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Nikolaeva et al.’s reference book on seed dormancy and germination ($) (Ecology)

In 1985, Marianna Nikolaeva, Marina Razumova, and Valentina Gladkova published the Reference Book on Dormant Seed Germination. There they provided details on the germination ecology of different plant species –mostly from Northern Europe and Russia. However, since the original publication was in Russian,…

Plant Science Research Weekly: April 24th

Reviews: The physiology of plant responses to drought, and forests and drought ($) The increasing global population causes an increasing need for food, but the changing climate means increasing drought occurrences. The April 17 2020 special issue of Science focusses on drought and its effects on…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Daniel Solymosi

Daniel Solymosi, first author of Cytochrome cM decreases photosynthesis under photomixotrophy in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Current Position: PhD student in the Photosynthetic Microbes research group, Molecular Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Finland Education: BSc…

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Keylla Bicalho

Keylla Bicalho, co-first author of A Seed-Specific Regulator of Triterpene Saponin Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Metabolomics Core – VIB/UGent, Gent, Belgium Education: PhD and MSc in Organic Chemistry – Natural Products at Federal University…

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Elia Lacchini

Elia Lacchini, co-first author of A Seed-Specific Regulator of Triterpene Saponin Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula Current Position: Postdoctoral scientist, VIB-UGENT Center for Plant System Biology, Ghent Belgium Education: B.Sc. Crops and Plant Sciences, University of Milan, Italy; M.Sc. Plant,…

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Bianca Ribeiro

Bianca Ribeiro, co-first author of A Seed-Specific Regulator of Triterpene Saponin Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium Education: PhD in Biochemistry and Biotechnology at Ghent University, Belgium; MSc in Genetics and Plant Breeding…

Branch Formation (or Not) in the Leaf Axil

Li et al. report a regulatory module that controls the initiation of axillary meristems, thereby determining plant branching. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00012 By Yu Li and Yunhai Li State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, CAS Centre for Excellence in Molecular…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Adrien Burlacot

Adrien Burlacot, first author of Membrane inlet mass spectrometry at the crossroads of photosynthesis, biofuel and climate research Current Position: Post Doc, Biosciences and Biotechnology Institute of Aix-Marseille Education: PhD in Plant Science, Aix-Marseille University Non-scientific Interests:…

Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Justine Sucher

Justine Sucher, first author of Phylotranscriptomics of the Pentapetalae reveals frequent regulatory variation in local plant responses to the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow in Syngenta Education: PhD in molecular biology at UZH (Zürich University),…