1. Science forum: vision, challenges and opportunities for a Plant Cell Atlas
- Author
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Jha, SG, Borowsky, AT, Cole, BJ, Fahlgren, N, Farmer, A, Huang, S-SC, Karia, P, Libault, M, Provart, NJ, Rice, SL, Saura-Sanchez, M, Agarwal, P, Ahkami, AH, Anderton, CR, Briggs, SP, Brophy, JA, Denolf, P, Di Costanzo, LF, Exposito-Alonso, M, Giacomello, S, Gomez-Cano, F, Kaufmann, K, Ko, DK, Kumar, S, Malkovskiy, A, Nakayama, N, Obata, T, Otegui, MS, Palfalvi, G, Quezada-Rodriguez, EH, Singh, R, Uhrig, RG, Waese, J, Van Wijk, K, Wright, RC, Ehrhardt, DW, Birnbaum, KD, Rhee, SY, Royal Society, and The Royal Society
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Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ,chlamydomonas reinhardtii ,Chloroplasts ,DATABASE ,Plant Development ,maize ,0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology ,Zea mays ,MECHANISMS ,Plant Cells ,cell biology ,Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ,Plant Cell Atlas Consortium ,Biology ,Science & Technology ,Computational Biology ,Agriculture ,Plants ,ARABIDOPSIS ,GENE ,C-4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS ,Plant Cell Atlas ,science forum ,single-cell omics ,translational research ,VOCABULARY ,A. thaliana ,SYSTEMS BIOLOGY ,PLASTIDS ,location-to-function ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,4D imaging ,GENERATION - Abstract
With growing populations and pressing environmental problems, future economies will be increasingly plant-based. Now is the time to reimagine plant science as a critical component of fundamental science, agriculture, environmental stewardship, energy, technology and healthcare. This effort requires a conceptual and technological framework to identify and map all cell types, and to comprehensively annotate the localization and organization of molecules at cellular and tissue levels. This framework, called the Plant Cell Atlas (PCA), will be critical for understanding and engineering plant development, physiology and environmental responses. A workshop was convened to discuss the purpose and utility of such an initiative, resulting in a roadmap that acknowledges the current knowledge gaps and technical challenges, and underscores how the PCA initiative can help to overcome them.
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- 2021