From time to time I like to search for ‘Golgi apparatus’ and ‘plant cell’ in Twitter, because I love to get a vibe for the current perception of organelles by students. Usually it is a mix between ‘haha, Golgi apparatus,…
An Introduction – by Kagz Micheni
Introducing yourself to what is undoubtedly a large community can be somewhat unnerving, but I have found that the best way to do it is just dive straight in. My name Is Kagweni Micheni, however due to the fact that…
Faces of Plant Cell Biology: Dr Mateus Mondin
Faces of Plant Science: Prof John Bryant
Check out “Functional Biology of Plants”, co-authored by John Bryant and Martin Hodson, on Facebook for current plant science news and discussions. 1) What is your research about? I have now retired but when still doing research, I studied DNA…
Introducing “Plant Cell Alumni”: Dr Paul Hunter!
Why are blue-green algae called cyanobacteria?
Why are blue-green algae called cyanobacteria? Question asked by @subha1900 on Twitter. It’s probably easier to explain this by asking the question the other way round: Why are cyanobacteria also called blue-green algae? The reason is that cyanobacteria appeared to look…