Ronny V. L. Joosen

TL;DR: The Germinator package as mentioned in this paper is a low-cost package that allows the monitoring of several thousands of germination tests, several times a day by a single person, and can be used for all plant species.

TL;DR: Results suggest that ectopic BBM expression in transgenic tobacco also activates cell proliferation pathways, but differences exist between Arabidopsis/B.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that three TTN genes encode chromosome scaffold proteins of the condensin (SMC2) and cohesin (sMC1 and SMC3) classes, which have been studied extensively in yeast and animal systems and should provide clues to chromosome mechanics in plants and insights into the regulation of nuclear activity during endosperm development.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors characterized and compared the transcriptome and proteome of rapeseed (Brassica napus) MDEs from the few-celled stage to the globular/heart stage using two MDE culture systems: conventional MDE cultures in which the embryo proper originates from the distal cell of a suspensor-like structure and undergoes the same ordered cell divisions as the zygotic embryo.

TL;DR: DNA microarray analysis and post-translationally regulated BBM:GR protein and cycloheximide analysis suggest that the BBM transcription factor activates a complex network of developmental pathways associated with cell proliferation and growth.