Plant Physiology

Ariel Hernán Tomassi, first author of The intrinsically disordered protein CARP9 bridges HYL1 to AGO1 in the nucleus to promote micro RNA activity Current Position: PhD fellow at Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina   Education: Ph.D. in Biological Sciences    Non-scientific…

Weiping Mo, first author of PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR-LIKE14 and SLENDER RICE1 interaction controls seedling growth under salt stress Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: B.S. from South China Agricultural University (SCAU), and…

Lena Maria Müller Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY, USA Nitrogen (N) is a critical element in plant nutrition and an important building block of amino acids, nucleic acids, and secondary metabolites. Roots take up N mainly in the form of nitrate (NO3-) and ammonium (NH4+). To feed a growing…

Maja Arsic, first author of Bio-imaging techniques reveal foliar phosphate uptake pathways and leaf phosphorus status Current Position: PhD student (University of Copenhagen and the University of South Australia) Education: Bachelor of Science (Advanced with Class I Honours), Griffith University…

Duncan Coleman, first author of The SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1 negatively regulates shoot regeneration Current Position: PhD Student, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo Education: MSc Biosciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan; BSc Biology, Biochemistry and Geography,…

Kate Johnson, first author of Xylem embolism spreads by single-conduit events in three dry forest angiosperm stems Current Position: PhD candidate, Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania Education: BSc and Hons from the University of Tasmania Non-scientific…

Kim L Johnson La Trobe Institute for Agriculture & Food, Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia Email: [email protected] At least some of the clothing you are wearing is likely made of cotton, and you are not alone. Cotton…

Sugars have a key role in numerous cellular processes, and thus their storage and distribution are tightly controlled to ensure appropriate access when needed. In plants, the vacuole is the major storage organelle. The tonoplast (vacuole membrane) contains various transporters that regulate sugar and…