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• Cytoskeleton-Dependent Endomembrane Organization in Plant Cells: An Emerging Role for Microtubules

  

  Posted on May. 13, 2013

  This review provides an overview of current knowledge on actin-mediated organelle movement within the secretory pathway of plant cells and a report on recent and exciting findings that support a critical role of microtubules in plant cell development in fine-tuning the positioning of Golgi stacks, as well as their involvement in cellulose synthesis and auxin polar transport. 

• Negative Feedback Control of Jasmonate Signaling by an Alternative Splice Variant of JAZ10

  

  Posted on May. 13, 2013

  A transcriptional regulator generated by alternative splicing uses a cryptic binding site to negatively regulate bHLH-type transcription factors that promote jasmonate responses.

• Xiufang Xin Awarded Summer Continuation Fellowship

  

  Posted on May. 7, 2013

  Xiufang Xin, a graduate student from Sheng Yang He’s lab, received a fellowship through the College of Natural Sciences to assist her in completing her graduate studies.

• Pseudomonas syringae infection assays in Arabidopsis

  

  Posted on May. 6, 2013

  Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 (Pst DC3000) is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that causes bacterial speck disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and Arabidopsis thaliana and has become an integral part of molecular and biochemical studies of host-pathogen interactions.  Here, we provide examples of methods that have been useful for the elucidation of the role of COR/JA signaling in disease including assays for JAZ protein degradation and expression of JA response genes.

• Elicitation of jasmonate-mediated defense responses by mechanical wounding and insect herbivory

  

  Posted on Apr. 30, 2013

  This methods paper describes a simple mechanical wounding procedure to elicit jasmonate responses in the Arabidopsis rosette.

• Ronghui Pan Awarded Summer Continuation Fellowship

  

  Posted on Apr. 17, 2013

  Graduate student Ronghui Pan, from Jianping Hu’s lab, has recently been awarded a generous fellowship from the College of Natural Science.

• Downstream effectors of light- and phytochrome-dependent regulation of hypocotyl elongation

  

  Posted on Apr. 9, 2013

  Phytochromes regulate tissue-specific expression of genes whose encoded proteins impact light-dependent inhibition of hypocotyl elongation. By Oh S, Warnasooriya SN, Montgomery BL.

• Salinity impacts photosynthetic pigmentation and cellular morphology changes by distinct mechanisms

  

  Posted on Apr. 9, 2013

  Salt impairs photosynthetic pigment accumulation and cellular morphology in Fremyella diplosiphon by distinct biological mechanisms. By Singh SP, Montgomery BL.

• Anton Lang Awards Presented on March 11

  Posted on Mar. 25, 2013

  This year’s Anton Lang Awards were presented to John Withers (Graduate Student Award) and Rebecca Roston (Research Associate Award)

• Regulation of the Chloroplast ATP synthase

  Posted on Mar. 18, 2013

  Chloroplast ATP synthase activity is regulated both by light and metabolic factors, but the relationship between these regulatory modes is not established. Mutating three highly conserved acidic amino acid residues - the γ-subunit alters light- but not metabolism-induced regulation.
  Kohzuma K, Dal Bosco C, Meurer J, Kramer DM. Published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, March 13, 2013.

• Chen Lab: New Publication

  Posted on Oct. 8, 2012

  Jiajie Peng and Jin Chen have recently published a paper: Identifying Cross-category Relations in Gene Ontology and Constructing Genome-specific Term Association Networks.

• He Lab: New Publication

  Posted on Sep. 24, 2012

  Elham Attaran and Sheng Yang He recently published a paper: The Long-Sought-After Salicylic Acid Receptors.

• Inaugural Symposium: “Plant Biotechnology for Health and Sustainability” 10/5-10/6

  Posted on Sep. 18, 2012

  This Symposium is part of an interdisciplinary effort at MSU to develop training opportunities for graduate students in plant biotechnology. We intend to provide students and other scientists at MSU with a broad overview of the state-of-the-art of plant biotechnology and related fields.

• CBF Cold Response Pathway Discovery: Thomashow

  Posted on Sep. 18, 2012

  University Distinguished Professor of molecular genetics and director of the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michael Thomashow, recently published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) demonstrating the complex function of the C-repeat binding factor (CBF) and discussing related new discoveries.  

• Chen: New Publication

  Posted on Aug. 14, 2012

  Jin Chen has a new publication: Optimal Timepoint Sampling in High-Throughput Gene Expression Experiments.

• Chen and Montgomery: New Publication

  Posted on Aug. 14, 2012

  Jin Chen and Beronda Montgomery have a newly published paper: Detection and Decomposition: Treatment-induced Cyclic Gene Expression Disruption in High-throughput Time-series Datasets.

• 2011 Alumni Newsletter Published

  Posted on Mar. 15, 2012

  Each year, we publish an Alumni Newsletter to inform our alumni about what’s been happening in the PRL over the past year.

• Congratulations to the 2012 Winners of the Anton Lang Award for Outstanding Research

  Posted on Mar. 12, 2012

  The Anton Lang Awards for Outstanding Research were awarded in February. The postdoctoral award went to Weiqing Zeng, and the graduate student award went to Kyaw Aung.