Plant Physiology

Michela Osnato, first author of Genes of the RAV family control heading date and carpel development in rice Current Position: science communication manager (@secretlifeofaplantbiologist), member of the Plantae fellow program Education: MS in Plant Biotechnology and PhD in Plant biology and crop productivity…

Sophia G. Zebell Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA Manipulation of ripening, the process that turns hard, flavorless green tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) into the juicy, aromatic red fruits enjoyed worldwide, is of particular commercial…

Robyn Roberts, first author of Molecular characterization of differences between the tomato immune receptors Flagellin sensing 3 and Flagellin sensing 2 Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute. Starting in August 2020 I will be an Assistant Professor at Colorado State…

Jishan Jiang, first author of Retrograde induction of phyB orchestrates ethylene-auxin hierarchy to regulate growth Current Position: Candidate for a tenure track faculty position, college of Grassland Science and Technology at China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: Ph.D; Forage…

Transcription factors (TFs) can be subject to multiple posttranslational modifications (PTMs) that affect protein stability, subcellular localization, interactions with corepressors and activators, and DNA binding activity of TFs, thereby influencing their regulatory activities on target genes. Recent…

Intrinsically disordered proteins lack a defined three-dimensional structure but often contain a simple amino acid composition with repeated  sequences that provide the basis for multivalent intermolecular interactions. Because of their unique structural flexibility, conformational adaptability, and…

Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases (LRR-RLK) are one of the largest gene families in  plants. Research over the past decade has implicated LRR-RLKs and their selective interactions with secreted peptide hormones in a myriad of developmental processes. A conserved LRR-RLK with a burgeoning list…

Programmed cell death (PCD) in plants is closely associated with a wide variety of biological processes, including cell differentiation, aleurone layer formation, tapetum degradation, leaf and fruit resistance, pathogen invasion and abiotic stresses. Plant PCD is a complex genetically programmed mechanism,…