The maintenance of plant cell wall integrity involves complex molecular interactions. In this review, @preet_mutant summarizes the pivotal roles of RALF, LRX, and FERONIA as well as their interactions in different cell and tissue systems.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Job opportunity: CT Scan Research Assistant at @mcgillu, Montreal.
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#microscopy
#Imaging
#CTscan
#Radiology
#Job
#ResearchCareers
#OpenPositions
#BioImage
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#Imaging
#CTscan
#Radiology
#Job
#ResearchCareers
#OpenPositions
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#Imaging
#Imageanalysis
#Job
#ResearchCareers
#OpenPositions
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Confused about terms like pollen vigour and viability?
So were we.
So we sorted it out and provide an overview of relevant testing assays in the context of heat and other stress affecting pollen performance.
doi.org/10.1093/aob/mc…
#thermotolerance
#plantreproduction
@iasprr
So were we.
So we sorted it out and provide an overview of relevant testing assays in the context of heat and other stress affecting pollen performance.
doi.org/10.1093/aob/mc…
#thermotolerance
#plantreproduction
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And because it is Christmas eve, here bonus door #25 to conclude the cell wall advent calendar extravaganza!
Chapter 25 by Rosalie Sinclair, Mingqin Chang, @GDrakakaki:
Cytokinesis and the formation of a new cell wall
@UCDavis
@UCDavisPlants
@UCDavisResearch
@UCDavisLibrary
Chapter 25 by Rosalie Sinclair, Mingqin Chang, @GDrakakaki:
Cytokinesis and the formation of a new cell wall
@UCDavis
@UCDavisPlants
@UCDavisResearch
@UCDavisLibrary
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Door #24 of the cell wall advent calendar!
Chapter 24 by Nick Carpita, Maureen McCann:
The compound middle lamella as a target for improved deconstruction of woody biomass
@NREL
Chapter 24 by Nick Carpita, Maureen McCann:
The compound middle lamella as a target for improved deconstruction of woody biomass
@NREL
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Chapter 23 by Rawen Ben Malek and @GMouilleGroup :
The middle lamella between anthropic and evolutionary contexts
@INRAE_France
The middle lamella between anthropic and evolutionary contexts
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Chapter 22 by John P. Moore (@StellenboschUni), Maite Vicré (@univrouen), Eric Nguema-Ona (@GroupeRoullier), Azeddine Driouich (@univrouen), Jill M. Farrant (@UCT_news):
Drying out walls: How do the cell walls of resurrection plants survive desiccation?
@SU_Libraries
Drying out walls: How do the cell walls of resurrection plants survive desiccation?
@SU_Libraries
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Chapter 21 by Pramod Sivan, @GrupVilaplana, @EwaMellerowicz:
Cell wall polysaccharide matrix dynamics during wood development
@KTHuniversity
@UmeaPlantSci
Cell wall polysaccharide matrix dynamics during wood development
@KTHuniversity
@UmeaPlantSci
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Ch 20 on damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) by @pontigd13, @GiuliettiSarah, G. Gramegna, @VincenzoLionet4, @RiccardoLorrai, L. Marti, @SimoneF72643182, @giuliadl16, F. Cervone:
The ancient battle between plants and pathogens
@SapienzaFisVe
@SapienzaRoma
The ancient battle between plants and pathogens
@SapienzaFisVe
@SapienzaRoma
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One week's worth of advent calendar doors left!
