Elena Shpak
elenashpak.bsky.social
Elena Shpak
@elenashpak.bsky.social
Professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Plant developmental biologist.
New review: WUSCHEL: The essential regulator of the Arabidopsis shoot Apical Meristem. doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...
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May 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Reposted by Elena Shpak
Our latest @pnas.org! Preventing inappropriate signals pre- and post-ligand perception by a toggle switch mechanism of the plant receptor kinase ERECTA.

Its unique C-terminal alpha-helix domain inhibits the receptor active state. Congrats, all!🌱🥰
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January 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Reposted by Elena Shpak
Such a wonderful news for the plant biology community!

Congratulation to Terri Long and Beronda Montgomery 🍀🎉

White House press release: www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-up...
January 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Please retweet about our summer NSF REU program, “Research Experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Molecular Signaling.” Apply at etap.nsf.gov/award/6571/o... Info: bcmb.utk.edu/research/sum... #Deaf #REU #HardOfHearing
January 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
🧐😂 An example of why you should be very careful using ChatGPT. Needless to say, that neither that paper nor such authors exist.
December 30, 2024 at 4:15 PM