--- OA_place: publisher OA_type: hybrid PlanS_conform: '1' _id: '21483' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Embryogenesis in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana provides a framework for understanding how cell polarity and patterning coordinate with hormonal signalling to establish the plant body plan. Following fertilisation, the zygote divides asymmetrically to generate apical and basal lineages, establishing the apical–basal axis that defines future shoot and root poles. Genetic and molecular analyses of classical mutants including gnom, monopteros (mp), bodenlos (bdl) and topless revealed that localised auxin biosynthesis, directional transport and downstream transcriptional responses are central to apical–basal axis establishment and organ initiation. The main components of this regulation are polarly localised PIN auxin transporters and downstream modules involving MONOPTEROS and WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX transcription factors. Advances in microscopy have transformed the study of Arabidopsis embryogenesis: fluorescence-compatible clearing reagents and three-dimensional reconstructions now permit quantitative analyses of cell geometry, division orientation, and cytoskeletal dynamics. Live ovule imaging setups with confocal laser scanning and multiphoton microscopes enable real-time observation of embryo development, while laser-assisted cell ablation can be used to probe cell-to-cell communication and fate plasticity. Together, these methodological breakthroughs position Arabidopsis embryos as a prime model for dissecting the chemical and biophysical cues that shape plant development.' acknowledgement: The authors would like to acknowledge the many colleagues whose valuable contributions to the field could not be included in this review due to space limitations and reference constraints. Open Access funding provided by Institute of Science and Technology Austria/KEMÖ. article_number: nph.71072 article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: David full_name: Babic, David id: db566d23-f6e0-11ea-865d-e6f270e968e7 last_name: Babic - first_name: Milan full_name: Zupunski, Milan id: f6a21fce-573e-11f0-a150-a8d96aee2539 last_name: Zupunski - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 citation: ama: Babic D, Zupunski M, Friml J. Imaging and genetic toolbox to study Arabidopsis embryogenesis. New Phytologist. 2026. doi:10.1111/nph.71072 apa: Babic, D., Zupunski, M., & Friml, J. (2026). Imaging and genetic toolbox to study Arabidopsis embryogenesis. New Phytologist. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71072 chicago: Babic, David, Milan Zupunski, and Jiří Friml. “Imaging and Genetic Toolbox to Study Arabidopsis Embryogenesis.” New Phytologist. Wiley, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71072. ieee: D. Babic, M. Zupunski, and J. Friml, “Imaging and genetic toolbox to study Arabidopsis embryogenesis,” New Phytologist. Wiley, 2026. ista: Babic D, Zupunski M, Friml J. 2026. Imaging and genetic toolbox to study Arabidopsis embryogenesis. New Phytologist., nph. 71072. mla: Babic, David, et al. “Imaging and Genetic Toolbox to Study Arabidopsis Embryogenesis.” New Phytologist, nph. 71072, Wiley, 2026, doi:10.1111/nph.71072. short: D. Babic, M. Zupunski, J. Friml, New Phytologist (2026). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2026-03-23T14:59:06Z date_published: 2026-03-11T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-06-18T08:31:45Z day: '11' ddc: - '580' department: - _id: JiFr - _id: GradSch doi: 10.1111/nph.71072 external_id: pmid: - '41808651' has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71072 month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 publication: New Phytologist publication_identifier: eissn: - 1469-8137 issn: - 0028-646X publication_status: epub_ahead publisher: Wiley quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: Imaging and genetic toolbox to study Arabidopsis embryogenesis tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2026' ... --- OA_place: publisher OA_type: hybrid PlanS_conform: '1' _id: '20187' abstract: - lang: eng text: Very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), being constituents of different types of lipids, are critical factors in plant development, presumably due to their impact on the endomembrane system. The VLCFAs are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum by a heterotetrameric enzymatic complex including β-ketoacyl CoA