Category: The Plant Cell

Zhongshou Wu, co-first author of "The N-terminally truncated helper NLR NRG1C antagonizes immunity mediated by its full-length neighbors NRG1A and NRG1B" Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Steven Jacobsen’s group at University of California, Los Angeles, USA Education: PhD, University…

Ma et al. demonstrate that plant membrane nanodomains condense formin for actin remodeling during pathogen infection. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab261 By Zhiming Ma and Yansong Miao School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Background: When bacterial…

By Sydney G. Duncombe, Samir Grama Chethan, Charles T. Anderson, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA   Duncombe and colleagues apply the latest in imaging techniques to follow the paths of cellulose biosynthesis complexes along the plasma membrane…

Eva Laura von der Heyde, first author of "Molecular and cellular dynamics of early embryonic cell divisions in Volvox carteri" Current Position: Doctoral student in the department of Cellular and Developmental Biology of Plants at Bielefeld University, Germany Education: B.Sc. in Biology (Bielefeld…

Tran et al. found that outer membrane vesicles produced by plant pathogenic bacterium could trigger plant immune responses through the interactions with the plant plasma membrane. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab276 By Tuan Minh Tran 1,2 and Yansong Miao 1 School of Biological…

Yang Gao, first author of "Chloroplast translational regulation uncovers nonessential photosynthesis genes as key players in plant cold acclimation" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the research group of Translational Regulation in Plants headed by Dr. Reimo Zoschke at the Max Planck Institute…

Yang et al. reveal the coordination between stomatal development and cuticle formation. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab260 By Shao-Li Yang and Chin-Min Kimmy Ho Background: The plant epidermis is composed of functionally specialized cells, such as the valves on the leaf surface known…

Dongbei Guo, co-first author of “CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSER OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES 5 is an RNA-binding protein controlling plant immunity via RNA processing complex” Current Position: M.S. candidate, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, China Education: B.S. in Bioengineering,…