https://thequietbranches.com/2018/03/31/in-defense-of-curiosity-and-science/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/auroraborealis.gifAuroraBorealishttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/279929.jpg279929https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nuts-and-gum.jpgNuts and gumhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/germs.gifGermshttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1318066.jpg13180662019-10-25T20:11:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2018/08/15/spot-the-difference-between-%f0%9f%8c%b1-and-%f0%9f%8c%b1/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_6089.jpgIMG_6089Ed Yong's excellent book "I Contain Multitudes" is excellent pub reading.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_5947.jpgIMG_5947The "wall of life" from the Evolution Hall at the Field Museum in Chicago. 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Public domainhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/plan-de-travail-1.pngPlan de travail 1Model of the Arabidopsis root with cell types labeled. Black box indicates the part of the cortex where water is sensed. 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sky.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_20170402_113253.jpgIMG_20170402_113253Dogs ready to explorehttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/professional-picture.pngProfessional Picturehttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/slime-flux.jpgSlime fluxhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/slime-flux-zoom-out.jpgSlime flux zoom outhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/slime-flux-zoom-in.jpgSlime flux zoom in2017-05-05T16:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2017/04/23/botany-live/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/botany-live-v2-01.pngBotany Live v2-012017-04-23T18:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2017/04/18/guard-cells-tolerating-heat/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/screen-shot-2017-04-18-at-3-44-07-pm.pngScreen Shot 2017-04-18 at 3.44.07 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1 from Lee et al. 2015 (ref 1). Stomagen increases stomata density when over-expressed and density is decreased when there is less stomagen (stomagen-ami). This effect is only seen in wild-type, not in mutants for receptors tmm and er erl1 erl2. 2017-03-02T04:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/09/14/bringing-back-a-forest/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/9086569832_cee7d866c8_o.jpgDouglas FirsDouglas Firs, Oregon. Photo by Noel. 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From Rellan-Alvarez et al. 2015 (See References). https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/14773956894_38b59d7bbe_o.jpg14773956894_38b59d7bbe_oA plant growth box including rhizotron, a descendant of the GLO-roots version. Image from page 132 of "A laboratory course in plant physiology, especially as a basis for ecology;" (1901)https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/19561315580_23b5f2d59e_o.jpg19561315580_23b5f2d59e_oImage from page 478 of "Arbeiten des Botanischen instituts in Würzburg" (1888). Author: Julius Sachs. https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/694px-julius_sachs.jpg694px-Julius_SachsJulius von Sachs. Source: "Julius Sachs" by Uploaded by de:User:Sixat on de:WP at 00:13, 28. Apr 2004. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julius_Sachs.jpg#/media/File:Julius_Sachs.jpghttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/glorootsfig1.pngGLOrootsfig1GLO-Roots, showing image of imaged roots from both sides of the rhizotron, merged in the middle to show the whole root system. From Rellan-Alvarex et al. 2015 (see References). https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/screen-shot-2015-10-02-at-10-59-05-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-10-02 at 10.59.05 PMGoogle Books Ngram search.2017-03-01T20:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/09/30/an-alien-flower/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc00174.jpgdsc00174https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc00152.jpgdsc00152https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc00172.jpgdsc00172Morphy starting to closehttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc00190.jpgdsc00190A view from above of the fully open Morphyhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc00191.jpgdsc00191Pollen (whitish) & stigmas(red) below. 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at Renwick Gallery. Photo by Ian Streethttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3072.jpgimg_3072https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3085.jpgimg_3085https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3080.jpgimg_3080Wonder at Renwick Gallery. Photo by Ian Streethttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3065.jpgimg_3065https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_3055.jpgimg_30552016-11-26T16:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/11/26/shoot-apical-meristem-development-model-plant-for-high-yielding-crops/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00502.jpgdsc00502An example of what meristems can produce.