Weeding the Gems

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 http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Balk_191003-03102019-12.06.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android[…]

By Geraint Parry https://garnetimaging19.weebly.com/ Download the Workshop Abstract Book.             Over 60 delegates travelled to the University of Warwick for the GARNet workshop on ‘Advances in Plant Imaging’, which received kind support from the Society of Experimantal Biology. This meeting was led by Professor Murray Grant, who is currently a member of the GARNet Advisory[…]

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 http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Bevan_190920-20092019-15.43.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe:[…]

By Vicky Spencer, University of Bristol This past summer I was very fortunate to receive a travel grant from GARNet to attend the highly anticipated FASEB Mechanisms in Plant Development conference. Many prominent scientists regularly join this biennial event; this time held in the quiet town of Olean (New York) at Bonaventure University. Over 150 PIs, post docs and students attended from across the world, making it an exciting and diverse event. It was clear that the regular attendees have a[…]

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 http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Belbin_-16092019-17.11.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS

Due to a significant delay this GARNet Research Roundup is a bumper overview of recent(ish) publications across discovery-led plant science, which have at least one contributor from a UK institution. These can be (very) loosely separated into the following categories: Circadian Clock: Greenwood et al, PloS Biology. Belbin et al, Nature Communications. Environmental responses: Rodríguez-Celma[…]

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![…]

The Society of Experimental Biology and the COST Action ‘Impact of Nuclear Domains On Gene Expression and Plant Traits (INDEPTH)’ are organising an exciting symposium entitled ‘Impact of chromatin domains on plant phenotypes’. This will take place in beautiful El Escorial, close to Madrid, Spain. The meeting kicks off with dinner on Sunday December 8th[…]

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 http://blog.garnetcommunity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Skelly_190822-22082019-12.37-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS

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