reductase 1 (KCR1), whose mutant is lethal. Here, we describe the ectopic shoot meristems (esm) mutant, a viable kcr1 allele presumably affecting surface properties of the KCR1 protein. This kcr1-2 mutant shows reduced fatty acyl elongation that impacts VLCFAs. The kcr1-2 plants show severe defects during different stages of development, which all correlate with defects in polar localization and subcellular trafficking of PIN auxin transporters and resulting asymmetric auxin distribution. Detailed analysis of KCR1 expression and patterning defects in kcr1-2 suggests that KCR1 plays a role in delineating boundaries around meristematic and specialized differentiating tissues, including root and shoot meristems, initiating lateral roots, lateral root primordia, and trichomes. In these contexts, KCR1-produced VLCFAs may act in a non-cell-autonomous manner. Viable kcr1-2 represents a useful tool to study VLCFA roles in plant development and highlights VLCFAs as critical developmental factors at the interface of cell polarity and tissue development. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: EM-Fac - _id: LifeSc acknowledgement: "We gratefully acknowledge the Imaging and Optics, Electron Microscopy (especially Vanessa Zheden for technical assistance) and Life Science (in particular Dorota Jaworska) facilities at ISTA for their continuous support. Authors would like to thank Michelle Gallei for advice during the generation of the transgenic lines; Zuzana Gelová for advice with DR5rev::GFP analyses; Ivan Kulich for help and advice on trichome imaging; Aline Monzer for generous help with hypocotyl and root analyses; Shutang Tan for help with the NGS data analysis; and Milan Župunski for advice on abiotic stress experiments. We would like to thank Dolf Weijers for the SOSEKI (SOK) marker line seeds. This work has benefited from the support of IJPB's Plant Observatory platforms P0-Chem.\r\n\r\nThis work was supported by Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (I 6123-B) and Science and Technology Department of Jiangxi Province (20223BCJ25037) to Huibin Han. The IJPB benefits from the support of Saclay Plant Sciences-SPS (ANR-17-EUR-0007)." article_number: e70396 article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: David full_name: Babic, David id: db566d23-f6e0-11ea-865d-e6f270e968e7 last_name: Babic - first_name: Rashed full_name: Abualia, Rashed id: 4827E134-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Abualia orcid: 0000-0002-9357-9415 - first_name: Lukas full_name: Fiedler, Lukas id: 7c417475-8972-11ed-ae7b-8b674ca26986 last_name: Fiedler - first_name: Linlin full_name: Qi, Linlin id: 44B04502-A9ED-11E9-B6FC-583AE6697425 last_name: Qi orcid: 0000-0001-5187-8401 - first_name: Frédérique full_name: Tellier, Frédérique last_name: Tellier - first_name: Adrijana full_name: Smoljan, Adrijana id: cced8a85-223e-11ed-af04-b0596c55053b last_name: Smoljan - first_name: Hana full_name: Rakusova, Hana id: 4CAAA450-78D2-11EA-8E57-B40A396E08BA last_name: Rakusova - first_name: Petr full_name: Valošek, Petr id: 3CDB6F94-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Valošek - first_name: Huibin full_name: Han, Huibin id: 31435098-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Han - first_name: Eva full_name: Benková, Eva id: 38F4F166-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Benková orcid: 0000-0002-8510-9739 - first_name: Jean Denis full_name: Faure, Jean Denis last_name: Faure - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 citation: ama: Babic D, Abualia R, Fiedler L, et al. Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development. Plant Journal. 2025;123(3). doi:10.1111/tpj.70396 apa: Babic, D., Abualia, R., Fiedler, L., Qi, L., Tellier, F., Smoljan, A., … Friml, J. (2025). Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development. Plant Journal. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70396 chicago: Babic, David, Rashed Abualia, Lukas Fiedler, Linlin Qi, Frédérique Tellier, Adrijana Smoljan, Hana Rakusova, et al. “Biosynthesis of Very Long-Chain Fatty Acids Is Required for Arabidopsis Auxin-Mediated Embryonic and Post-Embryonic Development.” Plant Journal. Wiley, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70396. ieee: D. Babic et al., “Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development,” Plant Journal, vol. 123, no. 3. Wiley, 2025. ista: Babic D, Abualia R, Fiedler L, Qi L, Tellier F, Smoljan A, Rakusova H, Valošek P, Han H, Benková E, Faure JD, Friml J. 2025. Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development. Plant Journal. 123(3), e70396. mla: Babic, David, et al. “Biosynthesis of Very Long-Chain Fatty Acids Is Required for Arabidopsis Auxin-Mediated Embryonic and Post-Embryonic Development.” Plant Journal, vol. 123, no. 3, e70396, Wiley, 2025, doi:10.1111/tpj.70396. short: D. Babic, R. Abualia, L. Fiedler, L. Qi, F. Tellier, A. Smoljan, H. Rakusova, P. Valošek, H. Han, E. Benková, J.D. Faure, J. Friml, Plant Journal 123 (2025). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2025-08-17T22:01:36Z date_published: 2025-08-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-04-07T11:52:02Z day: '01' ddc: - '580' department: - _id: EvBe - _id: JiFr - _id: GradSch doi: 10.1111/tpj.70396 external_id: isi: - '001547884300001' pmid: - '40782342' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 1cdc3341d2d23101abca72521f1f23cb content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2025-09-01T14:09:31Z date_updated: 2025-09-01T14:09:31Z file_id: '20264' file_name: 2025_PlantJournal_Babic.pdf file_size: 5791111 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2025-09-01T14:09:31Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 123' isi: 1 issue: '3' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: bd76d395-d553-11ed-ba76-f678c14f9033 grant_number: I06123 name: Peptide receptors for auxin canalization in Arabidopsis publication: Plant Journal publication_identifier: eissn: - 1365-313X issn: - 0960-7412 publication_status: published publisher: Wiley quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '20362' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Biosynthesis of very long-chain fatty acids is required for Arabidopsis auxin-mediated embryonic and post-embryonic development tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345 volume: 123 year: '2025' ... --- OA_place: publisher _id: '20362' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio - _id: LifeSc alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: David full_name: Babic, David id: db566d23-f6e0-11ea-865d-e6f270e968e7 last_name: Babic citation: ama: Babic D. Mechanisms of auxin-mediated early embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. 2025. doi:10.15479/AT-ISTA-20362 apa: Babic, D. (2025). Mechanisms of auxin-mediated early embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20362 chicago: Babic, David. “Mechanisms of Auxin-Mediated Early Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis Thaliana.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-20362. ieee: D. Babic, “Mechanisms of auxin-mediated early embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. ista: Babic D. 2025. Mechanisms of auxin-mediated early embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Babic, David. Mechanisms of Auxin-Mediated Early Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis Thaliana. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025, doi:10.15479/AT-ISTA-20362. short: D. Babic, Mechanisms of Auxin-Mediated Early Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2025. corr_author: '1' date_created: 2025-09-17T13:28:01Z date_published: 2025-09-18T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2026-04-07T11:52:02Z day: '18' ddc: - '580' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: JiFr - _id: EvBe doi: 10.15479/AT-ISTA-20362 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 5ecf274281a54a41e0288bc79edf7492 content_type: application/pdf creator: dbabic date_created: 2025-09-24T13:43:14Z date_updated: 2025-09-26T07:29:11Z embargo: 2026-09-25 embargo_to: open_access file_id: '20388' file_name: 2025_David_Babic_Thesis.pdf file_size: 7501548 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: 2703e548390de0a1af7a707137e8ab3b content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: dbabic date_created: 2025-09-24T13:43:14Z date_updated: 2025-09-26T07:29:11Z file_id: '20389' file_name: Thesis_Babic_draft.docx file_size: 23206052 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2025-09-26T07:29:11Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa_version: Published Version page: '116' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '20187' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 - first_name: Eva full_name: Benková, Eva id: 38F4F166-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Benková orcid: 0000-0002-8510-9739 title: Mechanisms of auxin-mediated early embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: