As part of our ongoing review of our editorial structure, the Topical Advisor Panel (TAP) role will be discontinued effective January 1, 2027.
Topical Advisory Panel for section 'Molecular Plant Sciences'
- Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics Section
- Molecular Biology Section
- Biochemistry Section
- Molecular Plant Sciences Section
- Molecular Oncology Section
- Molecular Neurobiology Section
- Molecular Immunology Section
- Materials Science Section
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics Section
- Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism Section
- Molecular Pharmacology Section
- Bioactives and Nutraceuticals Section
- Molecular Microbiology Section
- Molecular Biophysics Section
- Molecular Toxicology Section
- Macromolecules Section
- Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Section
- Molecular Role of Xenobiotics Section
- Molecular Informatics Section
- Molecular Nanoscience Section
- Molecular Recognition Section
- Physical Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Section
- Bioinorganic Chemistry Section
- Green Chemistry Section
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Members
Mount Albert Research Centre, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1025, New Zealand
Interests: disordered proteins; plant signalling; plant defence
Interests: disordered proteins; plant signalling; plant defence
Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Avenida Menendez Pidal s/n, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
Interests: plant-pathogen interaction; plant disease; plant breeding for resistance; genome-wide association mapping; resistance mechanism; legumes; pea; fusarium oxysporum; oat; crop adaptation
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Interests: plant-pathogen interaction; plant disease; plant breeding for resistance; genome-wide association mapping; resistance mechanism; legumes; pea; fusarium oxysporum; oat; crop adaptation
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Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03202 Elche, Spain
Interests: molecular plant biology; plant stress physiology; plant biochemistry; phytohormones; polyamines; ethylene; glutathione peroxidases; reactive oxygen species (ROS); root development; plant genetics
Interests: molecular plant biology; plant stress physiology; plant biochemistry; phytohormones; polyamines; ethylene; glutathione peroxidases; reactive oxygen species (ROS); root development; plant genetics
Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03202 Elche, Spain
Interests: abiotic stress; ROS; redox; antioxidants; phytohormones; ethylene; plant stress eco-physiology
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Interests: abiotic stress; ROS; redox; antioxidants; phytohormones; ethylene; plant stress eco-physiology
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Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, 702-701 Daegu, Republic of Korea
Interests: plant functional genomics; abiotic stress; biotic stress; plant breeding; climate change and mitigation of greenhouse gases in agriculture
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Interests: plant functional genomics; abiotic stress; biotic stress; plant breeding; climate change and mitigation of greenhouse gases in agriculture
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Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
Interests: disease resistance; plant breeding; cereals; legumes
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Interests: disease resistance; plant breeding; cereals; legumes
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Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment—DAFNAE, University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Interests: ethylene biology; fruit development and abscission; fruit ripening, ROS metabolism and post-harvest senescence; ROP GTPases in fruit trees development; responses of plants to hypoxia
Interests: ethylene biology; fruit development and abscission; fruit ripening, ROS metabolism and post-harvest senescence; ROP GTPases in fruit trees development; responses of plants to hypoxia
1. LEAF, Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), Departmento de Recursos Biológicos, Ambiente e Território (DRAT), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
2. Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: plant physiology; plant molecular biology; plant biochemistry; medicinal plants; natural products; plant membrane transporters; abiotic stress
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2. Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: plant physiology; plant molecular biology; plant biochemistry; medicinal plants; natural products; plant membrane transporters; abiotic stress
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Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection—National Research Council, Sesto Fiorentino,50019 Firenze, Italy
Interests: invasive alien pathogens; early detection; population genetics
Interests: invasive alien pathogens; early detection; population genetics
1. Department of Biology, University of Crete, 714 09 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 714 09 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
3. Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon EX4 4SB, UK
Interests: microbial pathogenicity; bacterial pathogenomics; molecular host-microbe interactions; molecular plant immunity; NLR biology; effectors biology
2. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 714 09 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
3. Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon EX4 4SB, UK
Interests: microbial pathogenicity; bacterial pathogenomics; molecular host-microbe interactions; molecular plant immunity; NLR biology; effectors biology
DISAFA Departement, Largo Braccini 2, University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
Interests: biostimulants; plant biofortification; crop nutrition; abiotic stress; beneficial elements; phytoremediation
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Interests: biostimulants; plant biofortification; crop nutrition; abiotic stress; beneficial elements; phytoremediation
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CNR-IBBR, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Via Universita’, 133 80055 Portici, NA, Italy
Interests: plant plastid genome; plant mitochondria genome; plastid biotechnology; plant molecular farming; chloroplast-to-nucleous communication in plants; plant cytoplasmic male sterility; plant organelle diversity
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Interests: plant plastid genome; plant mitochondria genome; plastid biotechnology; plant molecular farming; chloroplast-to-nucleous communication in plants; plant cytoplasmic male sterility; plant organelle diversity
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Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
Interests: molecular plant-microbe interaction; plant genomics and bioinformatics; evolution of plant disease resistance genes; genome editing in crops
Interests: molecular plant-microbe interaction; plant genomics and bioinformatics; evolution of plant disease resistance genes; genome editing in crops
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Wales SY23 3EE, UK
Interests: plant breeding; genetics; genomics; GWAS; QTL; biofuel; barley; miscanthus; cell wall; lignin biosynthesis
Interests: plant breeding; genetics; genomics; GWAS; QTL; biofuel; barley; miscanthus; cell wall; lignin biosynthesis
Biology Department of the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia
Interests: photobiophysics; photobiochemistry; photobiology; light absoption; fluorescence; energy migration; photoreactons; photoreceptors; phytochromes; (bacterio) rhodopsins; photosynthetic pigments