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/biopic.jpgbiopichttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/figure3.pngfigure3https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/figure2.pngfigure2https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/figure-1.pngfigure-12016-11-26T03:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/02/09/percy-julian-natural-products-chemist/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/shutterstock_201155315.jpgshutterstock_201155315https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/14780059972_6cc33b72ba_z.jpg14780059972_6cc33b72ba_zhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4773934817_a6eb816000_z.jpg4773934817_a6eb816000_z2016-11-22T03:34:11+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/11/17/the-long-green-view/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00457.jpgdsc00457https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00445.jpgdsc00445https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00412.jpgdsc00412https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00405.jpgdsc00405https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00395.jpgdsc00395https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00362.jpgdsc00362https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00359.jpgdsc00359https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc00358.jpgdsc00358https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ussoilmap.pngussoilmap2016-11-17T15:34:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/01/03/welcome-to-the-quiet-branches/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/darwin-i-think-43863-1.jpgdarwin-i-think-43863-1Darwin's 1837 sketch of an idea for how life is inter-related. 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Image credit: National Park Service "Denali Mt McKinley" by National Park Service - [1]. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denali_Mt_McKinley.jpg#/media/File:Denali_Mt_McKinley.jpg2016-09-22T14:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/05/31/plants-matter-two-reports-highlight-their-state-and-ours/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/bticoverimage.pngbticoverimagehttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cover-image-high-resolution-686x1024.jpgcover-image-high-resolution-686x1024https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/kewreportcover.pngkewReportCover2016-09-22T03:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/about-2/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-13-09-28-59.jpg2014-12-13 09.28.59Me, drinking coffee and about to think about various things.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/snowbells_louisiana.jpgSnowbells_LouisianaPhoto by Paige Brown Jarreau. Her photo gallery: http://paigesphotos.photoshelter.com/2016-09-05T03:57:20+00:00weekly0.6https://thequietbranches.com/2015/12/14/albert-einstein-and-plants/2016-08-18T03:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/08/17/resolution-of-roots-over-time/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/caschulleditorialpp19261.jpgCASchullEditorialPP1926https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/wtmeristemdmso-copy.jpegWTmeristemDMSO copyhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/plantcell89.pngPLantCell89https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/noboronplantphys1928.pngNoBoronPlantPhys1928https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/science-cover5aug.jpgScience Cover5Aug2016-08-17T13:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/08/09/how-plant-cells-know-who-they-are/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/5468379212_e78e648f0a_z.jpg5468379212_e78e648f0a_zhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cell-cycle-cartoon.jpgCell Cycle Cartoonhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/oteroetalfigure7.pngOteroetalFigure7https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/rodriguezetalfigure8g.jpgRodriguezetalFigure8G2016-08-11T03:08:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/07/18/plant-biology-2016-reflections/2016-07-18T03:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/07/08/plant-biology-2016-austin-tx/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screen-shot-2016-07-07-at-10-57-32-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-07-07 at 10.57.32 PMhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/screen-shot-2016-07-07-at-10-57-39-pm.pngScreen Shot 2016-07-07 at 10.57.39 PM2016-07-08T03:03:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/07/07/scilogs-com-us-is-shutting-down-quiet-branches-will-continue-where-it-started/2016-07-07T03:28:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2016/07/07/brexit-science-policy-and-unintended-consequences-of-trading-lemons/2016-07-18T20:31:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/plant-science-blogs-and-resources/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dew-on-a-louisiana-water-plant.jpgDew on a Louisiana Water PlantPhoto by Paige Brown Jarreau. Her photo gallery: http://paigesphotos.photoshelter.com/2016-06-06T02:41:52+00:00weekly0.6https://thequietbranches.com/2016/04/01/welcome-to-the-loud-branches/2016-09-09T15:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/12/31/65787/2016-01-13T12:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/12/31/2015-in-review/2015-12-31T00:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/12/15/essential-genes-in-light-harvesting/2015-12-15T14:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/11/18/plant-biotechnology-black-boxes-and-the-complex-world/2015-11-20T15:43:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/01/18/history-of-plant-science/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/storage_containers_in_svalbard_global_seed_vault_01.jpgStorage_containers_in_Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault_01Seed vault in Svalbard, Norway. "Storage containers in Svalbard Global Seed Vault 01" by NordGen/Dag Terje Filip Endresen - http://sesto.nordgen.org/sesto/index.php?scp=ngb&thm=pictures&mod=det&id=004531 (image link). Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Storage_containers_in_Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault_01.