Chapter 18 by @DhiAmanda, @hamann_lab:
Plant cell wall integrity maintenance
@NTNU
@NTNUnorway
Chapter 18 by @DhiAmanda, @hamann_lab:
Plant cell wall integrity maintenance
@NTNU
@NTNUnorway
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Chapter 17 by Eric Nguema-Ona, Romain Castilleux, John P. Moore, Maite Vicré, Azeddine Driouich:
Root cell walls and secretions - a role in the plant's relationship with its surrounding soil microbiome
@GroupeRoullier
@univrouen
Root cell walls and secretions - a role in the plant's relationship with its surrounding soil microbiome
@GroupeRoullier
@univrouen
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Ch 16 by Ana Lopes, @meninatoxica, @diana_moreira8, @jessysilva_9, Luís Gustavo Pereira, Maria João Ferreira, Raquel Figueiredo, @scoimbra_silvia:
The biology of arabinogalactan proteins in plant abiotic stress and reproduction
@spredlab
@SexSeedRise
@UPorto
@laqv_requimte
The biology of arabinogalactan proteins in plant abiotic stress and reproduction
@spredlab
@SexSeedRise
@UPorto
@laqv_requimte
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Chapter 15 by @CAndersonLab:
Shapeshifters - functional interplays between plant cell walls and dynamic, reversible shape changes in plant cells and tissues
@huckinstitutes
@penn_state
@psulibs
Shapeshifters - functional interplays between plant cell walls and dynamic, reversible shape changes in plant cells and tissues
@huckinstitutes
@penn_state
@psulibs
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The surface of many plant leaves displays an intricate jigsaw puzzle-like cell pattern. Does this confer an evolutionary advantage?
@Amir_Bidhendi hypothesized that geometry protects against injury. How?
We used engineering to find out!
nature.com/articles/s4146…
@PlantBiomech
@Amir_Bidhendi hypothesized that geometry protects against injury. How?
We used engineering to find out!
nature.com/articles/s4146…
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Chapter 14 by Kiran Suresh, Viktoria V. Zeisler-Diehl, Lukas Schreiber:
Hydrophobisation of cell walls by cutin, suberin and associated waxes
#IZMB
@UniBonn
@ulbbonn
Hydrophobisation of cell walls by cutin, suberin and associated waxes
#IZMB
@UniBonn
@ulbbonn
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Chapter 13 by Zoë A. Popper:
We all stand together - An exploration of the drivers and constraints that have shaped plant and algal cell wall diversity
@RyanInstitute
@uniofgalway
@UniOfGalwayLib
We all stand together - An exploration of the drivers and constraints that have shaped plant and algal cell wall diversity
@RyanInstitute
@uniofgalway
@UniOfGalwayLib
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Chapter 12 by @MarcosBuckerid1:
The glycomic code of the plant cell wall: How structure leads to function
@usponline
The glycomic code of the plant cell wall: How structure leads to function
@usponline
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Chapter 11 by Peter Ulvskov and Peter M. Ray:
Conceptual models of the plant cell wall
@UCPH_Research
@koebenhavns_uni
@Stanford
@StanfordLibs
Conceptual models of the plant cell wall
@UCPH_Research
@koebenhavns_uni
@Stanford
@StanfordLibs
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Chapter 10 by Kristen Thorne, @BreeannaUrbano1, Michael G. Hahn:
Plant cell wall glycan-directed monoclonal antibodies
@universityofga
@ugalibs
Plant cell wall glycan-directed monoclonal antibodies
@universityofga
@ugalibs
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Chapter 9 by Vincent Bulone, Julian G. Schwerdt, Geoffrey B. Fincher:
Adoption of evolving technologies to define cell wall biology in the grasses - A brief but unfinished history
@UniofAdelaide
@uofalib
Adoption of evolving technologies to define cell wall biology in the grasses - A brief but unfinished history
@UniofAdelaide
@uofalib
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Chapter 8 by Michael C Jarvis: NMR studies on cellulose and plant cell walls
@UofGChem
@UofGlasgow
@uofglibrary
@UofGChem
@UofGlasgow
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Chapter 7 by @panos_kalaitzis, Eleni Giannoutsou, Anna Konkina: Role of the cell wall in the regulation of fruit ripening
@CIHEAM_MAICh
@CIHEAM_MAICh
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Day 6 - Sinterklaas!