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Interests: photobiophysics; photobiochemistry; photobiology; light absoption; fluorescence; energy migration; photoreactons; photoreceptors; phytochromes; (bacterio) rhodopsins; photosynthetic pigments
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Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Dimitra, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: plant responses to abiotic stress; photoprotective and antioxidative mechanisms to abiotic stress; photosynthesis; secondary metabolites
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Interests: plant responses to abiotic stress; photoprotective and antioxidative mechanisms to abiotic stress; photosynthesis; secondary metabolites
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Department of Biotechnology, School of Sciences, Noida International University, Noida 203201, India
Interests: epigenetics; transcription; stress; histone modification; plant defense
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Interests: epigenetics; transcription; stress; histone modification; plant defense
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1. Institute of Gene Science and Industrialization for Bamboo and Rattan Resources, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, China
2. Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Interests: plant biotechnology; molecular biology; plant gene function validation; bamboo sciences
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2. Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Interests: plant biotechnology; molecular biology; plant gene function validation; bamboo sciences
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State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, 85 Minglun Street, Kaifeng 475001, China
Interests: single cell; RNA-seq; spatial transcriptomics; spatial metabolomics; mass spectrometry imaging; stomatal development; stress response; stem cell; arabidopsis; cotton
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Interests: single cell; RNA-seq; spatial transcriptomics; spatial metabolomics; mass spectrometry imaging; stomatal development; stress response; stem cell; arabidopsis; cotton
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Department of Plant Biology, University of Szeged, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
Interests: polyamines; salt stress; reactive oxygen species; hypusination; antioxidant defence system
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Interests: polyamines; salt stress; reactive oxygen species; hypusination; antioxidant defence system
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Department of Biology and Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Łódź, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Łódź, Poland
Interests: medicinal plant molecular biology; medicinal plant genetics; promoter structure and function; plant secondary metabolites; protein homology modeling
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Interests: medicinal plant molecular biology; medicinal plant genetics; promoter structure and function; plant secondary metabolites; protein homology modeling
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Institute of Soil Science and Water Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter, Thermi, GR-57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: fruit tree physiology and nutrition; abiotic stress physiology; proteomics; metabolomics; transcriptomics
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Interests: fruit tree physiology and nutrition; abiotic stress physiology; proteomics; metabolomics; transcriptomics
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1. Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain
2. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, 36213 Vigo, Spain
Interests: molecular modeling; structure-activity relationships; molecular docking; chemical biology; computational chemistry; mechanism of action; herbicides
2. Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, 36213 Vigo, Spain
Interests: molecular modeling; structure-activity relationships; molecular docking; chemical biology; computational chemistry; mechanism of action; herbicides
Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)—Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria-CSIC (INIA/CSIC), Campus de Montegancedo UPM, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain
Interests: protein translation; regulation of gene expression; RNA; plant virus
Interests: protein translation; regulation of gene expression; RNA; plant virus
CEBAS-CSIC, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: cap-independent translation; resistance to plant virus; plant virus-host interaction; plant virology
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Interests: cap-independent translation; resistance to plant virus; plant virus-host interaction; plant virology
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State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Interdisciplinary Science Research Institute, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: plant immunity and abiotic stress; phytohormones; plant microbiota; plant evolution
Interests: plant immunity and abiotic stress; phytohormones; plant microbiota; plant evolution
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (DAFE), University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto, 80-56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: plant genetics and structural genomics; genome sequencing; bioinformatics; genome structure and evolution
Interests: plant genetics and structural genomics; genome sequencing; bioinformatics; genome structure and evolution
Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación, Tecnología Agraria y Alimentación (INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
Interests: hormonal regulation in plantas, with a particular focus on root; mechanisms by which hormones modulate plant physiology and contribute to their overall growth and development; studies that uses confocal microscopy techniques to analyse physiological processes at the cellular level; relationship between plant nutrition and growth; techniques and advancements in hydroponics crop production; regulation of active translation in plants, including polysome profiling and ribo-seq analyses
Interests: hormonal regulation in plantas, with a particular focus on root; mechanisms by which hormones modulate plant physiology and contribute to their overall growth and development; studies that uses confocal microscopy techniques to analyse physiological processes at the cellular level; relationship between plant nutrition and growth; techniques and advancements in hydroponics crop production; regulation of active translation in plants, including polysome profiling and ribo-seq analyses
1. Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Granada, Campus of Cartuja, 18011 Granada, Spain
2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Granada, Avda Fuentenueva, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: antioxidants; natural product chemistry; antioxidant activity; phytochemicals; lipids; lipid oxidation
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2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Granada, Avda Fuentenueva, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: antioxidants; natural product chemistry; antioxidant activity; phytochemicals; lipids; lipid oxidation
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Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Ufa Institute of Biology, Ufa Federal Research Centre, RAS, 450054 Ufa, Russia
Interests: plant growth; water stress; hormonal regulation; water relation; oxidative stress; regulatory proteins; biotechnology; molecular biological approaches
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Interests: plant growth; water stress; hormonal regulation; water relation; oxidative stress; regulatory proteins; biotechnology; molecular biological approaches
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