Category: Research

Arribas-Hernández et al. find that the N6-methyladenosine RNA binding proteins ECT2, ECT3, and ECT4 are required for the correct timing of leaf formation and correct leaf and trichome morphogenesis. Plant Cell (2018). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00833. By Laura Arribas-Hernández Background:…

Christina Maria Franck, first author of The protein phosphatases ATUNIS1 and ATUNIS2 regulate cell wall integrity in tip-growing cells Current Position: Post-Doctoral position at the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich (Switzerland) Education: PhD in Botany, University…

By Dario Leister Applications of synthetic biology to photosynthesis currently range from exchanging photosynthetic proteins to the utilization of photosynthesis as a source of electrons for entirely unrelated reactions. Oxygenic photosynthesis is imperfect and the evolutionarily conditioned patchwork…

Rachel Shahan, first author of Consensus co-expression networks provide insights into wild strawberry flower and fruit development Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Biology Department, Duke University Education: PhD in molecular genetics at the University of Maryland (2018), BS in Biology…

Koskela and Brünje et al. identified a chloroplast protein acetyltransferase, which is required for the regulation of light harvesting in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell (2018) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.18.00155. by Minna M. Koskela, Annika Brünje, Iris Finkemeier, Paula Mulo   Background: Plants…

Source: Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Published: 2018-07-09 http://www.cas.cn/syky/201807/t20180704_4657120.shtml Translation by Google Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) on plant cell membranes recognize some of the conserved molecular patterns derived from pathogens that…

9:07:18 | Editor: Marc Platthaus From Neue Erkenntnis zur Fotosynthese entdeckt Translated by Google. The conversion of carbon dioxide and sunlight into energy (or biomass) and oxygen: hardly any process is as crucial to life on earth as photosynthesis. Although the process has been studied extensively…

Yuanyuan Zhang, first author of An ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR-MYB Transcription Complex Regulates Furaneol Biosynthesis by Activating QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE Expression in Strawberry Current Position: PhD student in the Institute of Fruit Science, Zhejiang University, China; graduating September 2018 Education:…