Current status of the multinational Arabidopsis community

The multinational Arabidopsis research community is highly collaborative and over the past thirty years these activities have been documented by the Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee (MASC). Here, we (a) highlight recent research advances made with the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana; (b) provide summaries from recent reports submitted by MASC subcommittees, projects and resources associated with MASC and from MASC country representatives; and (c) initiate a call for ideas and foci for the “fourth decadal roadmap,” which will advise and coordinate the global activities of the Arabidopsis research community

Hybrid liquid crystal-photonic crystal fiber tunable interferometer

© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Two tunable interferometers based on photonic crystal fibers (PCF) and liquid crystals (LC) were designed and fabricated. In the first interferometer, the LC peripherally surrounds the PCF, while in the second, much more sensitive to external fields, the LC partially fills the fiber cladding holes. The devices may be applied to optical communications and sensing.RETOS . Grant Number: TEC2013–47342-C2 SINFOTON . Grant Number: S2013/MIT-2790Peer Reviewe

Current status of the multinational Arabidopsis community

The multinational Arabidopsis research community is highly collaborative and over the past thirty years these activities have been documented by the Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee (MASC). Here, we (a) highlight recent research advances made with the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana; (b) provide summaries from recent reports submitted by MASC subcommittees, projects and resources associated with MASC and from MASC country representatives; and (c) initiate a call for ideas and foci for the “fourth decadal roadmap,” which will advise and coordinate the global activities of the Arabidopsis research community. © 2020 The Authors. Plant Direct published by American Society of Plant Biologists and the Society for Experimental Biology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd11Nsciescopu