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RURUTIA/?????Hank Bass talks to GARNetHank describes a recent paper published in the Journal of Cell Science entitled ‘Identification and characterization of genes encoding the nuclear envelope LINC complex in the monocot species Zea mays’. This paper also includes fellow INDEPTH member Katja Graumann from Oxford Brookes University.
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2019-01-2311 minRURUTIA/?????Daniel Gibbs talks to GARNetDaniel Gibbs discusses a recent paper published in Nature Communications entitled ‘Oxygen-dependent proteolysis regulates the stability of angiosperm polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit VERNALIZATION 2‘
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2019-01-0910 minRURUTIA/?????Malcolm Bennett talks to GARNetMalcolm Bennett discussed a recent publication in Science entitled ‘Root branching toward water involves posttranslational modification of transcription factor ARF7‘.
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2018-12-2812 minRURUTIA/?????GARNet talks to Ari SadanandomGARNet talked to Professor Ari Sadanandom from Durham University about a recent paper published in The Plant Cell entitled ‘SUMO Suppresses the Activity of the Jasmonic Acid Receptor CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1‘
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2018-09-0409 minRURUTIA/?????Jill Harrison talks to GARNetJill Harrison discusses a recent Current Biology paper entitled ‘CLAVATA Was a Genetic Novelty for the Morphological Innovation of 3D Growth in Land Plants‘
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2018-08-0611 minRURUTIA/?????Eirini Kaiserli talks GARNetEirini Kaiserli talks to GARNet about a recent open access paper in PNAS entitled ‘ZINC-FINGER interactions mediate transcriptional regulation of hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis‘.
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2018-05-0812 minRURUTIA/?????Ranjan Swarup talks to GARNetRanjan Swarup (University of Nottingham) discusses a couple of recent papers published in Nature Communications that describe the relationship between phosphate and auxin signaling in the roots of Arabidopsis and rice plants.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03851-3
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-03850-4
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2018-04-2311 minRURUTIA/?????Charles Melynk talks to GARNetCharles Melnyk discusses a new paper published in PNAS that describes the molecular events that occur during grafting. The paper is entitled ‘Transcriptome dynamics at Arabidopsis graft junctions reveal an intertissue recognition mechanism that activates vascular regeneration‘
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2018-03-0112 minRURUTIA/?????Henrik Jonsson and Benoit Landrien talk to GARNetHenrik Jonsson and Benoit Landrien discuss their new PNAS paper entitled ‘Nitrate modulates stem cell dynamics in Arabidopsis shoot meristems through cytokinins‘.
Grafting image taken from Charles Melynk
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2018-02-0708 minRURUTIA/?????Enrique Lopez-Juez (RHUL) talks to GARNetEnrique Lopez-Juez (Royal Holloway University of London) introduces a paper from that attempts to answer a critical question in plant science ‘Why do plants makes leaves in the dark‘?
http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/early/2017/12/28/pp.17.01730.long
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2018-01-1710 minRURUTIA/?????Devin O’Connor talks to GARNetDevin O’Connor discusses auxin, PINs and protein instrinic qualities during our discussion of his recent eLife paper entitled ‘Cross-species functional diversity within the PIN auxin efflux protein family’.
https://elifesciences.org/articles/31804
https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/oconnor-group
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2017-11-3011 minRURUTIA/?????Anthony Dodd talks to GARNetAnthony Dodd (Universit of Bristol) talks to GARNet about a recent paper published in Plant Physiology entitled ‘The energy-signalling hub SnRK1 is important for sucrose-induced hypocotyl elongation‘.
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2017-11-2411 minRURUTIA/?????Andrew Fleming talks to GARNetAndrew Fleming (University of Sheffield) talks to GARNet about a recent paper published in Current Biology entitled ‘Stomatal Opening Involves Polar, Not Radial, Stiffening Of Guard Cells’.
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/references/S0960-9822(17)3101
Andrew also talked to GARNet last year about a paper about stomatal evolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvRfzJwKEqo&t=68s
Andrew mentioned the excellent Plant Probes resource during the talk.
