Plants are a rich and renewable source of compounds used in medicines, food ingredients, and cosmetics. Since growing an ...

A shifting climate and extreme weather events are one of the biggest threats to crop yields. Farmers across the globe are ...

Plant biology encompasses the study of structure, function, growth and interactions of green multicellular organisms that dominate terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. At its core are processes that ...

The field of plant adaptation to climate change has garnered significant attention due to the increasing frequency and intensity of environmental stressors such as temperature fluctuations, altered ...

Research and Teaching Interests: Plant Molecular Biology, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Unfolded Protein Response (UPR), Pro- and Anti-apoptotic Signaling in Plant Immunity, Plant Hormonal ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

A professor of plant molecular biology wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and development when used to ...

Jan Martinek is currently a PhD student in plant cell biology at Charles University of Prague in the Czech Republic. His research focuses on the actin cytoskeleton and plant cell growth and ...

Plant cell cultures are an attractive alternative to cultivating whole plants for obtaining natural compounds, but many ...