The Dynamic Transcriptome: Using Clustered Time Points to Tease Apart Rice Tiller Angle Control
Blog, The Plant Cell, The Plant Cell: In BriefGiven the importance of branch angle in determining overall plant form, we know surprisingly little about how those angles are controlled. Branch angle clearly has genetic underpinnings but also responds strongly to light and gravity, as well as to water availability and other stimuli (reviewed in Roychoudhry…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Katherina Schiessl
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesKatharina Schiessl, first author of MtNODULE ROOT1 and MtNODULE ROOT2 are essential for indeterminate nodule identity
Current position: Research Associate at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, UK
Education: PhD, John Innes Centre
Non-scientific interests: Sports
Brief bio: I am…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Dandan Qian
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesDandan Qian, first author of OsDer1 is an ER-associated protein degradation factor that responds to ER stress in rice
Current Position: Research Associate, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Education: PhD in Developmental biology at the Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy…
Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Kevin Magne
Blog, Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesKévin Magne, first author of MtNODULE ROOT1 and MtNODULE ROOT2 are essential for Medicago truncatula indeterminate nodule identity
Current Position: Post doc, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research
Education: Ph.D., Biology, University…
Arabidopsis thaliana-associated Pseudomonas diversity and evolution
Plant Science Research WeeklyThere is not much available information regarding the evolutionary aspects of one of the most studied pathosystem in plant biology: Arabidopsis thaliana and Pseudomonas. Karazov et al. performed various surveys in Arabidopsis wild populations, for the detection and characterization of their associated…
Auxin regulates shoot stem cells
Plant Science Research WeeklyAuxin and cytokinin play critical roles in determination of cell fate in the shoot apical meristem (SAM). Until now auxin's role was thought to be confined to the peripheral zone (PZ), promoting cell differentiation and organogenesis, mediated by AR5/MP. However, studies using GC-MS have shown the presence…
Co-expression networks for strawberry flower and fruit development
Plant Science Research WeeklyThe diploid strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is a useful model system for understanding non-climacteric ripening and seed-to-fruit cross-tissues communication. Previously, spatial and temporal transcriptome data from the strawberry fruit and flowers was generated. Shahan and colleagues combine the transcriptome…
Review: Applying synthetic biology and genetic engineering to photosynthesis
Plant Science Research WeeklyPhotosynthesis is a complex process that has the potential to be greatly improved through human modifications. However, these modifications have been limited by two main factors: the high degree of conservation of the components, and the multiprotein complexes that require specifically modified proteins…
What We're Reading: July 20th
WWR Full PostThis week we have a short edition as the editor and many of the contributors have been busy at the Plant Biology meeting in Montréal, Canada. This was a hugely successful conference by all accounts. You can get a glimpse of it from the level of activity on Twitter - see #PlantBio18. Besides great scientific…