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Japan Society of Plant Physiologists annual meeting of 2016 was held at Iwate prefecture, Japan hosted by Faculty of Agricuture, Iwate University. Out of 12 symposium, one is dedicated to Ethylene. Clearly, compared to any other phytohormone, much more advancement has been shown in the field of ethylene signaling. Notably, "cleave-and-shuttle" model and translation regulation of EIN2 signaling molecule has improved our idea. This ethylene symposium was entitled as "Ethylene on plant growth and development: from signaling to physiological responses" and organized by Dr. Abidur Rahman (Faculty of Agricuture, Iwate University) and Tomotsugu Koyama (Suntory Foundation of Life Sciences).  Five invited speakers on this symposium are: Hongwei Guo (College of Life Sciences, Peking University), Tomotsugu Koyama (Suntory Foundation of Life Sciences), Tohru Ariizumi (The University of Tsukuba), Motoyuki Ashikari (Nagoya University) and Yusuke Kamiyoshihara (College of

Root is the most amazing part of a plant to answer so many questions. Over the decades, it's become popular among plant scientist to study because of the simplicity of its organization and stereotyped developmental program.  Philip Benfey from Duke University is one of the leading scientist of root developmental research and his study focus is to know how cells divide and acquire their identities in root.  These discoveries originated with screens for mutants with roots that had altered cell division potential. Characterization of these mutants revealed alterations in cell division and cell identity leading to dramatic changes in the radial pattern of the root.  His lab  has isolated the genes mutated in these lines and found that several of them encode transcriptional regulators. One of these called SHORT-ROOT is made in the vascular cylinder of the root and then moves to the adjacent tissue where it activates the expression of a second transcription factor, SCARECROW. The S