Editorial: The challenge of the post-truth era Why do people persist in thinking that climate change is not happening, or that vaccines cause autism? Scientists need to find better ways to communicate about what we do. In this editorial from Nature Cell Biology, the authors point to the low science…

In response to shading, plants undergo a suite of developmental and physiological responses known as shade avoidance. In agricultural settings, dense planting can cause shade avoidance responses, thereby reducing yields due to changes in carbon allocation that favor stem elongation over seed, fruit,…

Global climate change is currently affecting the growth and photosynthetic capacities of microalgae, which are major contributors to carbon fixation on Earth. The consequences of global climate change have already had dramatic effects on aquatic ecology. For example, thermal changes have led to coral…

The plant endomembrane system is comprised of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the Golgi complex, trans-Golgi network (TGN), pre-vacuolar compartment (PVC) and vacuoles. The endomembrane system, by enabling protein modification and sorting, plays important roles in cell polarity, cytokinesis, cell wall…

The plant cortical microtubule array is a dynamic self-organizing structure that controls the mechanics of plant growth by guiding the deposition of wall materials. While much is known about the properties of individual microtubules, the mechanism by which plant cells organize the cortical array into…

Polyacetylenic lipids accumulate in various Apiaceae species after pathogen attack, suggesting 
that they are naturally occurring pesticides and potential targets for crop improvement. These chemicals are also of interest because they exhibit cytotoxic activity against human cancer cell lines and slow tumor…

Not every leaf of a plant is subjected to the same light intensity or quality in nature. As a consequence, plants have evolved multiple signaling pathways to transduce light‐related signals between different leaves. These systemic acclimation processes optimize the overall light perception of the…

Irene Garcia, first author of HCN regulates cellular processes through posttranslational modification of proteins by S-cyanylation Current Position: Distinguished Researcher at the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla) Seville, Spain. Education: PhD in Biological…