Weeding the Gems

The North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) is committed to promoting a global plant sciences community that reflects the true diversity of all its members. To further this mission, the NAASC Diversity and Inclusion Task Force has created the DiversifyPlantSci online resource, a list of plant biologists from under-represented groups to reference for speakers, reviewers,[…]

This edition of the GARNet Research Roundup is led by two papers from John Christie’s lab at the University of Glasgow. First is a study that looks at the function of the NPH3 protein during phototropism whilst the second paper is a collaboration with Mike Blatt’s group and has used an synthetic biology approach to[…]

Hi all, I want to let you know that the ICAR 2020 conference webpage is up and that we (NAASC) are doing new and exciting things for ICAR 2020 – Seattle! In response to community feedback we’ve gathered an External Advisory Board to discuss approaches to better meet the needs of plant science researchers and educators interested[…]

Over the past few weeks the GARNet coordinator, Geraint Parry, has been voted as Chairman of the UK Plant Science Federation (UKPSF), where he will represent the ideas of the GARNet community on this national committee. So what’s the difference? During anedotal conversations there is some confusion in the community regarding the difference between GARNet[…]

Martin van Rongen who works with Ottoline Leyser in the Sainsbury Lab Cambridge discusses a recent paper published in PLoS Genetics entitled ‘Connective auxin transport contributes to strigolactone-mediated shoot branching control independent of the transcription factor BRC1‘. http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/VanRongen_190326-27032019-21.04.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS

GARNet committee member Sarah McKim talks to GARNet about a recent paper published in New Phytologist entitled ‘Interaction between row-type genes in barley controls meristem determinacy and reveals novel routes to improved grain‘. http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/McKim_190321-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS

This edition of the GARNet research roundup begins with a study from the John Innes Centre that investigates the role of auxin in the control of fruit development in Capsella. Auxin is also a central focus of the next paper that is from SLCU, in which the authors characterise the role of different types of[…]

This edition of the GARNet research roundup begins with a study into the genetic basis of fertility in barley led by Sarah McKim from Dundee. Second is a study from Oxford and Leicester that characterizes the proteolytic control of chloroplast import. The third paper from Levi Yant’s group at JIC and Nottingham that attempts to[…]

This GARNet research Roundup includes a broad range of topics and contributing institutions. First is a study from TSL that investigates the molecular basis of Arabidopsis and Brassica responses to white rust disease. Second is work from Warwick that uses Arabidopsis as a tool to test genes involved in the evolution of Flax domestication. The[…]

GARNet supported Warren Arinaitwe (Cambridge University PhD Student) to attend the Vector-Borne Diseases meeting at John Innes Centre, Norwich, 3rd -4th December 2018. Meeting report from Warren: I presented a poster (see below) on Cucumber mosaic virus-induced changes on aphid-tomato interactions. The meeting brought together human, animal and plant scientists who shared their findings towards[…]

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