Van Cam Nguyen: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Van Cam Nguyen, first author of "Distinctly localized lipid phosphate phosphatases mediate endoplasmic reticulum glycerolipid metabolism in Arabidopsis"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Plant Lipid Research Team, Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), RIKEN Yokohama, Japan
Education: Ph.D.,…
A cellular transporter controlling the uptake, effectiveness and side effects of chemicals that prime plant immunity
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellTao et al. identify the transporter for beta amino acids that induce priming in plants. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac271
By Jurriaan Ton & Chia-Nan Tao, University of Sheffield
Background: Specific chemicals can induce long-lasting disease resistance in plants. These chemicals act by…
Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková: The Plant Cell Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, first author of "SMC5/6 complex-mediated SUMOylation stimulates DNA-protein crosslink repair in Arabidopsis"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Education:…
Getting rid of noise in sequencing data
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKlasfeld, Roulé, and Wagner develop a user-friendly tool to get rid of artifacts in chromatin immunoprecipitation data. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac282
Doris Wagner, Samantha Klasfeld and Thomas Roulé
Background Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) and other…
Nam V. Hoang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Nam V. Hoang, first author of "The Gynandropsis gynandra genome provides insights into whole-genome duplications and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in Cleomaceae"
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Education: PhD in Plant Genomics at The University…
Co-transcriptional processing of microRNA precursors
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellStepien et al. explore how an auxiliary U1 snRNP protein interacts with RNA polymerase II to regulate co-transcriptional processing of microRNAs. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac278
Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single-stranded, usually 21-nt-long, RNAs that regulate basic developmental processes…
Linhan Sun: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Linhan Sun, first author of "Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots"
Name: Linhan Sun
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Education: B.S. in…
Leaving the boundary behind to make a new branch
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellNicolas et al. explore the mechanisms regulating CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON expression in axillary meristem initiation. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac269
Antoine Nicolasa,b and Patrick Laufsa
a Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000, Versailles,…
Less is more against drought in wheat
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMei, Chen, Mao and colleagues harness the power of GWAS to identify gain-of-function allele of TaDTG6-B, which directly activates TaPIF1 transcription and ameliorates drought tolerance. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac248
Background: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is produced in arid and semi‐arid…