The Plant Cell

Li et al. discover that HY5 and TZP, two factors helping plants respond to far-red light, mutually upregulate each other by distinct mechanisms in transmitting the far-red light signal. The Plant Cell (2021)  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab254 By Cong Li, Lijuan Qi and Jigang Li Background:…

Guo-Ling “Gillian” Nan, co-first author of "A cascade of bHLH-regulated pathways program maize anther development" Current Position: Life Science Research Professional, Stanford University, USA Education: PhD in Horticulture at University of Hawaii at Manoa, MSc in Botany at National Taiwan…

Chong Teng, co-first author of "A cascade of bHLH-regulated pathways program maize anther development" Current Position: Research Scientist, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA Education: Undergraduate degree in Biology at Chinese Agriculture University (CAU) and PhD in Genetics from Dr.…

Zhou and colleagues dissect the transcriptional response of maize seedlings to cold and heat stress and explore to what extent gene expression can be predicted from cis-regulatory motifs in promoters by employing machine learning approaches By Peng Zhou, University of Minnesota Background: Plants…

This webinar was held, January 25, 2022 About This Webinar In January 2022, The Plant Cell presents a Focus Issue on Cell Biology. In this Focus Issue, we go back to the “roots” of the journal, and the basis for its name, turning our attention to the many fascinating facets of plant cell biology.…

Zhao et al. demonstrate the dynamic evolutionary processes of self-incompatibility in angiosperms.  By Hong Zhao and Yongbiao Xue, State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, and the Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy…

Shan Jiang, first author of "The UBP14-CDKB1; 1-CDKG2 cascade controls endoreduplication and cell growth in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China). Education: Bachelor’s degree in…

Ostermeier et al. introduce AncM, a new factor for structuring the photosynthetic membrane system in cyanobacteria. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab253 By Matthias Ostermeier, Steffen Heinz and Jörg Nickelsen at Molecular Plant Science at LMU Munich Background: Cyanobacteria are…