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October 28 Plantae Presents: Eva Farré and Sonali Roy
This one-hour workshop hosted by the Women in Plant Biology Committee of the American Society of Plant Biologists, will cover the essentials in writing a research statement aimed at an R1 or R2 research-intensive university in the USA. This includes the typical structure, how to strategize and organize your research statements, and tips on writing your research statement. Join us on October 28 at 12pm CDT and register today!
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Plant Physiology Article of the Week: Botrytis Hypersensitive Response Inducing Protein 1 Triggers Non-canonical PTI to Induce Plant Cell Death
The spotlight is on Tanja Jeblick, Thomas Leisen, Christina E Steidele, Isabell Albert, Jonas Müller, Sabrina Kaiser, Florian Mahler, Frederik Sommer, Sandro Keller, Ralph Hückelhoven, Matthias Hahn, and David Scheuring. They demonstrate that the secreted Botrytis protein hypersensitive response inducing protein 1 activates plant defense to kill plant cells.
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The Plant Cell Article of the Week: The Phytophthora sojae Nuclear Effector PsAvh110 Targets a Host Transcriptional Complex to Modulate Plant Immunity
The spotlight is on Xufang Qiu, Liang Kong, Han Chen, Yachun Lin, Siqun Tu, Lei Wang, Zhiyuan Chen, Mengzhu Zeng, Junhua Xiao, Peiguo Yuan, Min Qiu, Yan Wang, Wenwu Ye, Kaixuan Duan, Suomeng Dong, and Yuanchao Wang. Their work shows that the Phytophthora sojae nuclear effector PsAvh110 suppresses the transcriptional activity of the GmLHP1-2/GmPHD6 complex by disrupting its formation, resulting in reduced expression of immunity genes.
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Plant Direct Article of the Week: Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in the Developing Wheat Seed Coat Investigated by Chemical and RNA-Seq Analysis
The spotlight is on Simon P. Vaughan, John M. Baker, Lucia F. Primavesi, Archana Patil, Robert King, Keywan Hassani-Pak, Satish Kulasekaran, Jane Coghill,J ane L. Ward, Alison K. Huttly, and Andrew L. Phillips. They We carried out RNA-Seq followed by differential expression analysis from dissected tissues of developing grain from red- and white-grained near-isogenic lines differing in the presence of an active R gene that encodes a MYB transcription factor involved in control of PA biosynthesis.
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.CHANGING CULTURES AND CLIMATES
The mission of Changing Cultures and Climates is to provide information that supports and promotes diversity, inclusivity, and equity in the international plant science community so that it grows to more accurately reflect that of our larger, global society.
How Well-intentioned White Male Physicists Maintain Ignorance of Inequity and Justify Inaction
A new preprint analyzes interviews with 27 self-identified progressive white-male physics faculty and graduate students discussing race and gender in physics. It identifies three overarching themes, demonstrating how highly intelligent, well-intentioned people of privilege maintain their power and privilege despite their own intentions: 1) Denying inequity is physically near them, 2) Locating causes of inequity in large societal systems over which they have little influence and 3) Justifying inaction. The article ends with recommendations for helping people to engage the power they hold to better work with women and people of color in disrupting inequity in physics.
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Ten Simple Rules for Successfully Supporting First-generation/Low-income (FLI) Students in STEM
Research shows that first-generation and/or low-income (FLI) students offer robust life experiences and are innovative, collaborative, community-oriented, and creative. Educators must be ready to support them through asset-based approaches to improve FLI STEM student retention. This paper offers 10 simple rules for successfully supporting FLI STEM undergraduate students, informed by research as well as the authors' experiences as education researchers, practitioners, and former FLI students. These recommendations will be helpful for mentors, advisors, professors, or anyone in a supportive role for FLI undergraduate students in STEM fields.
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Recognizing Plant Physiology Authors
Meet Shan Jiang, co-first author of "An SNW/SKI-INTERACTING PROTEIN Influences Endoreduplication and Cell Growth in Arabidopsis." She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China) where her PhD research mainly focused on revealing the molecular mechanisms of endoreduplication control in Arabidopsis. She hopes to solve important scientific questions in the field of organ size control and provide candidate gene resources for improving agronomic performance of crops.
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Recognizing The Plant Cell Authors
Meet Jakub Dolata, co-first author of "Chromatin-Associated Microprocessor Assembly is Regulated by the U1 snRNP Auxiliary Protein PRP40." Jakub is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. His Ph.D. work was on the connection between splicing and transcription in Arabidopsis and then moved to Cold Spring Harbor to work on small RNAs and RNA modifications. He is continuing work on this subject, starting his own lab at his home. Jakub enjoys hiking and home renovation in his free time.
