Category: Plant Physiology

Eva Reimer-Michalski, co-first author of Isolation of Open Chromatin Identifies Regulators of Systemic Acquired Resistance Current Position: Project manager and scientific staff at the Projektträger Jülich (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) Education: PhD in Plant Epigenetics, Biochemistry…

Stephani Baum, co-first author of Isolation of Open Chromatin Identifies Regulators of Systemic Acquired Resistance Current Position: Project manager at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany Education: PhD in Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the group of Prof. Dr. Uwe Conrath at RWTH Aachen;…

Xiaojing Yan, first author of METHIONINE SYNTHASE 1 Is Involved in Chromatin Silencing by Maintaining DNA and Histone Methylation Current Position: Research assistant Education: 2010.9-2016.6 China Agricultural University | Ph.D. of Science, Major: Phytology; 2005.9-2009.7 Shanxi University | Bachelor…

Jing Che, first author of A vacuolar phytosiderophore transporter alters accumulation of iron and zinc in polished rice grain Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan Education: Ph.D. in Plant Nutrition, Institute of Soil…

Plants may appear to be sitting ducks to whatever pest, pathogen or bad weather assaults them, but they are far from defenseless. In fact, plants are artful masters of war, armed with elaborate physical and chemical defense systems. But, in many cases, optimizing growth and defense is like running a…

Kevin Goslin, first author of Differential N-end rule degradation of RIN4/NOI fragments generated by the AvrRpt2 effector protease Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Plant Developmental Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Education: PhD in Maynooth University, MSc in Trinity College,…

Brassinosteroids (BRs) have come a long way since their first identification in 1979 as pollen-derived, growth-promoting hormones. Multiple studies have demonstrated roles for BRs in the control of cell elongation, pollen fertility, root architecture, seed germination, stomatal patterning, vascular development,…

Vesicle trafficking is indispensable, playing critical roles in plant growth, development, and stress responses, and trafficking to the plasma membrane is an important contributor to cell expansion and cell wall remodeling (reviewed in Lipka et al., 2007; Grefen and Blatt, 2008). Vesicle budding, trafficking…