Magda Julkowska [email protected]   In response to stress, secondary messengers and rapid and reversible protein phosphorylation contribute to signaling cascades that generate unique signatures indicating stress type and severity. Activation of stress-induced signaling cascades…

Marcus Griffiths, first author of Targeting root uptake kinetics to increase plant productivity and nutrient use efficiency Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Root Phenomics lab headed by Dr. Larry York, Noble Research Institute, US Education: PhD in Plant & Crop Sciences at University…

Tuan Long, co-first author of RMS2 encoding a GDSL lipase mediates lipid homeostasis in anthers to determine rice male fertility Current Position: Research Director in Hainan Bolian Rice Gene Technology Co., Ltd. Education: Ph.D in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Huazhong Agricultural University Non-scientific…

Juan Zhao, co-first author of RMS2 encoding a GDSL lipase mediates lipid hemostasis in anthers to determine rice male fertility Current Position:  Ph.D candidate, State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI), Hangzhou, China Education: Master of biochemistry and…

María José Sánchez-Barrena, first author of Recognition and activation of the plant AKT1 potassium channel by the kinase CIPK23 Current Position: Associate Scientist, Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Institute “Rocasolano”, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain Education:…

When rays of light enter a plant cell, they find their way to the chlorophyll pigments located in the chloroplast. Chlorophyll molecules are embedded in the light reaction complexes photosystem I (PSI) and photosystem II (PSII), which capture and store the energy needed for carbon fixation in the Calvin…

Victoria Gastaldi, first author of Class I TCP transcription factors  activate  the  SAUR63 gene subfamily in gibberellin-dependent stamen  filament  elongation Current Position: PhD student at Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina Education: Bachelor's…

For the past two decades, glyphosate has been the most used herbicide worldwide, resulting in prolonged, extreme selection pressure for glyphosate-resistant (GR) weeds.  Glyphosate’s only target as a herbicide is 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), an enzyme of the shikimate pathway. …