Last Week in Noble Research: Valentine's Cells, Lunch and Frost Recovery

Here's a quick look at a few of the many research activities from last week at the Noble Research Institute.

  1 Monday, Feb. 13

How do roots grow? We're learning more every day.

Root cells of a thale cress #arabidopsis seedling imaged with a #confocal #microscope and surface-rendered using image processing software. Magenta colors represent the plasma membrane surrounding individual root cells. Green bodies mark a population of compartments where cellular material is packaged. These compartments through an intricate system of transport pathways eventually merge with the plasma membrane enabling the cells to expand and the entire root to grow so it can forage for nutrients and water. Advanced #light #microscopy allows @noblefoundation #scientists to learn more about complex cellular processes that explain basic aspects of plant growth. #plantbiology #cellbiology #everynoblestory #biology #sciart #rootscience #microscopymonday #knowyourroots #imaging #rootscience #plantscience #colorful #surfacerendering #membrane #plantcell #packaging #plantnutrition #rootresearch

A post shared by Noble Cell Imaging (@noble_cell_imaging) on Feb 13, 2017 at 4:41am PST

  2 Monday, Feb. 13

Lunch time for the cattle! Today's menu: NF101 wheat.

Cattle grazing NF101 wheat developed by @noblefoundation What makes @noblefoundation small grains breeding program unique? Wheat, rye, oat and triticale cultivars are developed for forage production to be utilized by grazing livestock. #everynoblestory #wheat #smallgrains #cattle #cattlegrazing #iphoneonly #scicomm #plantbreeding #agriculture #grazing #forages #yearroundgrazing #farming

A post shared by Mike Trammell (@nobleplantbreeder) on Feb 13, 2017 at 9:19am PST

  3 Tuesday, Feb. 14

Celebrating Valentine's Day science-style in the Cell Imaging Facility.

Happy Valentine's Day from a pair of lovely red root hair cells. The #heart - shaped structures on the left insets is the tip of a living root hair cell stained with the red-emitting dye propidium iodide. Unlike the typical cylinder-shaped cell, these root hairs have unusual but #beautiful shapes. The cells were imaged with a #confocal #microscope. These irregular shapes are the result of the plant missing two #genes that control the organization of its cell skeleton #cytoskeleton. #ilovescience #rootsoflove #rooting #roothairs #scienceart #everynoblestory #genetics #valentineday2017 #rootresearch #plantcell #science #cellbiology #knowyourroots #plantscience #rootresearch #sciencelove #love #happyvalentinesday #biology #sciart #botany

A post shared by Noble Cell Imaging (@noble_cell_imaging) on Feb 14, 2017 at 5:02am PST

  4 Tuesday, Feb. 14

Grow, brassicas, grow!

For comparison, this was taken on 29 Nov 2016, prior to freezing temps. @noblefoundation #Brassicas #covercrops #everynoblestory pic.twitter.com/2dKsCTzmfi

— Grass Fed Geeks (@Grass_Fed_Geeks) February 14, 2017

  5 Wednesday, Feb. 15

Looking for the plants that grow more efficiently. Then we can turn knowledge into tools for farmers and ranchers.

If you needed to select for breeding, looking for high efficient plant for growth, do you wanna guess which one to select ? @noblefoundation #everynoblestory #nobleacademy #medicago #rootresearch #shootresearch #forageimprovement #plantbiology #highereducation #highered #research #greenhouse #science #scienceexperiment #phosphorus #plantstress #abiotic #phenotyping #oklahoma #forage365 #nonprofit #shotoniphone #iphoneonly #scicomm

A post shared by A.-Brice Cazenave, PhD (@dr.abcazenave) on Feb 15, 2017 at 6:20pm PST

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