Congratulations to Nadra Tabassum, her paper on the role of Marchantia MpGSNOR1 in development and immunity is now available online at Journal of Experimental Botany. The work was instigated when she was a PhD student with my colleague, the late Gary Loake. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich
doi.org
First evidence from a liverwort shows S-nitrosoglutathione reductase controls immunity and development via S-nitrosylation, revealing these regulatory role
In analogy to water conducting cells in vascular plants' xylem, cell wall reinforcements and programmed cell death are used to facilitate water transport in Marchantia pegged rhizoids. An amazing paradigm of convergent evolution in land plants! More here:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...