Chapter 6 by @HermanHofte, @VissenbergL: Cell wall-related mechanisms underlying plant cell expansion
@INRAE_France
@ijpb_fr
@UAntwerpen
Chapter 6 by @HermanHofte, @VissenbergL: Cell wall-related mechanisms underlying plant cell expansion
@INRAE_France
@ijpb_fr
@UAntwerpen
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Advent calendar door #5
Chapter 5 by Debra Mohnen, Melani A. Atmodjo, Pradeepa Jayawardhane: Reconsidering pectin structure – a historical perspective informed by studies of the biosynthetic enzymes
@UGAResearch
@PlantCenterUGA
@uga_plantbio
@uga_pbiopapers
@ugalibs
Chapter 5 by Debra Mohnen, Melani A. Atmodjo, Pradeepa Jayawardhane: Reconsidering pectin structure – a historical perspective informed by studies of the biosynthetic enzymes
@UGAResearch
@PlantCenterUGA
@uga_plantbio
@uga_pbiopapers
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Chapter 4 by Stephen C Fry: Enzymic and non-enzymic remodelling of cell-wall polysaccharides
fry.bio.ed.ac.uk/people/steve.h…
@InstMolPlantSci
@SBSatEd
@EdinburghUni
@EdUniLibraries
@EdUniMainLib
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Bonus chapter post (aka advent calendar door) since I need to catch up to sync chapter numbers with December dates!
Chapter 3 by @ar_orellana: Nucleotide sugars and the transporters that put them at the right place
@OrellanaLab
Chapter 3 by @ar_orellana: Nucleotide sugars and the transporters that put them at the right place
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Chapter 2 by @AlbanMariette, Thomas Michael Curry, @BreeannaUrbano1, @EbertLab: Plant cell wall glycosyltransferases - from sequence to structure and function
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And since it is December, it is time to open a door of the advent calendar, or feature the individual chapters one at a time.
Chapter 1 by Monika S Doblin, Yingxuan Ma, Lazar Novaković, Antony Bacic, @KimLJohnson4: Plant cell walls – past, present, and future
@PlantCellWalls
Chapter 1 by Monika S Doblin, Yingxuan Ma, Lazar Novaković, Antony Bacic, @KimLJohnson4: Plant cell walls – past, present, and future
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Postdoc opportunity in plant structure and function in #Montreal, #Canada
plantbiomechanics.net/joining-the-lab
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@plantpostdocs @PostdocJobs
#PlantSciJobs #plantpostdocs #ScienceJobs #scijobs #jobsSCI #postdoc
@ASPB @ASPB_ECPS @cspbscbv @PlantSciDBG_en @sci_plant
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#PlantSciJobs #plantpostdocs #ScienceJobs #scijobs #jobsSCI #postdoc
@ASPB @ASPB_ECPS @cspbscbv @PlantSciDBG_en @sci_plant
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Does #ChatGPT by @OpenAI 'know' that plants are alive and consist of cells?
We wanted to find out and scored the bot's answers to our queries on our #plant blindness barometer.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1hWcz4rGdjWa…
@TrendsPlantSci
We wanted to find out and scored the bot's answers to our queries on our #plant blindness barometer.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1hWcz4rGdjWa…
@TrendsPlantSci
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Bees creating a buzz! Vibrating pollinator behavior in the awesome talk by @nicrodemo at @SEBiology 2023
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Stomates climbing city walls!
The beauty of #plantcell #microscopy decorates the night sky of @MTL_Ville.
Cool to see @Amir_Bidhendi's PhD thesis results projected on the walls of @UQAM at @Place_des_Arts.
The beauty of #plantcell #microscopy decorates the night sky of @MTL_Ville.
Cool to see @Amir_Bidhendi's PhD thesis results projected on the walls of @UQAM at @Place_des_Arts.
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Annual reminder that this is not pollen!
Yes, looking at your web sites, @HopkinsMedicine, @guardian, @thetimes, and, of course, @Shutterstock !
Yes, looking at your web sites, @HopkinsMedicine, @guardian, @thetimes, and, of course, @Shutterstock !
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Interested in doing a PhD on the structural and mechanical aspects of plant growth and development?
Got a background in plant cell or molecular biology?
Reach out to me asap!
plantbiomechanics.net/joining-the-lab
@mcgillu
Got a background in plant cell or molecular biology?
Reach out to me asap!
plantbiomechanics.net/joining-the-lab
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Katherine Esau's plant anatomy textbooks are still used 70 years after their first publication.
See her beautiful drawings placed next to modern plant science micrographs highlighting recent progress in #plantimaging.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jm…
@ucdavis
@ucsantabarbara
See her beautiful drawings placed next to modern plant science micrographs highlighting recent progress in #plantimaging.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jm…
@ucdavis
@ucsantabarbara
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Mimosa is front page beauty!
A micrograph of a mimosa pulvinus taken by @david_sleboda and pseudo-colored by yours truly makes the cover of @CurrentBiology
The story behind the image: cell.com/current-biolog…
The dispatch with the story: cell.com/current-biolog…
A micrograph of a mimosa pulvinus taken by @david_sleboda and pseudo-colored by yours truly makes the cover of @CurrentBiology
The story behind the image: cell.com/current-biolog…
The dispatch with the story: cell.com/current-biolog…
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Pollen tubes grow more rapidly than any other plant cell and they are able to invade pistil tissues.
They also have an unusually structured cell wall with callose being enriched.
Is there a link?
We tried to find out!
Results here if you are curious: rdcu.be/c4vTH
They also have an unusually structured cell wall with callose being enriched.
Is there a link?
We tried to find out!
Results here if you are curious: rdcu.be/c4vTH
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Random #microscopy tweet:
Because I have seen the wrong term used one too many times ..... here a general reminder.
Because I have seen the wrong term used one too many times ..... here a general reminder.
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We found anisotropies in the ultrastructure and anatomy of the pulvinus suggesting that an efficient multi-scale mechanism turns pressure differentials into organ actuation in plants!
@PlantBiomech at work!
@ISBiomechanics
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09…
@PlantBiomech at work!
@ISBiomechanics
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09…
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The motion is driven by rapid water movement from one side of the pulvinus to the other. But what converts hydrostatic pressure into directional motion?
plantbiomechanics.net
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Plants move—sometimes fast!
Together with @david_sleboda & @rezasharif we wanted to find out how Mimosa, the sensitive plant, is able to rapidly fold its leaves when touched. The motion is executed by pulvini, thickened regions at organ bases.
@CurrentBiology
@mcgillu
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Together with @david_sleboda & @rezasharif we wanted to find out how Mimosa, the sensitive plant, is able to rapidly fold its leaves when touched. The motion is executed by pulvini, thickened regions at organ bases.
@CurrentBiology
@mcgillu
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An error occurred in the 3D reconstruction of this tomogram.
(Do not use this picture for teaching please)
(Do not use this picture for teaching please)
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And here we go!
5 carpels, approx evenly angled; same for the 10 vasc bundles
One color border coincides with 1 carpel tip, but the other doesn’t
Chimeral phenomenon originated and expressed only in hypanthium epidermis?
Genetic underpinnings? Who knows. Transposons? Epigen?
5 carpels, approx evenly angled; same for the 10 vasc bundles
One color border coincides with 1 carpel tip, but the other doesn’t
Chimeral phenomenon originated and expressed only in hypanthium epidermis?
Genetic underpinnings? Who knows. Transposons? Epigen?
Before I cut it open: what do you reckon - does this almost perfect 90 degree differential color indicate that there are only 4 carpels in this apple? Does the hypanthium even align with carpel symmetry? So many questions!
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Just to make sure we get reliable numbers, I took two perfectly normal pics for you, @JorisSprakel
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I accept bets as to carpel number and number of vascular strands until the top of the hour.
Before I cut it open: what do you reckon - does this almost perfect 90 degree differential color indicate that there are only 4 carpels in this apple? Does the hypanthium even align with carpel symmetry? So many questions!
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Before I cut it open: what do you reckon - does this almost perfect 90 degree differential color indicate that there are only 4 carpels in this apple? Does the hypanthium even align with carpel symmetry? So many questions!
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You gotta love the elevator doors at the Washington Park MAX station in Portland (OR).
