Drew Harner, first author of "Prolonged phloem feeding by the spotted lanternfly, an invasive planthopper, alters resource allocation and inhibits gas exchange in grapevines" Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA Education: Ph.D. at Penn State University,…

Delphine Ménard, first author of “Plant biomechanics and resilience to environmental changes are controlled by specific lignin chemistries in each vascular cell type and morphotype” Current Position:  Head of the Plant in vitro cell cultures platform and Laboratory safety coordinator at the…

Miao Zhang, first author of "Acetylome reprograming participates in the establishment of fruit metabolism during polyploidization in citrus" Current Position: PhD candidate, Huazhong Agricultural University Education: Ph.D. in Pomology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China B.Sc.…

The ability to analyze the information contained within a single cell, for example through single-cell RNA sequening (scRNA-seq) presents exciting possibilities to biologists. Building on this and similar technologies, the Plant Cell Atlas (PCA) (www.plantcellatlas.org/) has the goal of creating an information…

Biodiversity contributes to thriving, healthy ecosystems that are essential for climate tolerance, improving water quality and habitat structure. As time goes on, there is increasing pressure to address climate change concerns worldwide, with one possible climate change mitigation approach being reforestation…

Review: Seed sourcing strategies for ecological restoration under climate change "The local is best" is a mantra in ecological restoration: if you want your project to succeed, you should use local plant material since it's already adapted to local conditions. However, ecosystems now need to withstand…

A protein kinase, target of rapamycin (TOR), controls cell growth and metabolism in all eukaryotes. The role of TOR in regulating synthesis and breakdown of organic compounds in response to nutrients, hormones and cellular energy to promote growth and development is universal in autotrophs and heterotrophs.…

TOR (Target of Rapamycin) complex is an information hub that integrates nutrition and energy signals and serves as a master regulator for multiple downstream cellular processes. The actin cytoskeleton in plant cells is highly dynamic, with rapid changes of its organization and constant turnover between…