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2017-11-0209 minRURUTIA/?????Daniel Pass talks to GARNetDaniel Pass (Cardiff University) discusses his recent paper published in PLoS Genetics entitled ‘Genome-wide chromatin mapping with size resolution reveals a dynamic sub- nucleosomal landscape in Arabidopsis’. Dan highlights his Github page where the code for the novel graphics in this paper are held.
http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1006988
https://github.com/ChromatinCardiff/DanielPassProcessingPipelines
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2017-10-1610 minRURUTIA/?????Miriam Gifford talks to GARNetMiriam Gifford talks to GARNet about a recent Large Scale Biology paper in The Plant Cell entitled ‘Root architecture shaping by the environment is orchestrated by dynamic gene expression in space and time’.
http://www.plantcell.org/content/early/2017/09/11/tpc.16.00961
More on the eFP browser here: http://bar.utoronto.ca/efp/cgi-bin/efpWeb.cgi
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2017-10-0911 minRURUTIA/?????GARNet talks to Emily LarsonEmily Larson from the University of Glasgow talks clathrin, balloons and the publication process as part in our discussion about her recent Plant Physiology paper entitled ‘Clathrin Heavy Chain subunits coordinate endo- and exocytic traffic and affect stomatal movement‘.
http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Larson_170907b.mp3
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2017-09-1211 minRURUTIA/?????Veronica Grieneisen talks to GARNet!Veronica Grieneisen (John Innes Centre) shows much excitement for her science as we discuss a recent PNAS paper entitled ‘Auxin minimum triggers the developmental switch from cell division to cell differentiation in the Arabidopsis root’
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/08/17/1705833114.abstract
https://www.jic.ac.uk/directory/veronica-grieneisen/
http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Grieneisen_170904.mp3
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2017-09-0511 minRURUTIA/?????Lars Ostergaard talks to GARNetLars Ostergaard has an enthusuastic discussion with GARNet about his groups recent paper published in The Plant Cell entitled: Auxin-Induced Modulation of ETTIN Activity Orchestrates Gene Expression in Arabidopsis’.
http://www.plantcell.org/content/early/2017/08/13/tpc.17.00389
https://www.jic.ac.uk/directory/lars-ostergaard/
Find his discussion about a previous paper here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POWspYw6aXs
http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Ostergaard_170830.mp3
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2017-08-3110 minRURUTIA/?????Steven Spoel talks to GARNetSteven Spoel (University of Edinburgh and current GARNet chairman) talks to GARNet about a recent paper in PNAS entitled ‘Nucleoredoxin guards against oxidative stress by protecting antioxidant enzymes‘. Read more about Steven’s lab here.
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2017-08-1012 minRURUTIA/?????Anne Osterrieder talks to GARNetAnne Osterrieder speaks to GARNet about a recent paper published in JXB entitled ‘Stacks off tracks: a role for the golgin AtCASP in plant endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi apparatus tethering‘. Please listen here, on the GARNet YouTube channel or subscribe to GARNet on iTunes.
http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Ostereider_170720.mp3
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2017-07-2110 minRURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: July 18thThis weeks Arabidopsis Research Roundup includes four studies from around the UK. Firstly is a systems-level study of the drought response that includes Alessandra Devoto from RHUL as a co-author. Secondly Anne Osbourn’s group at the JIC investigates sesterterpenoid biosynthesis across plant species. Thirdly Paul Jarvis from Oxford University adds to this groups portfolio of research on the mechanisms that control thylakoid import. Finally Patrick Gallois (University of Manchester) provides further insight into the regulation of programmed cell death.
Kim JM, To TK et al (2017) Acetate-mediated novel survival strategy against drought in plants Nature Plants http:/?/?dx.?doi.?org/10.1038/np...
2017-07-1808 minRURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: July 3rd.The Arabidopsis Research Roundup returns this week with selection of publications from institutions across the UK. Firstly George Bassel (Birmingham) leads a study that investigates the integration of inductive signals in the embryonic root. Secondly a group from the Oxford Brookes plant science group look into the literal linkages between the golgi apparatus and ER. Thirdly John Christie (Glasgow) and co-workers define a new variant of the phototropin receptor. Next Caroline Dean and Martin Howard (John Innes Centre) collaborate on work that defines the relationship between FLC, COOLAIR and cell size. The fifth paper is led by members of SLCU...
2017-07-0311 minRURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: May 17thThis weeks Arabidopsis research roundup begins with a paper led by CPIB at the University of Nottingham that discovers a somewhat surprisingly mechanism controling Arabidopsis root hydrotropism. Next are two papers from the University of Leeds that firstly investigate how the JAGGED LATERAL ORGANS gene influences the auxin response and secondly looks at the role of redox regulation in the control of the cell cycle and seed development. Finally are two papers that look at different aspects of the plant pathogen interactions. Jonathan Jones from the John Innes Centre is a co-author on a paper that dissects the multiple gene...