#PlantBio2022
#PlantBio2022
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Good fun can be had with a FIB-SEM indeed! Instead of 'engraving your name on a grain of rice' (wasn't that a thing in the 90s?), we did it on a pollen grain (or rather, its tube)
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Plant biology twitter: I am writing a piece on epic plant anatomist Katherine Esau.
Looking for micrographs taken with ‘modern’ imaging methods (confocal, electron tomography etc), published or not, that look similar to one of her drawings. DM or email. RT!
#WomenInScienceDay
Looking for micrographs taken with ‘modern’ imaging methods (confocal, electron tomography etc), published or not, that look similar to one of her drawings. DM or email. RT!
#WomenInScienceDay
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I can’t even remotely match the architecture, but I can contribute some office-window-pink-sky-view.
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Now that mechanosensation has become Nobel-worthy, let’s talk about that process in plants.
Yes, they perceive mechanical cues, too, mediated by similar ion channels as those found in humans!
Find out how mimosa responds to a tickle: academic.oup.com/plphys/advance…
Yes, they perceive mechanical cues, too, mediated by similar ion channels as those found in humans!
Find out how mimosa responds to a tickle: academic.oup.com/plphys/advance…
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Trichomes are functional microscopic structures at the plant surface. In cannabis, trichomes produce cannabinoids, terpenes etc.
We reviewed the glandular trichomes located on the cannabis inflorescence, co-authored by C. Tanney, R. Backer, D. Smith.
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
We reviewed the glandular trichomes located on the cannabis inflorescence, co-authored by C. Tanney, R. Backer, D. Smith.
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
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Because you needed hundreds of flowers in your timeline today.
And yes, all of them are included in these two pics.
That’s what composite inflorences do for you. An efficient way to arrange a bouquet!
#plantanatomy
And yes, all of them are included in these two pics.
That’s what composite inflorences do for you. An efficient way to arrange a bouquet!
#plantanatomy
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I taught generations of students plant anatomy. I surely hope the author of this sign wasn’t among them. Else I will need to reconsider my career as pedagogue.
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#Microfluidics and #MEMS technologies have proven to be phenomenal tools for the investigation of small plant organs and single #plant cells. In this review we summarize the technical advances and ingenious applications realized in recent years.
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This is a fruit (even if stored in your vegetable larder), but did you know it is an example of a TRUE fruit? No confusing accessory structures, pistil aggregation or fusion of multiple flowers going on.
True fruit = 1 ovary -> 1 fruit
That's avocado for you!
#culinarybotany
True fruit = 1 ovary -> 1 fruit
That's avocado for you!
#culinarybotany
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Culinary botany tweet of the day:
This stuff yields awesome fruit tarts, but is not a fruit.
These rods are quite stiff without forming wood.
The petiole (leafstalk) of the rhubarb leaf is stabilized by collenchyma tissue surrounding the vascular bundles (whitish here).
This stuff yields awesome fruit tarts, but is not a fruit.
These rods are quite stiff without forming wood.
The petiole (leafstalk) of the rhubarb leaf is stabilized by collenchyma tissue surrounding the vascular bundles (whitish here).
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Time flies when you are having fun. It was 20 years ago today when I started my lab.
If you are a lab alumn, you might enjoy the album of group pictures put together for the occasion: plantbiomechanics.net/group-pictures
If you are a lab alumn, you might enjoy the album of group pictures put together for the occasion: plantbiomechanics.net/group-pictures
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It's that time of the year again ....
.... to remind you that the delicious red thing is a receptacle (part of stem) and that the actual fruits are the grainy things sitting on the surface. They are called achenes.
And where are the seeds in all of this? Inside the achenes.
.... to remind you that the delicious red thing is a receptacle (part of stem) and that the actual fruits are the grainy things sitting on the surface. They are called achenes.
And where are the seeds in all of this? Inside the achenes.
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During plant cell division a new wall is deposited between the daughter cells. The cytoskeleton orchestrates the initiation and assembly of this material into a perfectly flat sheet.
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The kaleidoscopic array of plant cell shapes is generated by the controlled deformation of the cell envelope which in turn is regulated by the mechanical properties of the cell wall.
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