@xixizhang9001.bsky.social
Plant science, vascular cambium, stem cell, cell biology, postdoc
Very excited to share that another project from my postdoc has been published in PNAS! It’s been quite a journey, and I finally feel like I’ve fully transitioned from cell biology into the world of plant developmental biology.
By combining molecular genetics with cell-ablation experiments, we found that vascular cambium stem cells and xylem-identity cells form an interchangeable unit, a stem cell niche. Meticulous work by @xixizhang9001.bsky.social, Ondrej Smetana, Jing Zhang & Xiaoyu Wang 1/x www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Auxin transport positions stem cells in the vascular cambium during normal development and regeneration | PNAS
The vascular cambium contains bifacial stem cells producing secondary phloem in one
and secondary xylem to the opposite direction. In Arabidopsis r...
www.pnas.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Very excited to share that another project from my postdoc has been published in PNAS! It’s been quite a journey, and I finally feel like I’ve fully transitioned from cell biology into the world of plant developmental biology.
Reposted
By combining molecular genetics with cell-ablation experiments, we found that vascular cambium stem cells and xylem-identity cells form an interchangeable unit, a stem cell niche. Meticulous work by @xixizhang9001.bsky.social, Ondrej Smetana, Jing Zhang & Xiaoyu Wang 1/x www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Auxin transport positions stem cells in the vascular cambium during normal development and regeneration | PNAS
The vascular cambium contains bifacial stem cells producing secondary phloem in one
and secondary xylem to the opposite direction. In Arabidopsis r...
www.pnas.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
By combining molecular genetics with cell-ablation experiments, we found that vascular cambium stem cells and xylem-identity cells form an interchangeable unit, a stem cell niche. Meticulous work by @xixizhang9001.bsky.social, Ondrej Smetana, Jing Zhang & Xiaoyu Wang 1/x www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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So excited to see my first author paper from my postdoc came out. We identified the vascular cambium stem cell factors CAILs and revealed their positioning mechanism.
Finally out! We identified the stem cell factors (CAILs) of the vascular cambium, and a mechanism involving a ligand sequestration to position the stem cells. This work is a result of fruitful collaboration with @peteretchells.bsky.social and Tusscher labs. 🧵 1/x
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Identification of cambium stem cell factors and their positioning mechanism
Wood constitutes the largest reservoir of terrestrial biomass. Composed of xylem, it arises from one side of the vascular cambium, a bifacial stem cell niche that also produces phloem on the opposing ...
www.science.org
November 19, 2024 at 9:48 AM
So excited to see my first author paper from my postdoc came out. We identified the vascular cambium stem cell factors CAILs and revealed their positioning mechanism.
Reposted
Finally out! We identified the stem cell factors (CAILs) of the vascular cambium, and a mechanism involving a ligand sequestration to position the stem cells. This work is a result of fruitful collaboration with @peteretchells.bsky.social and Tusscher labs. 🧵 1/x
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Identification of cambium stem cell factors and their positioning mechanism
Wood constitutes the largest reservoir of terrestrial biomass. Composed of xylem, it arises from one side of the vascular cambium, a bifacial stem cell niche that also produces phloem on the opposing ...
www.science.org
November 8, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Finally out! We identified the stem cell factors (CAILs) of the vascular cambium, and a mechanism involving a ligand sequestration to position the stem cells. This work is a result of fruitful collaboration with @peteretchells.bsky.social and Tusscher labs. 🧵 1/x
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted
Good week for those interested in oriented divisions and middle cortex formation in the Arabidopsis root. Out in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Three RLKs integrate SHR-SCR and gibberellins to regulate root ground tissue patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana
Chang et al. reveal that ARH1, FEI1, and FEI2 negatively regulate middle cortex formation
via modulating the biosynthesis of GA. They elucidate that SHR and SCR negatively
control the expression level...
www.cell.com
November 18, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Good week for those interested in oriented divisions and middle cortex formation in the Arabidopsis root. Out in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol...