Seung Hee Jo, first author of "The Arabidopsis cyclophilin CYP18-1 facilitates PRP18 dephpshorylation and the splicing of introns retained under heat stress" Education: BSc in School of Biological Science and Technology in Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea Non-scientific Interests: Tasty…

Hannah Elisa Krawczyk, first author of "Heat stress leads to rapid lipid remodelling and transcriptional adaptations in Nicotiana tabacum pollen tubes" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Human Genetics of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany Education:…

Jiang et al. discover a module controlling endoreduplication, a process in which DNA replication occurs in the absence of mitosis. Background: Organ size is coordinately regulated by both cell number and cell size. Endoreduplication is often associated with cell size in plants and animals, but the…

At some point, most biology students learn the term “dioecy” (two houses), which refers to the separation of male and female function into different individuals, a characteristic that is common in animals but less so in flowering plants. About 6% of angiosperms and 65% of gymnosperms are dioecious,…

Genes are generally expressed in concert with one another with data often represented by gene co-expression networks. Gene co-expression data may be useful in identifying genes with unknown functions and are generally utilized in exploring molecular processes occurring during normal development as well…

In plant development, advanced computer model simulations allow the understanding of the non-intuitive relations between local morphogenetic processes and global patterning. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the hormone auxin is involved in several processes of plant development. Auxin transporters play an important…

Seed germination is can be described as having two phases depending on light availability, skoto- and photomorphogenesis. Skotomorphogenesis, which occurs while the seed is still buried, is characterized by the elongation of the coleoptile and the inhibition of the root system. When the seed reaches…

In most angiosperms, the seed is an outcome of a double fertilization process that initiates the development of the embryo and endosperm. The endosperm plays an essential role in nourishing the developing embryo by ensuring adequate maternal nutrient transfer. However, we are far from knowing the factors…