In analogy to water conducting cells in vascular plants' xylem, cell wall reinforcements and programmed cell death are used to facilitate water transport in Marchantia pegged rhizoids. An amazing paradigm of convergent evolution in land plants! More here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
37 Nobel Laureates & nearly 1,500 Scientists call on MEPs to support New Genomic Techniques (#NGTs). NGTs give farmers access to new drought-tolerant & nitrogen-efficient crops, helping to produce food more at lower environmental cost. Find out how you can help - www.weplanet.org/post/will-th...
Only a few hours remain before a crucial vote in the European Parliament, where the environment committee will decide whether to support reform of highly restrictive regulations about plant breeding. ...
Congratulations to @Terezatich @michaelatichas for being awarded ASPB travel fellowships to attend plant biology 2024 in Hawaii! Well done!
A suberized exodermis is required for tomato drought tolerance. Exciting, impactful work from the Brady lab and I’m delighted to have contributed to it! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Plant roots can respond to the environment by modifying cell type development. Here, the molecular pathways controlling root exodermal suberin are defined, as is its role in drought response. Modulati...
Interesting update on relationship between plant cell walls and cell cycle activity www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...
Plant cell walls are dynamic structures that play crucial roles in growth, development, and stress responses. Despite our growing understanding of cell wall biology, the connections between cell wall ...
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US NIH recommends $14k boost to postdoc salary to keep positions competitive. That's a ~25% increase. Sorely needed if academia wants to retain the talent needed to remain at the leading edge of the pursuit of knowledge. #AcademicSkywww.science.org/content/arti...
Plant cells know what type to be based on signals they receive from their neighbors. When you cut the root, existing cells rapidly replace the missing tissues, yet neighbors persist... We show that cells must transiently disconnect in order to regenerate. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Plant cell walls have been relevant for human survival throughout evolution, from cell walls recognised as an essential ingredient in human and livestock
