The Other Giant: Functional Significance and Divergence of Type I MADS-Box Genes in the Evolution of Land Plants Abstract. Angiosperms represent the most abundant and diverse lineage of land plants, and their evolutionary success is closely linked to major reproductiv

I am delighted to share our review on MADS-box genes! Supported by Claudia @claudiakohler11.bsky.social, we attempt to summarize (nearly) everything currently known about Type I MADS-box genes. Let's have fun in the MADS world and check out the fruitful giants!
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Mystery of quinine biosynthesis solved For centuries, the process by which the cinchona tree produces its valuable alkaloids, including the life-saving quinine used to treat malaria, was shrouded in mystery. Now, a research team from the M...

The process by which the cinchona tree produces quinine has been elucidated. In a new study published in @nature.com, researchers from the @oconnorlab.bsky.social and the @universityofga.bsky.social unveil the biosynthetic pathway behind this 400-year-old secret.
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How I turned online misogyny about my PhD into momentum for my career A simple celebratory post about completing my PhD went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how I managed the backlash and used the attention to promote my research.

A simple celebratory post about completing my PhD went viral for all the wrong reasons. Here’s how I managed the backlash and used the attention to promote my research, says Juliet Turner

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Two scientists in lab coats analyzing plant samples in a greenhouse filled with yellow flowers.

📢New paper alert:
🍄 Friendly #fungi hijack #plant regulator to promote #symbiosis - study uncovers #mechanism that helps fungi to colonize plant #roots
👉 Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@an-pocheng.bsky.social @carogutj.bsky.social

Very happy to share our preprint, identifying a noncanonical P gene mRNA editing in Cedar virus. This paper demonstrates how being open to the unexpected and collaborating can lead to fascinating discoveries!

Special report: State of the climate, a planet on the brink | Plantae This is the last edition of PSRW before the new year. Although we have spent the past year celebrating the breakthroughs in plant science, I am going to end on a more sober note…

"Through choices in policy, investment, education, & care for one another and the Earth, we can still create a turning point. It begins by embracing our shared humanity & recognizing the profound interconnectedness of all life on the planet."
Highlighting a great article
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A Leishmania virulence factor harnesses an allosteric kinase switch to regulate its ubiquitin ligase activity Stringent control of ubiquitylation is a central requirement of signaling specificity in eukaryotes. Here, we discover a domain module integrating pro…

Allosteric activation of a ubiquitin ligase by an internal kinase domain! Congratulations to our team member Thornton Fokkens for this fascinating discovery in a neglected disease area with strong therapeutic need. Many thanks to all our great collaborators!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

One-step nanoscale expansion microscopy reveals individual protein shapes - Nature Biotechnology Combining expansion microscopy with super-resolution radial fluctuations captures the morphology of single proteins.

Combining expansion microscopy with super-resolution radial fluctuations captures the morphology of single proteins go.nature.com/3Y1FD8M
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Happy that I could contribute a tiny part to this amazing collaborative effort.

A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle - Nature Plants This study presents an extensive single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle that represents ten distinct developmental time points inclusive of six diverse organs.

From a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond!
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...