Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Sam Wilson
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesSam Wilson, first author of Rethinking the influence of chloroplast movements on non-photochemical quenching and photoprotection
Current Position: PhD student, Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London
Education: BSc Biochemistry, Queen…
Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Amy Klocko
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesAmy Klocko, first author of RNAi of AGAMOUS genes in sweetgum alters reproductive organ identity and decreases fruit persistence
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Education: Bachelors…
Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Veder Garcia
The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: Author ProfilesVeder Garcia, first author of TRIPP is a Plant-specific Component of the Arabidopsis TRAPPII Membrane Trafficking Complex with Important Roles in Plant Development
Current Position: Scientist, Seer Inc. Redwood City, California, USA
Education:
BS Biological Sciences with Honors in Cell Biology…
MYB30 Regulates Photomorphogenesis via Interactions with Active Phytochromes and PIFs
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefMYB proteins are a group of transcription factors that are highly conserved in all vertebrates and were first implicated in avian myeloblastosis (leukemia). Subsequently, they were shown to be cellular proto-oncogenes that regulate production of blood cells in animals. MYB proteins contain a DNA-binding…
Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Zhongtao Jia
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesZhongtao Jia, first author of The root foraging response under low nitrogen depends on DWARF1-mediated brassinosteroid biosynthesis
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
Education: PhD in Molecular Plant…
Guard cell starch-derived glucose drives fast stomatal opening kinetics
Research, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFlütsch et al. examine how starch degradation and light-regulated membrane transport control stomatal opening kinetics.
Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00802
By Sabrina Flütsch and Diana Santelia
Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Background: Stomatal…
Ligand-induced monoubiquitination of BIK1 regulates plant immunity (Nature)
Plant Science Research Weekly
The plant immune system has been a keenly researched area in plant sciences in the past decade. Elicitors present in microbes are compounds that induce response from plants when under attack. These elicitors are conserved in many pathogens and are called microbe associated molecular patterns (MAMPs).…
Review: The bHLH network underlying plant shade-avoidance (Physiol. Plant.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyShade avoidance is a complex phenomenon in which plants avoid shade by altering their developmental program in various ways including early flowering, hypocotyl elongation, and more. Many photoreceptors and transcription factors (TFs) are involved in regulating shade avoidance, including the bHLH (basic…
Nutrient dose-responsive transcriptome changes driven by Michaelis–Menten kinetics underlie plant growth rates (PNAS)
Plant Science Research WeeklyPlants can increase their growth and biomass proportionately to an increase in nutrient dose and, conversely, their growth is limited by limiting nutrients. In this study, Swift et al. explored the molecular underpinnings of the nutrient dose-response phenomenon. The authors first show that nitrogen-dose…