Plant Physiology

Lignin is a complex polymer deposited in plant cell walls that provides mechanical support and facilitates the transport of water and solutes through the vascular system, and aids in plant defense. Lignin waterproofs plant cells by providing a hydrophobic environment by chemical bonding with cellulose…

Author: Skelton, Robert Paul [email protected] Institution: Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720. Burying one’s head in the sand is usually synonymous with avoiding an issue, but in this volume of Plant Physiology Colombi et al. (2019)…

Niankui Li, co-first author of A sequence-indexed Mutator insertional library for maize functional genomics study Current Position: Ph.D. Student. Molecular & Environmental Plant Sciences, Texas A&M University, USA Education: Master of Agronomy, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China…

Lei Liang, co-first author of A sequence-indexed Mutator insertional library for maize functional genomics study Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate. State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, National Maize Improvement Center, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural…

Maja Schuster, fist author of Limited Responsiveness of Chloroplast Gene Expression during Acclimation to High Light in Tobacco Current Position: Phd student, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany Education: B.Sc. in Life Science with focus on Biochemistry and M.Sc. in Bioinformatics Non-scientific…

The phytohormone auxin plays critical roles in various plant developmental programs by controlling cell expansion and polarity, as well as organ patterning. Auxin action relies on polar transport through different plant tissues. Auxin transport inhibitors are important tools for understanding auxin-dependent…

Plasmodesmata are membranous pores that span the plant cell wall creating both cytoplasmic and membrane continuums between cells. By interconnecting most cells throughout the entire plant body, plasmodesmata form a symplastic network that supports and controls the movement of molecules from cell to cell,…

Jing Fan, first author of CircRNAs are involved in the rice-Magnaporthe oryzae interaction Current Position: Associate Professor, Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, China Education: 2010, Ph.D. in Botany, Chongqing University, China; 2005, B.S. in Bioengineering, Chongqing…