Category: The Plant Cell

Most macro-molecular components of plant cells (e.g., proteins, lipids, and even entire organelles) are subject to an ongoing process of recycling to both rejuvenate aging structures and optimize the allocation of cellular nutrients. A major recycling route is autophagy, which occurs under normal conditions…

Transposable Elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements and major constituents of eukaryotic chromosomes. TEs promote genetic and epigenetic variation within genomes and are a major source of evolutionary novelty and adaptation (Lisch, 2013). In plants, TEs represent from 20% of the genomic content in…

Tongwen Han, co-first author of Rice Circadian Clock Regulates Tiller Growth and Panicle Development Through Strigolactone Signaling and Sugar Sensing Education: M.Sc. in Sichuan Agriculture University; B.S. in Linyi University Non-scientific Interests: basketball, chess and cooking Brief Bio:…

Fang Wang, co-first author of Rice Circadian Clock Regulates Tiller Growth and Panicle Development Through Strigolactone Signaling and Sugar Sensing Current Position: Ph.D. Nanjing Agriculture University Education: Ph.D. and M.Sc. at Nanjing Agriculture University; B.S. at Shandong Agriculture University Non-scientific…

Zheng et al. demonstrate how monocot plants sense karrikin, a smoke-derived chemical. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00123 By J Zheng, K Hong, L Zeng, S Kang and G Xiong Background: Seedling emergence in rice depends mainly on mesocotyl elongation, which is precisely regulated by the…

Federico López Hernández, first author of Calcium binding by arabinogalactan polysaccharides is important for normal plant development Current Position: Research Scientist at Tropic Biosciences Education: B.Sc. in Biotechnology Engineering from Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education,…

Zhong-Qi Chen, first author of DNA Geminivirus Infection Induces an Imprinted E3 Ligase Gene to Epigenetically Activate Viral Gene Transcription Current Position:  Postdoctoral researcher, Vecter-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fujian, China Education: …

Christina Müdsam, co-first author of Vernalization Alters Sink and Source Identities and Reverses Phloem Translocation from Taproots to Shoots in Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) Current Position: Post-Doc, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department Biology, Division of Biochemistry,…