Dirigent proteins initiate formation of the Casparian strip. Great work from Gao, Huang, Chao, Salt, Castrillo and colleagues. science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Plants tune tissue optical penetrance to sensitize their light sensing and response. 🤯 Such a cool study, congratulations!

Air channels create a directional light signal to regulate hypocotyl phototropism | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Nice paper, congratulations Christian and colleagues !

Have you ever wondered why plants bend towards the window? If you're curious about how plants perceive light direction, check out our latest paper! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

NAC78 regulates iron content in maize kernels in Science Magazine from Pengshuai Yan, Jihua Tang, Wen-Xue Li and colleagues: doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Not long left to submit an entry for the NOSTER and Science Magazine Microbiome Prize. Application deadline: February 14th. More details below⤵️

🍏 by Charli XCX is clearly propaganda about epigenetic inheritance "...rotten right to the core, from all the things passed down from all the apples before"! Where are all the geneticists critiquing it? This is unproven science!