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Recognizing Plant Direct Authors
Meet Enzo Ariel Perk, co-first author of "The Isothiocyanate Sulforaphane Induces Respiratory Burst Oxidase Homologue D-dependent Reactive Oxygen Species Production and Regulates Expression of Stress Response Genes.” Enzo is a Ph.D. student in Biological Sciences at the National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina studying the role of Phospholipase C in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and its relation with biotic stress, using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology. When not studying or working in the lab, Enzo enjoys sports, politics, reading and spend time with family and friends.
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.PLANTAE JOBS
The Plantae Job Center offers job seekers and employers a great resource for finding the right match of people to careers. Job seekers get free access to a searchable list of jobs specific to science careers, as well as access to the Mentoring Center and to a list of available internships. Employers who post a job get access to over 500 searchable profiles of job seekers. With over 140,000 unique page views in 2020, the Plantae Job Center is your resource for finding your next opportunity or your next hire. Below are just a few of the jobs currently listed on the site.
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.PLANT SCIENCE EVENTS
For plant science events, make sure to check out the Global Plant Science Events Calendar. Also, check the calendar for the latest cancellations and postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as webinars and online events you can join.
.FROM THE FIELD
Essential Amino Acids in the Plant-Conserved and Class-Specific Regions of Cellulose Synthases
From Plant Psychology
The Plant-Conserved Region (P-CR) and the Class-Specific Region (CSR) are two plant-unique sequences in the catalytic core of cellulose synthases (CESAs) for which specific functions have not been established. Here, we used site-directed mutagenesis to replace amino acids and motifs within these sequences predicted to be essential for assembly and function of CESAs.
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Plant Turns Suspected Crop Pest Into Pollinator
From Science
The agricultural pests known as plant bugs can be a farmer's worst enemy. These winged insects — the size of a pea or smaller — suck the sap from apples, lettuce, and other crops, causing millions of dollars in damages globally each year. A Costa Rican flower has turned this foe into friend, however, according to a new study.
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Study Sheds Light on Leave Traits, Productivity of C4 Bioenergy Crops
From University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment via ScienceDaily
A study led by researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) improves understanding of leaf functional relationships and provides valuable new information for scientists modeling the productivity of C4 bioenergy crops. The research team found that miscanthus and sorghum — both C4 plant species — occupy a distinct niche of the leaf economics spectrum (LES), with greater photosynthetic rates and nitrogen use efficiency than more common C3 plants.
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Quantifying the Impact of Urbanization on Gross Primary Production
From Journal of Remote Sensing via Phys.org
With more than half of the world's population living in urban areas and urban areas continuing to expand, the role of urban vegetation in carbon sequestration becomes more important. A common assumption about the gross primary production (GPP) of vegetation — a measure of the amount of carbon captured by vegetation — is that it would decrease as urban areas increased, as more concrete, asphalt and other impervious surfaces would mean fewer trees, bushes and other plants.
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This Carnivorous Plant Has a Rain-Powered Trap
Scientific American
Carnivorous plants' peculiar strategies for snagging live prey have long captured the public imagination. But even within this strange group, in which food-trapping mechanisms have evolved multiple times independently, some oddities stand out. For example, the visually striking pitcher plant Nepenthes gracilis, native to Southeast Asia, can harness falling rain's energy to ambush animals. A new study in Biology Letters demonstrates how the structure of the plant's pitcher component, itself a modified leaf, makes the unusual strategy work.
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Scientists Discover a Previously Unknown Plant Mechanism — and Its Impact Could be Enormous
From SciTechDaily
A previously unidentified mechanism for reprogramming gene expression during the transition when one cell differentiates into another has been uncovered by Albert Cairó, Karel Riha, and their colleagues. The mechanism occurs at the conclusion of meiosis, a specialized cell division required for sexual reproduction, and allows germ cells and pollen to differentiate.
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Direct Delivery and Fast-Treated Agrobacterium Co-Culture (Fast-Tracc) Plant Transformation Methods for Nicotiana Benthamiana
From Nature
Cryptochromes are blue light receptors that mediate circadian rhythm and magnetic sensing in various organisms. A typical cryptochrome consists of a conserved photolyase homology region domain and a varying carboxyl-terminal extension across species. The structure of the flexible carboxyl-terminal extension and how carboxyl-terminal extension participates in cryptochrome's signaling function remain mostly unknown. In this study, we uncover the potential missing link between carboxyl-terminal extension conformational changes and downstream signaling functions.
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