October 2020
May 2020
Our review on nucleus-to-plastid phytochrome signaling has been published in Annu Plant Rev. Congrats Chan Yul and Soeun!
The biogenesis of photosynthetically active chloroplasts in flowering plants (angiosperms) is initiated by light through the red and far‐red photoreceptors, phytochromes, which activate photosynthesis‐associated genes encoded by both the nuclear and plastid genomes. Because photoactivated phytochromes localize to the nucleus but not the plastids, phytochromes ought to control plastid transcription through nucleus‐to‐plastid or anterograde signalling. However, [...]
April 2020
Chan Yul will give a talk in a virtual symposium organized by postdocs at Stanford University and Carnegie Institution for Science
Chan Yul will give a talk at the upcoming mini-symposium organized by the IDPSIG (Intrinsically disordered protein scientific interest group) -- a grass-roots organization that was formed in 2017 by postdoctoral trainees at Stanford University and Carnegie Institution for Science. The meeting schedule can be found here.
Congratulations to Joseph, Keunhwa, and Yongjian for the story on temperature-induced photobody dynamics published in Nature Communications
Congrats to Joseph, Keunhwa, and Yongjian for their new study on temperature-dependent dynamics of the phyB-containing subnuclear photobodies. Their results showed unexpectedly that individual photobodies respond to temperature increases differently, thereby suggesting that individual photobodies are different with distinct thermostabilities and could act as thermosensors. You can read the here and the new release at [...]
July 2019
June 2019
Chan Yul, Emily, Elise, and He published back-to-back Nature Communications articles revealing a novel light signaling mechanism for plant greening
Chan Yul Yoo, Emily Yang, Elise Pasoreck, and He Wang published two back-to-back research articles in Nature Communications on their exciting new discoveries of a novel light signaling mechanism that triggers plant greening. All flowering plants turn green only in the presence of light. Light, as an environmental signal, is first perceived by the red and far-red [...]
April 2019
Jean Ae received an honorable mention award from NSF GRFP
Jean Ae received an honorable mention award from the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program -- the most prestigious fellowship program for student researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics from across the nation. Congratulations!
January 2019
Yongjian published a new temperature signaling mechanism by HEMERA in Nature Communications
Yongjian Qiu, Meina Li, Jean Ae Kim, and Carisha Moore have published their latest work on a daytime temperature sensing mechanism in Arabidopsis in Nature Communications. Congratulations to the authors! Here is the link to the article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-08059-z