A hormone called jasmonate mediates plants' responses to touch and can boost defenses against pests.
A hormone called jasmonate mediates plants' responses to touch and can boost defenses against pests.
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
How plants pass defenses to offspring through a complex molecular network
Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University. Age: 30
Plants carefully control how many sperm reach an ovule by shutting down the pollen-attracting process after sperm and egg fuse.
Two genome-wide studies, backed up by field experiments, identify SNPs that correlate with Arabidopsis fitness in various climates.
A new, genetically encoded tag for electron microscopy may revolutionize studies of specific proteins in cells and tissues.
Protein interaction networks in Arabidopsis give clues to plant evolution and immunity.
Two newly discovered proteins that act as brakes to slow a plant's immune response after infection may provide clues to autoimmune treatments
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University. Age: 41