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…

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) has been likened to the manufacturing and packaging department of a factory, an action packed production area that distributes things to the rest of the cell. The ER does this by forming complex networks of tubules and cisternae that connect to other membranous organelles.…

Climate change is causing more extreme weather patterns and increasing challenges for agriculture. The unusually dry European summer of 2018 caused an 8% drop in cereal production (source: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/food-farming-fisheries/farming/documents/short-term-outlook-autumn-2018_en.pdf).…

Minxia Zou, first author of The auxin transport inhibitor targets villin-mediated actin dynamics to inhibit auxin transport Current Position: PhD candidate in College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University Education: Sept 2019 – now, Ph.D. candidate in Beijing Normal University; Sept 2011 –…

Jeh Haur Wong, first author of Mutation of a conserved motif of PP2C.D phosphatases confers SAUR immunity and constitutive activity Current Position: Postdoctoral associate, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Education: PhD, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan Non-scientific…

Magali Grison, first author of Plasma Membrane Receptor Like Kinases relocalise to plasmodesmata in response to osmotic stress Current position: CNRS Engineer Education: PhD in Plant Biology, University Of Bordeaux, France Non-scientific interest: Climbing, sailing, painting, and the history of…

Melanie Morales Fernández, first author of Malondialdehyde: Facts and Artifacts Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher of the Spanish Government Fellowship ‘Juan de la Cierva’ in the Research Group of Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Department of Biology, University of Balearic…