Category: Research

The sub-functionalization and neo-functionalization of duplicated MADS-domain containing transcription factor coding genes has driven angiosperm evolution. These transcription factors control almost every facet of reproductive development in plants and are key breeding targets for crop yield improvement.…

Robert Skelton1 1 Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94707. Stems of land plants provide mechanical support and long-distance transport of water and carbohydrates. Although it has long been recognized that plant stems can also store water, it remains…

https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00663 Mikulski et al. find that the PWO chromatin regulator interacts with a structural component of the nuclear periphery.  By Pawel Mikulski, Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK Background: DNA is wrapped around histone proteins forming…

Haihai Wang, co-first author of Maize VKS1 Regulates Mitosis and Cytokinesis during Early Endosperm Development Current Position: Associate Researcher, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese…

For the past 10 years, a popular method to study global gene expression changes has been RNA sequencing of bulk tissues. However, an inherent limitation of this approach is the confounding of multiple cell types or multiple developmental stages. By contrast, new technologies enable transcriptional profiling…

Gen Che, co-first author of A functional allele of CsFUL1 regulates fruit length through inhibiting CsSUP and auxin transport in cucumber  Current position: PhD student, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University Education: B.S. in horticulture, China Agricultural University Non-scientific…

Li Jiang, c0-first author of A functional Allele of CsFUL1 Regulates Fruit Length Through Inhibiting CsSUP and Auxin Transport in Cucumber Current Position: Assistant Professor, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China Education: PhD in Vegetable Sciences (2010-2015),…

Jianyu Zhao, co-first author of A functional allele of CsFUL1 regulates fruit length through inhibiting CsSUP and auxin transport in cucumber Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Prof. Weng’s Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI Education: PhD in Vegetable Sciences (2012-2017),…