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Alan Walton: Novel tools to monitor plant hormones

In humans and animals, missing or damaged tissue can be replenished by stem cells. These basic, undifferentiated cells can change into more specific cell types and divide to produce new cells that replace the damaged tissue cells.

Scientists predict that climate change will cause widespread agricultural problems, mainly in the form of drought – especially when fresh water and irrigation infrastructure are not available.

The ability of plants to ‘sense’ danger is based on the recognition of certain molecular patterns by a large arsenal of receptors located on the membranes of plant cells.

Closing the gap between lab and field with wheat and tomatoes

When molecules (such as proteins) come near a cell, they can be engulfed by it. This process is called endocytosis.

This grant, almost €1.5 million over 5 years, is one of the most prestigious grants for young researchers in the European Union. The objective of the ERC Starting Grant (European Research Council, founded by the European Commission) is designed to

Although peptides are for a long time studied as signal molecules in animals, still little is known about peptides in plants. Plant scientists are only recently exploring the wealth of peptides that plants can produce.

The science of slicing and splicing

Arabidopsis transformation service (Carina Braeckman)