Jitka Ortmannová, co-first author of Synergy among exocyst and SNARE interactions identifies a functional hierarchy in secretion during vegetative growth Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Education: PhD: Dept of Experimental Plant Biology,…

Michael Greer, first author of SEIPIN isoforms interact with the membrane-tethering protein VAP27-1 for lipid droplet formation Current Position: Senior Director of Operations at Willow Biosciences Inc. www.willowbio.com Education: BSc. Biochemistry (Honors.) - University of Lethbridge 2006; MSc.…

Changzhen Liu, first author of Oryza sativa RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase 6 Contributes to Double-strand Break Formation in Meiosis Current position: PhD Candidate of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Education: MSc in Developmental Biology…

Oldenkott et al. use evolution to their advantage by testing whether independently evolved RNA editors can reciprocally correct the errors of organellar transcripts. The Plant Cell (2020) https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00311. By Bastian Oldenkott and Mareike Schallenberg-Rüdinger, IZMB, University…

YES, you can submit a single PDF of your manuscript with your figures (and supplemental data) to The Plant Cell at first submission! We’ve realized that authors may not be aware of this, although it has been possible for some years. During submission you will notice that there are only two files…

  Plants have been a source of fundamental discoveries on the nature, organization, and function of cells, from the first description of cells to the dissection of the secretory system, and from insights into the role of the cytoskeleton and cell wall in morphogenesis to the discovery…

When I was a kid, I remember keeping a bottle of wite-out with my pens for the inevitable spelling mistake. Now, in the digital age, I either let my word processor autocorrect spelling errors or wait for the red squiggly line under suspicious words. On any given day, a single (plant) cell by far out-writes…

Storage and remobilization of sugar molecules play important roles for the growth and survival of living organisms. Besides a few exceptions, animals store carbohydrates in the form of soluble glycogen while green plants and algae bank glucans as insoluble starch. Starch forms the basis of human nutrition…