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Arabidopsis Research Roundup: October 12th
12th Oct 2015
The Arabidopsis Research Roundup is ‘defense-focused’ this week. We present three papers that highlight different aspects of plant immunity, two of which result from UK-US-China collaborations. Firstly a team from the Sainsbury Lab, Norwich looks at two molecular mechanisms that control...
Arabidopsis Research Roundup: September 29th
29th Sep 2015
This weeks Arabidopsis Research Roundup includes papers, from Glasgow and Oxford, that look at a plants response to different abiotic stresses and uncover control mechanisms that might have potential as targets for future genetic modification or gene-editing strategies. In addition there is a study...
Arabidopsis Research Roundup: September 11th
11th Sep 2015
After a slow couple of weeks the Arabidopsis Research Roundup returns with some publications in high profile journals. None more so than the widely reported study from the University of York that highlights Arabidopsis plants which are able to grow on TNT-contaminated soils. Three other broadly...
GARNet/Egenis meeting on Big Data
10th Sep 2015
GARNet and the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis) are excited to announce a two-day workshop on ‘Integrating Large Data into Plant Science: From Big Data to Discovery’ to be held in the picturesque Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon on April 21st-22nd...
Araport11 Genome Annotation Now Available.
28th Aug 2015
The Arabidopsis Information Portal (AIP) or Araport is a community resource funded by NSF and BBSRC aimed at providing a one-stop-shop for a wide range of Arabidopsis data sets. As part of its mandate Araport assumed the responsibility of the Col-0 genome sequence and annotation and over the summer...
Arabidopsis Research Roundup: August 27th
27th Aug 2015
The Arabdopsis Research Roundup broadens its remit this week. As well as including three original research papers, which look at casparian strip formation, light and hormone signaling, we also highlight an important viewpoint article that aims to set standards for synthetic biology parts. In...
