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Lara Esch

John Innes CentreORCID 0000-0003-2049-1882Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1

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Plant BiologyScience AdvancesPeer-reviewedJul 3, 2026

Targeting granule initiation and amyloplast structure to create giant starch granules in wheat

Rose McNelly, Lara Esch, Qi Yang Ngai…·David Seung

This paper creates giant starch granules in wheat by modifying amyloplast size and granule initiation, resulting in starch with altered physicochemical properties.

1 citation

plant (other)proteomics

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Plant BiologyNew PhytologistPeer-reviewedDec 12, 2025

Starch synthesis in Brachypodium distachyon endosperm occurs in dynamic, connected amyloplast compartments

Lara Esch, Qi Yang Ngai, Sergio G. López…·David Seung

The paper uses live-cell imaging to show that simple-type starch granules in Brachypodium distachyon arise from multiple amyloplast initiations, challenging the one granule, one amyloplast model.

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plant (other)imaging

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintNov 18, 2025

LCI9 is required for normal pyrenoid starch sheath formation and efficiency of the CO2-concentrating mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Liat Adler, Jasmine Lau, Lara Esch…·Luke C. M. Mackinder

This study investigates the role of LCI9 in starch sheath formation and CO2-concentrating mechanism efficiency in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, finding that LCI9 is essential for proper sheath assembly and pCCM function.

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C. eleganselectronic health records

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