2017-05-1709 minRURUTIA/?????Arabdopsis Research Roundup: May 11thThis weeks Arabidopsis Research Roundup is lead by two papers that characterise the relationship between cell size and growth in different Arabidopsis tissues. Firstly the lab of GARNet PI Jim Murray look at how the cell cycle influences cell size progression in the SAM whilst George Bassel’s group from Birmingham investigate cell growth within a developing embryo. Thirdly is a paper from the University of Essex that further defines the role of the CP12 protein in control of photosynthesis. Next is a paper from researchers from the University of Warwick who lead a fascinating piece of rocket science that id...
2017-05-1107 minRURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: March 17thThis weeks UK Arabidopsis Research Roundup includes three papers featuring researchers from the University of Nottingham as well as manuscripts from Leeds, Lancaster, QMUL and The Sainsburys Lab in Norwich
Firstly Stefan Kepinski (Leeds) leads a study that investigates how Gravitropic Set Point Angle (GSA) is controlled in response to different growth factors. Secondly are two Methods papers featuring researchers from CPIB in Nottingham, the first of which is in collaboration with Lancaster University and introduces the Microphentron, which is an automated phenotyping platform that can be used for chemical biology screens. The second paper describes a non-destructive method for...
2017-03-1716 minRURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: March 6th.This weeks Arabidopsis Research Roundup includes four papers that focus on different aspects of plant cell biology. Firstly Ian Henderson’s research group in Cambridge defines the role of a critical component that determines crossover frequency in plants and other eukaryotes. Secondly Karl Oparka (Edinburgh) leads a broad collaboration that defines the mechanism of unloading of solutes and macromolecules from the root phloem. Thirdly Keith Lindsey (Durham) has developed a model that describes how auxin patterns the Arabidopsis root. Finally Mike Blatt (Glasgow) is part of a group that uses Arabidopsis as a framework for the study of ABA-signaling during st...
2017-03-0610 minRURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: February 27thThis weeks research roundup includes just three papers and includes a study from the University of Essex that looks at the growth response of Arabidopsis plants to ‘real-life’ fluctuations in light levels. Secondly is a very different type of study from the University of York that uses Arabidopsis as a model for the development of plants that are able to accumulate catalytically active and commercially viable levels of palladium. Finally is a Chinese-led study that includes Alan Marchant (University of Southampton) as a co-author and looks at the role of the ERF74-RbohD-ROS signaling module on the response to abiotics stre...
2017-02-2808 minRURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: February 20thThis weeks Arabidopsis Research Roundup begins with two papers that look at endogenous and exogenous causes of cell proliferation. Firstly Mike Bevan (JIC) leads a team that looks into the role of controlled protein degradation in this process whilst secondly, Peter Etchells from Durham is a co-author on a study that investigates how nematode pathogens stimulate cell proliferation at the site of infection.
Thirdly is work featuring Cyril Zipfel and colleagues from TSL that looks at how autophosphorylation controls the activity of calcium dependent protein kinases. Fourthly is a broad collaboration led by Richard Mott (UCL) that uses genomic structural...
2017-02-1915 minRURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: January 17thTodays Arabidopsis Research Roundup includes some excellent examples of UK labs engaged in collaborative work with researchers from around the globe. However first up is a study solely from the John Innes Centre, led by Vinod Kumar, that investigates the role of PIF4 during the thermosensory response. Secondly David Evans (Oxford Brookes University) is a co-author on a French-led study that has looked into the role of LINC complexes during interphase heterochromatin patterning. Thirdly is the description of the new PhenoTiki imaging tool that has come from the lab of Sotirios Tsaftaris in Edinburgh. Work from Paul Dupree (University of...
2017-01-1614 minRURUTIA/?????Arabidopsis Research Roundup: August 26thThis weeks Arabidopsis Research Roundup includes three papers across a wide range of topics. Firstly is a widely-reported study, described here with an audio description by Nik Cunniffe and Sanjie Ziang, of the evolutionary relationship between viral infection, pollinator attraction, plant fertility and miRNA-regulated gene expression. Secondly, Gordon Simpson is a co-author on a paper that has elucidated the crystal structure of the FPA proteins and finally Gareth Jenkins leads an investigation into the relationship between UV light, the UVR8 protein and histone modifications.
Groen SC, Jiang S, Murphy AM, Cunniffe NJ, Westwood JH, Davey MP, Bruce TJ, Caulfield JC...
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