Gala et al. perform single cell RNA sequencing to reveal molecular details about lateral root initiation.  By Amy Lanctot, Hardik Gala, Jennifer Nemhauser University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 Background: Roots anchor the plant in place and allow it take up needed water and nutrients.…

Nevedha Ravindran, first author of "B-box protein BBX32 integrates light and brassinosteroid signals to inhibit cotyledon opening" Current Position: PhD student at Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, India Education: B.Tech (Agricultural…

Suxing Liu, first author of “DIRT/3D: 3D root phenotyping for field-grown maize (Zea mays)” Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate – University of Georgia, Department of Plant Biology Education: PhD (Shanghai University, China) Non-scientific Interests:  Traveling, collecting…

Dan Wang, first author of "Cytotoxic Function of Xylanase VdXyn4 in the Plant Vascular Wilt Pathogen Verticillium dahliae" Current Position:  Post-doctor, Institute of Plant Protection (IPP), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Education: Doctor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Non-scientific…

Kinser and colleagues explore the transcriptomic, genomic and epigenomic consequences of mixing two genomes with the same number or twice as many chromosomes in monkeyflower.  By Taliesin Kinser (University of Florida) and Joshua Puzey (College of William and Mary) Background: Flowering plants…

Chandan Kumar Gautam, first author of "IRONMAN Tunes Responses to Iron Deficiency in Concert with Environmental pH" Current Position: PhD student (looking for postdoc position) at Academia Sinica and National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Education: B.Tech. Biotechnology, VIT University, Vellore,…

The transition from aquatic to terrestrial habitats exposed plants to low water availability, high light, radiation, and other environmental challenges. To overcome these challenges, plants developed morpho-physiological adaptations to tolerate dry environments and make photosynthesis more efficient.…

While traditionally known for having their ovules exposed to the environment, all gymnosperm lineages have species with fleshy seed-associated tissues. Here, Nigris and colleagues provide an overview of the vast diversity of fruit-like structures present in gymnosperms and the hypothesis available to…