Chen Gao

The paper uses synchrotron tomography to show diurnal starch fluctuations and osmotic water pumping in pine needle vascular cells, linking starch metabolism to water flow regulation.

The paper develops a network model to show how transfusion tissue in conifer needles facilitates radial transport of sugar and water by separating their pathways, mitigating flow bottlenecks.

The paper identifies FG-nucleoporins (FG-NUPs) at plasmodesmata (PD) using bioinformatics, proteomics, and imaging, suggesting a potential role in intercellular transport.

The paper compares two methods to measure plasmodesmata permeability and shows their correlation, using simulations to predict diffusion patterns of defense molecules.