewsSource: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Date: 2018-06-22 【 Title : Xiaozhong University 】(Translated from the original Chinese by Google)
The angle of tillering is the angle between the tiller and the main stem of the grass family and is closely related to the crop population.…
Plant Scientist Highlight: Sophien Kamoun
Blog, Careers, Profiles of Plant ScientistsSophien Kamoun is our plant scientist highlight of the month. He grew up in Tunisia and during the course of his studies, he has lived in Paris, the Netherlands, the United States, and now the United Kingdom. He is active on social media, pioneering ways to connect with other scientists and the public.
Dr.…
Taproot S2S3: Getting Ready for Season 3
Blog, The Taproot Season 2, The-TaprootStayed tuned for Season 3, where our theme will be "myth-busting". While we have some topics, we also want to hear from our audience about their ideas as well. Please take our brief survey, tell us more about yourself and help us plan for Season 3.
Also - if you are attending Plant Biology 2018 in…