Recent advancements in monocot transformation, using leaf tissue as explant material, have expanded the number of grass species capable of transgenesis. However, the complexity of vectors and reliance on inducible excision of essential morphogenic regulators have limited widespread application. Work by researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) provides an important proof-of-concept for the use of both altruistic vectors and viral-expressed morphogenic regulators for improving plant transformation. This study showed that these technologies can be combined to increase efficiencies of embryonic calli formation, a limiting step in monocot leaf transformation, to improve protocol efficiencies and reduce experimental complexity. Continued improvement of leaf transformation protocols in monocot species has the potential to impact crop production worldwide.

A research team has developed PlantCaFo, an advanced few-shot plant disease recognition model powered by foundation models, capable of achieving high accuracy with only a handful of training images.

This study explores what pre-service teachers from India and Sweden notice in a Japanese classroom video. The findings reveal how familiarity with mathematical procedures supports detailed noticing of mathematics discourse. The unfamiliar teaching practices prompted discussions and offers learning opportunities. To incorporate culturally contrasting examples in mathematics teacher education has the potential to deepen teachers’ reflections on teaching and contribute context-sensitive awareness.