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Storage_containers_in_Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault_01.jpghttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/4096px-kew_gardens_palm_house_london_-_july_2009.jpg4096px-Kew_Gardens_Palm_House,_London_-_July_2009Kew Gardens Palm House. By Diliff (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AKew_Gardens_Palm_House%2C_London_-_July_2009.jpg via Wikimedia Commonshttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/van_leeuwenhoeks_microscopes_by_henry_baker.jpgVan_Leeuwenhoek's_microscopes_by_Henry_BakerVan Leeuwenhoek's microscope. "Van Leeuwenhoek's microscopes by Henry Baker" by Henry Baker (naturalist) - http://www.wired.com/imageviewer/?imagePath=/images/article/full/2008/09/microscope.jpg&imageCaption=Henry+Baker+drew+this+illustration+of+van+Leeuwenhoek%27s+microscopes+in+1756.&imageCredit=. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Leeuwenhoek%27s_microscopes_by_Henry_Baker.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Van_Leeuwenhoek%27s_microscopes_by_Henry_Baker.jpghttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/barbara_mcclintock_1902-1992.jpgBarbara_McClintock_(1902-1992)Barbara McClintock. Source: "Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)" by Smithsonian Institution - Flickr: Barbara McClintock (1902-1992). Via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barbara_McClintock_(1902-1992).jpg#mediaviewer/File:Barbara_McClintock_(1902-1992).jpghttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/yashinasetalpnassilene32kyo.png32,000 year-old silene plant.Panel A. Regenerated modern plant. Panels B & C. Regenerated 32,000 year old plant. From Yashina S et al. PNAS 2012;109:4008-4013 2015-11-17T14:56:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/10/28/collective-nouns-for-plants/2017-09-23T18:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/10/12/small-green-important-and-fascinating-mosses/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/colonisingmosscombined.jpgcolonisingmosscombinedSmall buttons of moss colonising newly exposed land (left) near to Collins Glacier on King George Island, Antarctica. Further down the slope (right) the moss has already created a river. Photos Sharon Robinsonhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mosswall.pngMosswall“Working” garden incorporating moss circles designed by Janet Leigh https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/mosslayers.jpgmosslayersMosses such as these from King George Island, Antarctica preserve signals of the climate down their shoots. Photo Sharon Robinsonhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/moss-rivers-oin-antarctica.jpgmoss rivers oin AntarcticaA river of moss from King George Island, Antarctica Photo Sharon Robinsonhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/glorious-greens.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMoss covered rocks.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dry-moss-in-chile.jpgDry moss in Chilehttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/colonisingmoss.jpgcolonisingmosshttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/colonising-moss.jpgcolonising mossSmall buttons of moss colonising newly exposed land (left) near to Collins Glacier on King George Island, Antarctica. Further down the slope (right) the moss has already created a river. Photos Sharon Robinsonhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/almostboggy.jpgalmostboggyMosses like to grow where it is wet and boggy. Photo Sharon Robinson2015-11-01T20:01:04+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/08/22/faseb-mechanisms-of-plant-development-2015/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-22-at-3-36-43-pm.pngScreen Shot 2015-08-22 at 3.36.43 PMGoogle Earth image of Saxton River, VT. 2015-08-22T20:04:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/08/17/shoot-apical-meristems/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/meristem.pngmeristem2015-08-17T07:34:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/08/10/plant-biology-15-wrap-up/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/zenofplantphysiologydinenny.pngZenofPlantPhysiologyDinennyZen of Plant Physiology from Jose Dinenny. Source: F1000 http://f1000research.com/articles/4-264/v1#f1https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/twitterfriendlytitleslide.pngTwitterfriendlyTitleSlideHow to make a Twitter friendly title slide. Obviously, this is a bare bones example. 2015-08-11T13:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/07/31/plant-biology-plantbiology15-days-3-and-4-too-much-happening/2015-07-31T21:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/07/31/plantbiology15-day-3-a-day-where-energy-returned/2015-07-31T02:25:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/07/28/plantbiology15-day-2/2015-07-28T04:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/07/27/a-day-of-connecting-of-pushing-comfort-zones-plantbiology15-day-1/2015-07-27T05:48:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/07/24/what-is-plant-biology-plantbiology15/2015-07-24T17:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/07/13/vacation/2015-07-13T02:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/07/04/cutting-the-evolutionary-mustard/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/edgeretal2015pnasfigure1.pngEdgeretal2015PNASFigure1Figure 1 from Edger et al. 2015 (see references). An alignment of brassicales & butterfly evolution. The dashed vertical lines represent times when novel plant toxins evolved. Note how butterfly species radiate after the novel toxins evolve.2015-07-04T02:15:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/06/16/the-signature-of-all-things/2015-06-16T13:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/06/09/for-the-first-time-in-forever-vernalization/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/frozen.jpgFrozenhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/vernalization.jpgMajor players controlling flowering in plants. Pointed arrows mean activation or promotion, while blocked lines indicate repression.2015-06-09T13:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/06/08/flowering-time-and-genetic-memory/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/winterjoe.jpgwinterJoeWinter. Joe DeSousahttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/flc-epigenetics.pngFLC epigeneticsAfter cell division (and DNA being inherited, one parental strand in each new cell), examples of cis and trans memory mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance. me = methyl group (epigenetic tag). https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/amborella-en-nouvelle-caledonie_reference.gifamborella-en-nouvelle-caledonie_referenceAmborella trichopoda, an early flowering plant. Source.