Can you name the four that things plants need to grow? Now imagine these resources an environment like the Arctic, where temperatures can drop below −50 °C. Sir David Attenborough explains in this video how some plants manage to survive…
Poinsettias, or Christmas Stars, pop up everywhere once the holidays are coming closer. What looks like bright red flowers are specialised leaves, so-called bracts. Bracts turn from green to red when the plants start to flower in response to shorter…
I thought it would be a fun experiment to try and put together a Plant Cell Biology Advent Calendar, with christmas-sy entries related to plants, cells, biology or science! I am not entirely sure yet if I will manage to…
Our new science music video is online! This video is a collaboration between plant cell biologists at Oxford Brookes University, the University of Warwick and the musician Cyrus Mower. We love plant organelles and we want to share our passion…
What do you think are the most dangerous plants in the world? Can plants be dangerous?! After all it would seem that all they do is sit around in soil and occasionally look pretty. This article might change your whole…
“Because a plant can’t move away from predators, they’ve evolved to become fortresses, with a whole line up of defences from the obvious, like spines, to the subtle, such as poisons that render insects infertile. This article looks at some…
YouTube user mrspereiraclass uploaded this very nice animation which explains the parts of a plant cell and the functions of specialised cells in different parts of the whole plant.
As a scientist who also loves baking, I admire the creativity of students in these two science projects. What an innovative use of cupcakes, icing, candy and other colourful yummy foods!
Sue Hartley, Professor of Ecology at Sussex University, explains how plants are not as defenseless as they might appear. View her lecture at the Vega Science Trust website.
“I love the Golgi apparatus”…if you love the Golgi apparatus too, you should listen to this song – you won’t get it out of your head afterwards, promise! This video is a collaboration between the Plant Endomembrane Research Group at…
