Category: Research

Review: In vitro analytical approaches to study plant ligand-receptor interactions It seems every other paper shows a nice diagram of a signaling cascade that includes a receptor interacting with its ligand. However, sometimes these diagrams are little more than speculation or guesswork. It’s not…

When seeds germinate underground, the emerging seedlings must push upward through the soil to reach sunlight and begin photoautotrophic growth.  As the hypocotyl emerges from the seed, mechanical pressure against the soil induces production of ethylene, which accumulates and promotes hypocotyl curling.…

Miaoquan Song, first author of OsNAR2.1 interaction with OsNIT1 and OsNIT2 functions in root-growth responses to nitrate and ammonium Current Position: PhD student of Nanjing Agriculture University Education: 2013-2020, PhD student, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural…

Ansul Lokdarshi, first author of Light activates the translational regulatory GCN2 kinase via reactive oxygen species emanating from the chloroplast Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Education: Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry & Cellular…

Mandáková et al. investigate genome evolution and frequent centromere repositioning in the tribe Arabideae The Plant Cell (2020). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00557 By Martin A. Lysak, CEITEC, Masaryk University, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic. Background: The centromere is a chromosomal structure…

Shreya Agrawal, first author of The Functions of Chloroplast Glutamyl-tRNA in Translation and Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Section of Biomolecular Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Education: Ph.D. in Plant Physiology,…

Ourania Lantzouni, first author of GROWTH-REGULATING FACTORS interact with DELLAs and regulate growth in cold stress Current Position: Seeking a new challenge. Education: PhD studies at Technical University of Munich, Germany (2013- today); MSc Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology at Newcastle…

Lauren Jenkins, first author of A General Method for Quantification and Discovery of Acyl Groups Attached to Acyl Carrier Proteins in Fatty Acid Metabolism using LC-MS/MS Current Position: Senior lab technician, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America Education: B.S.…