David A. Jackson

TL;DR: In this article, a novel technique for simultaneous measurement of static strain, temperatures and vibration for structural health monitoring is demonstrated using the wavelength-multiplexed in-fibre-Bragg-grating (FBG)/Fibre Fabry-Perot interferometer (FFPI) sensor system which combines the advantages of both FBGs and fibre optic low coherence interferometry.

TL;DR: It is reported that members of the PDGF family act as lymphangiogenic factors and blockage of PDGF-induced lymphANGiogenesis may provide a novel approach for prevention and treatment of lymphatic metastasis.

TL;DR: This work shows that the maize G protein β subunit regulates both meristem development and immune signaling and suggests that manipulation of this gene has the potential to optimize the trade-off between yield and disease resistance to improve crop yields.

TL;DR: It is shown that a serine/threonine protein kinase encoding gene KERNEL NUMBER PER ROW6 (KNR6) determines pistillate floret number and ear length and in vitro evidences show that KNR6 may function through phosphorylating an Arf GTPase-activating protein.

TL;DR: Both proteomic and genetic approaches have revealed the central importance of callose in modulating PD connectivity, and many new developmental regulators, including transcription factors as well as small RNAs, have been found to be mobile and essential for specifying cell fate and tissue patterning.