New Teaching Tool, "Plants and Python: a series of lessons in coding, plant biology, computation, and bioinformatics"
Blog, Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: NewsWe’re excited to announce the publication of The Plant Cell’s latest Teaching Tool, "Plants and Python," by Robert VanBuren, Alejandra Rougon-Cardoso, Erik J. Amézquita, Evelia L. Coss-Navarrete, Aarón Espinosa-Jaime, Omar Andres Gonzalez-Iturbe, Alicia C. Luckie-Duque, Eddy Mendoza-Galindo, Jeremy…
Plant Science Research Weekly: July 15, 2022
Blog, WWR Full PostReview: Root cell types as an interface for biotic interactions
Kawa and Brady review the contributions and responses of individual cell types and cell identities in plant biotic interactions, both pathogenic and commensal. The first step in these interactions is the perception of the microbes by…
An Interview with Pierdomenico Perata, PhD, Monitoring Editor of Plant Physiology
Blog, Editor ProfilesBy José Manuel Ugalde, PhD, Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor, and Elisa Dell’Aglio, PhD
Prof. Pierdomenico Perata is an Italian plant physologist and professor at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa. He completed his PhD in agricultural biology at the University of Pisa, Italy, and…
Plant Science Research Weekly: July 1, 2022
Blog, WWR Full PostCircadian clock component CCA1 is a transcriptional regulator of ABA-mediated abiotic stress tolerance in rice
In rice, the circadian clock component gene Circadian Clock Associated 1 (OsCCA1) regulates flowering and nitrogen use efficiency. CCA1 is a MYB family transcription factor that follows a…
Plants and Queerness
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Plant life is queer life. Plant life resists classification, redefines sex and reimagines ways of being. Plant life takes root underground, in the darkness, and spreads its limbs towards the light. Plant life is unshakable resilience. Plant life is perpetual growth. Plant life is a gift.
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Transitioning in the lab
Blog, LGBTQ+ Plant Scientist Network
I work as a bioinformatics-focussed research assistant in the Osbourn group at the JIC, which is the same lab I did my PhD in. Our lab focusses on plant natural product biosynthesis, and my own research involves leveraging the huge (and ever increasing..!) wealth and diversity of ‘omics data…
It’s not about who you know, but how to find them
Blog, LGBTQ+ Plant Scientist Network
Growing up as an LGBTQ+ person in the UK, my experience has come down to one thing: surrounding myself with the right people. While it’s no longer illegal, the undercurrent of intolerance towards LGBTQ+ people is still strong. What’s important is surrounding yourself with the right people.…
Marschal Bellinger (he/him)
BlogMarschal Bellinger (he/him) earned his doctorate in Plant Sciences from the University of California, Riverside where his research in was focused on cell shape determination in maize through live-cell imaging of microtubule organization at the cell cortex during mitosis and interphase. He grew up in…
Jaishree Subrahmaniam (she/her)
BlogJaishree is a joint MSCA fellow at the EcoScience, Chemistry and Molecular Biology units at Aarhus University (Denmark). Her PhD at INRAE (France) focused on understanding whether altruism and cooperation, the abilities to help one another, exist in plants. She believes that the biggest benefit that…