Circadian oscillations of cytosolic free calcium regulate the Arabidopsis circadian clock (Nature Plants)
Plant Science Research WeeklyThe circadian rhythm confers competitive advantages by coordinating the physiology and behavior of biological systems. The internal clock in eukaryote organisms comprises feedback loops, and in Arabidopsis most of them involve negative transcriptional regulation events as well as post-transciptional,…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Li Yu
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesLi Yu, first author of The patterned structure of galactoglucomannan suggests it may bind to cellulose in seed mucilage
Current Position: Research Associate at Department of Biochemistry and The Leverhulme Trust Centre for Natural Material Innovation, University of Cambridge, UK
Education: Ph.D.…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Ascensión Andres-Garrido
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesAscensión Andres-Garrido, first author of Chloroplast damage induced by the inhibition of fatty acid synthesis triggers autophagy in Chlamydomonas
CURRENT POSITION: Ph.D. student in Genetics Department, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
EDUCATION: Master’s Degree in Plant Breeding
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Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Luis Heredia-Martínez
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesLuis Heredia-Martínez, first author of Chloroplast damage induced by the inhibition of fatty acid synthesis triggers autophagy in Chlamydomonas
Current Position: Ph.D. student at the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla) Seville, Spain.
Education: Master…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Christian R. Boehm
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesChristian R. Boehm, first author of Recent advances and current challenges in synthetic biology of the plastid genetic system and metabolism
Current Position: Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany / Research Affiliate of the Centre for the Study…
Plant Cell Editor Profile: Joseph J. Kieber
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(Reprinted from The Plant Cell 10.1105/tpc.18.00110)
At the crux of understanding plant biology lies the intricate hormone circuitry coordinating morphological and physiological changes as plants grow and adapt to their environment. As a curious middle school student in Locust, New Jersey, Professor…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Jisheng Li
Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesJisheng Li, first author of Hydrogen sulfide disturbs actin polymerization via S-sulfhydration resulting in stunted root hair growth
Current Position: Associate professor, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, China
Education: Ph.D in Lanzhou University, China
Non-scientific…
A reductase of green leaf volatiles that affects indirect plant defences (Plant Physiol.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyGreen leaf volatiles (GLVs) are a set of six-carbon volatile molecules that are produced in response to wounding and herbivore activity and contribute to plant defences including indirect defences. As yet, the pathways involved in production and removal of GLVs are largely not known. Tanaka et al. identified…
Photosynthesis and circadian rhythms regulate the buoyancy of marimo lake balls (Curr. Biol.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyMarimo are aggregations of the filamentous green macroalga Aegagropila linnaei. They grow in lake beds in Japan, Iceland and Ukraine and are can rise to the lake surface after becoming buoyant. In this paper, Cano-Ramirez et al. showed that this movement is the product of the formation of air bubbles…