GARNet UK Plant Science Roundup

Saskia Hogenhout from the John Innes Centre discusses her labs recent paper in PLOS Pathogens titled ‘Phytoplasma SAP11 effector destabilization of TCP transcription factors differentially impact development and defence of Arabidopsis versus maize‘. We also briefly discuss her international collaborations working on Phytoplasma-Crop interactions.

Dr Paige Panter talks to GARNet about her PhD research conducted at the University of Durham. This paper is published in New Phytologist and is titled ‘MUR1-mediated cell-wall fucosylation is required for freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana‘. Paige is currently working with Antony Dodd in Bristol and some moving to the John Innes Centre! Good[...]

Janneke Balk from the John Innes Centre discusses a recent paper from PNAS titled ‘Arabidopsis BRUTUS-LIKE E3 ligases negatively regulate iron uptake by targeting transcription factor FIT for recycling‘. Thanks for discussion and good luck on gaining the follow-on funding for this exciting work! 9/10/19

Mike Bevan from the John Innes Centre talks to GARNet about a paper published in The Plant Cell titled ‘Variation in expression of the HECT E3 ligase UPL3 modulates LEC2 levels, seed size and crop yield in Brassica napus‘. Thanks very much to Mike for the discussion. 2/10/19

Fiona Belbin from the University of Bristol talks to GARNet about a paper published in Nature Communcations titled ‘Plant circadian rhythms regulate the effectiveness of a glyphosate-based herbicide‘. Good luck to Fiona defending her PhD thesis sometime soon…. 25/9/19

Dana MacGregor from Rothamsted Research talks to GARNet about a paper published in The Plant Journal titled ‘ICE1 and ZOU determine the depth of primary seed dormancy in Arabidopsis independently of their role in endosperm development‘. We also discussed the challenges of publishing research that was conducted a long time ago in a previous lab![...]

Michael Skelly from the University of Edinburgh talks to GARNet about a paper published in PNAS titled ‘A role for S-nitrosylation of the SUMO-conjugating enzyme SCE1 in plant immunity‘. Thanks Mike! 11/9/19

Charlotte Kirchhelle from the University of Oxford discusses her new paper published in Elife titled ‘Two mechanisms regulate directional cell growth in Arabidopsis lateral roots‘. Thanks to Charlotte for the fun discussion! 4/9/19

Welcome to the relaunch of the GARNet Community podcast! We aim to send out a short weekly podcast in which we chat to a researcher about a latest publication. These will be audio-only podcast without any associated YouTube video. Over the coming weeks we will discuss new papers with Charlotte Kirchelle at the University of[...]

John Christie discusses a recent paper just published in Plant Physiology entitled ‘De-etiolation Enhances Phototropism by Modulating NON-PHOTOTROPIC HYPOCOTYL 3 Phosphorylation Status‘.