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/f10-large.jpgF10.largeFigure 3 from Berry et. al. 2015 showing models of cis and trans memory and the result in roots of non-vernalized (top) and vernalized (bottom) FLC expression. Note the independent silencing of one copy vs. another.2015-06-08T03:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/06/01/nature-walk/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-31-18-46-57.jpg2015-05-31 18.46.57The sun is visible just behind the fence. https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-30-16-24-58.jpg2015-05-30 16.24.58https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-30-16-24-09.jpg2015-05-30 16.24.09https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-30-16-03-54.jpg2015-05-30 16.03.54https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-30-15-57-49.jpg2015-05-30 15.57.49https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-30-15-44-11.jpg2015-05-30 15.44.11Forest canopy viewing platform. https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-30-15-43-36.jpg2015-05-30 15.43.36https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-30-15-42-33.jpg2015-05-30 15.42.33https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-30-15-38-37.jpg2015-05-30 15.38.37https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-30-15-38-28.jpg2015-05-30 15.38.282015-06-01T01:18:39+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/05/24/ian-sussex-and-plant-meristems/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p0068712giantmajesty.jpgGaint SequoiaGiant Sequoias. Credit: Calaveras Big Trees State Park © 2010, California State Parks. Photo by Brian Baerhttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/meristemdevelopment.pngShoot apical MeristemNote the cell layers. Red, blue and green sections represent genetically and developmentally defined cell types. From reference 1.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-23-14-58-47.jpg2015-05-23 14.58.47An example of variegation and tracking cell fate.2015-05-24T19:26:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/05/18/fascination-of-plants/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-05-17-10-54-04.jpg2015-05-17 10.54.04How many plants do you se e in this picture?2015-05-18T02:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/05/11/labels-and-information/2015-05-11T02:46:50+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/05/04/grapes-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/2015-05-04T02:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/04/27/a-naturally-genetically-modified-organism/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tiplasmidcartoons.pngtiPlasmidCartoonsThe difference between wild Agrobacterium and modified Agrobacterium used by scientists as a research tool. 2015-04-27T02:10:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/04/20/isspresso/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/timwilsoncoffeeflowerkonahicc2.jpgA coffee blossom at the Greenwell Coffee Farm near Kona, Hawaii.Source: Time Wilson, via Flickr. License: CC2.0.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/screen-shot-2015-04-19-at-9-50-26-am.pngScreen Shot 2015-04-19 at 9.50.26 AMAstronaut Samantha Casthttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/magdawojtyraredcoffeebeanscc2.jpgMagdaWojtyraRedcoffeebeansCC2https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/coffeeissinside.jpgCoffeeISSinsideCoffee comes to the ISS...or is the ISS getting added to the Earth's Coffee?https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/amandaroastedcoffeecc2.jpgAmandaRoastedCoffeeCC2Coffee beans. Amanda. Flickr. License: CC2.02015-04-20T03:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/04/13/small-surprises-and-a-new-feedback-loop/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/napoli1990petunias.pngNapoli1990PetuniasPetunia Patterns seen segregating from an over-expressing chalcone synthase parent. (from ref 2).2015-04-13T03:01:37+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/03/30/norman-borlaug/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/norman-borlaugs-quotes-1.jpgnorman-borlaugs-quotes-1Source.2015-03-30T02:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/03/23/a-small-plant-genome-and-junk-dna/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ugibbagenomefig1.pngUtricularia GibbaThe whole genome duplication history of some flowering plants, including U. gibba. The bladder, flower, and shoot system of U. gibba. From Ibarra-Laclette et al. Nature 498:94, 2013.2015-03-23T13:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/03/15/from-nature-to-product/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/petunias-easy-wave-plum-vein.jpgPetunia flowerA petunia flower variety. They come in a lot of colors. Source.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bt.pngBtBt crystals under an electron microscope and a pack of to be mixed and sprayed on crop plants. Source.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/missouri-botanical-garden.jpgmissouri-botanical-gardenClimatron at the Missouri botanical garden. Source.2015-03-16T14:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/03/09/my-greatest-moment-in-plant-science/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pp0985226001.jpgPlant light receptorsRed (phyA, phyB), and a blue light (cry1) receptor and genetic combinations in different light conditions. From Neff and Chory 1998.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sob3_6genetics.pngsob3_6geneticsLeft. The 4 sob3-6 plants from the mutant screen. 