M. M. Wudick

A monochromatically excitable green-red dual-fluorophore fusion incorporating a new large Stokes shift fluorescent protein

The paper introduces a new fluorescent protein, LSSmApple, and uses it to create a genetically encoded calcium sensor for yeast imaging.

Rice Yellow Mottle Virus resistance by genome editing of the Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica nucleoporin gene OsCPR5.1 but not OsCPR5.2

This study uses CRISPR/Cas9 to edit OsCPR5.1 and OsCPR5.2 in rice to confer resistance to Rice Yellow Mottle Virus, finding that only OsCPR5.1 loss-of-function mutants are resistant.

OzTracs: Optical Osmolality Reporters Engineered from Mechanosensitive Ion Channels

This paper describes the engineering of osmolality sensors called OzTracs by fusing fluorescent proteins to mechanosensitive ion channels, showing they report osmolality changes through indirect mechanisms.

Unique and distinct identities and functions of leaf phloem cells revealed by single cell transcriptomics

This study uses single-cell transcriptomics to identify and characterize distinct vascular cell types in Arabidopsis leaves, revealing unique functions of phloem parenchyma cells.

Sponging of glutamate at the outer plasma membrane surface reveals roles for glutamate in development

The paper shows that surface-displayed glutamate sensors affect plant development by sequestering glutamate at the plasma membrane, suggesting its role in signaling during growth and differentiation.