Jaime Barros-Rios

This paper uses isotope labeling and solid-state NMR to show how phenylalanine and tyrosine contribute differently to lignin structure in grasses, revealing tyrosine as a compensatory pathway.

The paper engineers a tyrosine-specific phenylpropanoid pathway in plants and finds that it can overcome a seedling-lethal phenotype but causes developmental defects due to auxin transport inhibitor accumulation.

This study uses automated image processing to analyze coiling patterns of Cuscuta campestris and finds that coiling efficacy varies with inoculation time of day.