3 of them the same, one different. Red & green are parental chromosomes. Right: the starting material and what I needed to get out of the next generation. https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sob3panel.pngsob3panelthe seedling phenotype of sob3-Dominant, and loss-of-function alleles. From Street et al. 2008 https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/f4-large.jpgF4.largepin1 loss-of-function. From Blakeslee et al. 2007. The Plant Cell 2007 19:131-1472015-03-09T02:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/03/02/the-auxin-receptors/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/kepinskileyserfig1a.pngKepinskiLeyserFig1aFigure 1a from Kepinski & Leyser, 2004. The degradation domain of an Aux/IAA was used to pull TIR1 out of a protein solution with or without auxin. As you can see, auxin (IAA especially) is needed to be able to get TIR1 out of solution. https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/auxin-signaling.pngAuxin signalingThe auxin signaling pathway. Left: Without auxin, Aux/IAA proteins physically bind to ARFs, preventing them from acting. Right: When auxin is present, it forms a co-receptor complex with TIR1 and the Aux/IAA that is targeted for degradation. The ARF is then released to go do what ARFs do.2015-03-02T02:07:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/02/23/cytokinins-part-2/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cytokininreceptor.pngCytokininReceptorCell culture assay with cytokinin receptor mutants compared to normal (WT/wild-type) plants grown on different concentrations of kinetin. Note how not all the mutants have as much cell mass as the wild-type. From Masayuki Higuchi et al. PNAS 2004;101:8821-8826https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cytokinin-signaling-pathway.pngCytokinin signaling pathwayA broad outline of the cytokinin signaling pathway.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/transzeatin.pngTrans-zeatinThe cytokinin Trans-zeatin. One of many molecules known to have cytokinin activity.2015-02-23T03:21:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/02/16/the-discovery-of-cytokinin/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/800px-atp_chemical_structure.png800px-ATP_chemical_structureAdenosine tri-phosphate, The energy source of cells. Source.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/adenine.pngadenineAdenine, the N at the top is the N6 "side chain" that is an important part of making a cytokinin a cytokinin. Source.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/open-coconuts.jpgopen-coconutsCoconuts. A food I don't like involved in a fundamental discovery in plant science history. Source.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dna_6339076_lrg.jpgdna_6339076_lrgDNA (deoxy-ribonucleic acid) with the 4 main constituents A, T, C, and G. Source.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/kinetin.pngKinetinThe first cytokinin, Kinetin. Source: mpbio. 2016-02-25T16:55:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/02/09/plant-hormones-ethylene/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/juetal2015figure2clip.pngJuetal2015Figure2clipFigure 2 excerpt from Reference 4. Panel d shows Spirogyra algae after air and ethylene treatments. Panel e quantifies the response showing the algae responds to quite low concentrations of ethylene. Panel f shows that the response can be blocked with an inhibitor of ethylene, 1-MCP. https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hormonesc2h4.jpgHormonesC2H4The ethylene molecule. The simplest Olefin. C = Carbon, H = Hydrogen.2015-02-17T02:45:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/02/01/plant-hormones-auxin/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/44613678_coconut1.jpg_44613678_coconut1https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hormones1.jpgAuxin.The most common auxin plants use, Indole 3-acetic acid (IAA). Top: The molecule. Bottom: my creative rendering of auxin.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/planeteers.jpgPlaneteersThe Planeteers. Source: http://classicanimations80s.blogspot.com/2010/03/classic-animations-available-complete.html2015-02-01T20:29:49+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/01/26/plant-senses/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/hypocotyl.jpghypocotylDifferent response of seedlings grown in the dark vs. the light. Source: http://biology.technion.ac.il/~sigal/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-22-09-09-31.jpg2015-01-22 09.09.31Tree dormant for the winter. It looks dead, but it is not. It is sensing it's environment and will bloom when the spring comes.https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/nature10791-f4-2.jpgnature10791-f4.2From Brunoud et al. 2012 Nature 482, 103–106 doi:10.1038/nature10791 Arabidopsis root showing auxin level in response to gravity. Yellow is an indicator of lower auxin level. After 30 minutes, there is less yellow on the lower side of the root than the upper side, and this will ultimately induce bending. 2015-01-26T14:42:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.com/2015/01/10/what-is-a-plant/https://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/vincent_willem_van_gogh_128.jpgVincent_Willem_van_Gogh_128Source: "Vincent Willem van Gogh 128" by Vincent van Gogh - The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_128.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_128.jpghttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/indian_pipe_pdb.jpgIndian_pipe_PDBIndian Pipe plant (Monotropa uniflora) from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflorahttps://thequietbranches.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-04-11-22-00.jpg2015-01-04 11.22.00Frozen pine tree, persisting in the winter.2015-01-10T18:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thequietbranches.comdaily1.02019-10-25T20:11:53+00:00