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Active Support: GHR1 is a Pseudokinase that acts as a Scaffolding Component

Plants balance CO2 uptake with water loss via a complex network of signals regulating stomatal aperture size. Stomata close in response to a number of stimuli, including drought, low light intensity, low air humidity, elevated intercellular CO2 concentration, pathogens, and certain air-borne chemicals…

A separated vortex ring underlies the flight of the dandelion ($) (Nature)

Dandelions, perennial herbs from temperate zones, have the capacity to spread their seeds through wind for distances as far as 1 km. Ignazio Maria Viola and Naomi Nakayama with their team endeavored to understand this passive flight mechanism. They analyzed the flight mechanism of the dandelion by characterizing…

Experimental Reproducibility 101 (Part 2)

This article is the second of three and is based on a workshop called “Reproducibility for all” presented at PlantBio18 by Benjamin Schwessinger, Sonali Roy, and Lenny Teytelman. In Part 1 (here), the authors describe the importance of having a data management plan, and the value of electronic notebooks. 3.…

Historical Perspectives Collection

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Experimental Reproducibility 101 (Part 1)

This article is the first of three and is based on a workshop called "Reproducibility for all" presented at PlantBio18 by Benjamin Schwessinger, Sonali Roy, and Lenny Teytelman. It’s late. You’re the last person in the lab now. The security personnel, who knows your cat by name, wishes you good…

New Teaching Tool, “A bioinformatics pipeline for exploring transcriptional regulation in plants”

We’re excited to announce the publication of The Plant Cell’s latest Teaching Tool, “A bioinformatics pipeline for exploring transcriptional regulation in plants,” by Amy Marshall-Colon, Mary Williams and Kranthi Varala, available without subscription at Plantae.org. It is difficult to conceptualize…

The Plantae Job Center - October 16, 2018

    Internship Posts: Internship; Lab Technician; Postdoc in Crop Metabolic Engineering and Genome Editing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA PhD student in Hydrology & Climate Applications, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA Recent Job Posts: Post-doctoral…

Review - Getting to the Roots: A Developmental Genetic View of Root Anatomy and Function From Arabidopsis to Lycophytes (Frontiers in Plant Sci)

Plant roots are essential organs for water and nutrient uptake, and aboveground biomass support. While these organs are important for many plant functions, the evolutionary history of the root is still unclear. The fossil record suggests that roots evolved in both the lycophyte (clubmosses and their…

Introducing Plant Tracer: A project led by Eric Brenner at Pace University

Looking at a typical plant, you may not notice that it is moving. Although generally perceived as static, all plants are dynamic, as shown by time-lapse photography.  Plant Tracer is the first App-based tool that enables students and scientists to quantify plant movement (circumnutation and gravitropism)…