CarboTag for live-imaging of plant cell walls
Plant Science Research WeeklyRecently, we have gained tremendous insights through live-cell imaging using fluorescent tags that bind specifically to various cellular components. Here, Besten et al. present a new set of cell wall-specific tags that bind specifically to cell walls and reveal selected wall properties. The authors developed…
Review: Integrating cellular electron microscopy with multimodal data to explore biology across space and time
Plant Science Research WeeklyFifty years ago (1974), Albert Claude, Christian de Duve, and George Palade were awarded the Nobel Prize for their discoveries on the structural and functional organization of the cell, which Claude eloquently framed by writing, “We have entered the cell, the mansion of our birth, and started the inventory…
Seeing clearly: Plant anatomy through Katherine Esau’s microscopy lens
Plant Science Research WeeklyThis is a fun and interesting paper that combines two threads, a historical overview of the many contributions of Katherine Esau to plant anatomy (many of you have her book on your shelf) and the historical advancements in microscopy. Geitmann weaves these threads together by putting Esau’s drawings…
High temperature and heredity
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJoke De Jaeger-Braet & Arp Schnittger, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Hamburg, Germany
De Jaeger-Braet and colleagues explore the effects of high temperatures on meiotic recombination in Arabidopsis.
Background: One of the hidden,…