Eduardo’s spotlight review on the recent cryo-TEM structure of a higher plant cellulose synthase trimer is now available online at Trends in Plant Science. This paper highlights the structural information presented in Purushotham et al., 2020 Science and discusses the insights that these new data bring to our understanding of cellulose synthesis in higher plants.
Our collaboration with Michael Sauer’s group at the University of Potsdam is now available online with PNAS. This work presents a comprehensive study of Epsin-like accessory proteins in Arabidopsis and reveals the existence of two independent, parallel transport pathways, which originate from spatially separate regions at the trans-Golgi Network.
Natalie’s latest paper, the culmination of her MSc project with Lacey Samuels at the University of British Columbia, is now available online with Plant Physiology. There have been exciting rumours about the cover image, so keep a lookout for the October issue of the journal!
Eduardo has written a book chapter as part of his MSc with Josh Heazlewood at the University of Melbourne. The chapter “Enrichment of N-Linked Glycopeptides and Their Identification by Complementary Fragmentation Techniques” is part of the collection “Plant Proteomics Methods and Protocols” from Springer and is now available online.
Physiologia Plantarum has named its top five most highly cited articles for 2019, and the review article by Hsiang-Wen Chen (PhD candidate co-supervised at the University of Melbourne) has made the list!
Hsiang-Wen wrote “Cellulose synthesis during cell plate assembly” at the beginning of her PhD studies to tackle questions about the cell plate, the new cell wall that develops between dividing plant cells.
Congratulations, Hsiang-Wen!
Have you ever wondered how branches have the strength to grow upward against gravity? Check out our recent review how the cytoskeleton influences reaction wood formation in trees: “The cytoskeleton and its role in determining cellulose microfibril angle in secondary cell walls of woody tree species” now available online in the Special Issue on Plant Cell Wall Biology in Plants.
Congratulations Larissa on all of your hard work and another publication from your MSc!
Our collaboration with Barry Pogson’s group at the Australian National University is now online at Plant Cell. The paper characterizes an enzyme that catalyzes carotenoid esterification in wheat, and we contributed the subcellular localization experiments.
The article was the subject of a brief feature article in Plant Cell which highlights one of our micrographs! The paper was also featured on the American Society of Plant Biologists community, Plantae in a great plain language summary.
Our collaboration with Harriet Parsons (Cambridge University/Joint BioEnergy Institute) tracking protein and polysaccharide distribution across sub-compartments of the plant Golgi apparatus is now online at Plant Cell and was also the subject of a brief feature article.