Seeing Red: A UC San Diego Invention is Transforming the Way Scientists Track Genes UC San Diego biologists have created a transformative new way to monitor genes. The game-changing tool known as RUBY is an inexpensive, easy-to-use technology that allows researchers to visualize gene...

Profile of @plantphys.bsky.social EIC Yunde Zhao & RUBY reporter his lab developed; free for use in academic labs & classrooms. “RUBY is making a difference in so many ways because we opened it up to all of science".
"Fundamental research is crucial because it can lead to unexpected discoveries.”

Apoplastic barriers are essential for nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus Establishment of the apoplastic root barrier known as the Casparian strip occurs early in root development. In legumes, this area overlaps with nitrogen-fixing nodule formation, which raises the possi...

Finally!
Im so excited to present to culmination of many years of work from the fantastic Defeng Shen and some great collaborators. For details, I have made a digested thread below, but if you are more interested feel free to reach out (and read the paper of course).
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Elemental cryo-imaging reveals SOS1-dependent vacuolar sodium accumulation - Nature This study demonstrates that cryo nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (CryoNanoSIMS) enables direct multi-elemental imaging at subcellular resolution of macro- and micronutrients or trace elemen...

Very proud and happy to have contributed to this amazing story led by @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com 🧪

Update on the Structure and Regulated Biosynthesis of the Apoplastic Polymers Cutin and Suberin Abstract. The plant lipid polymers cutin and suberin play a critical role in many aspects of plant growth and development, and physiology. The mechanisms o

Update on the Structure and Regulated Biosynthesis of the Apoplastic Polymers #Cutin and #Suberin #plantscience

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My first post here! We’re looking for an enthusiastic plant developmentalist to join our team as a postdoc working on how this wonderful plant builds sexually deceptive flowers. Link here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49334/

Our News and Views article is out, 'Follow the calcium road: Conserved mechanisms of growth and development in Marchantia polymorpha'. Great experience to co-write with Jiawen Chen!
News and Views article: academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
Original research article: academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...