ba8df636-2132-11f1-aed0-ed93e2281fdd year: '2025' ... --- OA_place: publisher OA_type: hybrid _id: '15330' abstract: - lang: eng text: Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is vital for the regulation of plant growth and development by controlling plasma membrane protein composition and cargo uptake. CME relies on the precise recruitment of regulators for vesicle maturation and release. Homologues of components of mammalian vesicle scission are strong candidates to be part of the scission machinery in plants, but the precise roles of these proteins in this process are not fully understood. Here, we characterised the roles of Plant Dynamin-Related Proteins 2 (DRP2s) and SH3-domain containing protein 2 (SH3P2), the plant homologue to Dynamins’ recruiters, like Endophilin and Amphiphysin, in the CME by combining high-resolution imaging of endocytic events in vivo and characterisation of the purified proteins in vitro. Although DRP2s and SH3P2 arrive similarly late during CME and physically interact, genetic analysis of the sh3p123 triple-mutant and complementation assays with non-SH3P2-interacting DRP2 variants suggests that SH3P2 does not directly recruit DRP2s to the site of endocytosis. These observations imply that despite the presence of many well-conserved endocytic components, plants have acquired a distinct mechanism for CME. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio acknowledgement: "Nataliia Gnyliukh was partially funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and\r\ninnovation program (2018-2020) under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant (agreement no.\r\n665385). Taif University Researchers Supporting Project: TURSP-HC2022/02. and Austrian\r\nScience Fund (FWF): I 6123-B.We thank Prof. Eileen Lafer and Liping Wang for their suggestions regarding the optimisation of protein expression and purification. We thank Prof. Sebastian Y. Bednarek for the useful comments and constructive criticism of the project. We thank Maciek Adamowski for providing genetic material. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST-Austria through resources provided by the Electron microscopy (EMF), Lab Support Facility (LSF) (particularly Dorota Jaworska) and the Bioimaging Facility (BIF)." article_number: jcs.261720 article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Nataliia full_name: Gnyliukh, Nataliia id: 390C1120-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Gnyliukh orcid: 0000-0002-2198-0509 - first_name: Alexander J full_name: Johnson, Alexander J id: 46A62C3A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Johnson orcid: 0000-0002-2739-8843 - first_name: MK full_name: Nagel, MK last_name: Nagel - first_name: Aline full_name: Monzer, Aline id: 2DB5D88C-D7B3-11E9-B8FD-7907E6697425 last_name: Monzer - first_name: David full_name: Babic, David id: db566d23-f6e0-11ea-865d-e6f270e968e7 last_name: Babic - first_name: Annamaria full_name: Hlavata, Annamaria id: 36062FEC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hlavata - first_name: SS full_name: Alotaibi, SS last_name: Alotaibi - first_name: E full_name: Isono, E last_name: Isono - first_name: Martin full_name: Loose, Martin id: 462D4284-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Loose orcid: 0000-0001-7309-9724 - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 citation: ama: Gnyliukh N, Johnson AJ, Nagel M, et al. Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Cell Science. 2024;137(8). doi:10.1242/jcs.261720 apa: Gnyliukh, N., Johnson, A. J., Nagel, M., Monzer, A., Babic, D., Hlavata, A., … Friml, J. (2024). Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Cell Science. The Company of Biologists. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261720 chicago: Gnyliukh, Nataliia, Alexander J Johnson, MK Nagel, Aline Monzer, David Babic, Annamaria Hlavata, SS Alotaibi, E Isono, Martin Loose, and Jiří Friml. “Role of Dynamin-Related Proteins 2 and SH3P2 in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Arabidopsis Thaliana.” Journal of Cell Science. The Company of Biologists, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.261720. ieee: N. Gnyliukh et al., “Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis thaliana,” Journal of Cell Science, vol. 137, no. 8. The Company of Biologists, 2024. ista: Gnyliukh N, Johnson AJ, Nagel M, Monzer A, Babic D, Hlavata A, Alotaibi S, Isono E, Loose M, Friml J. 2024. Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Cell Science. 137(8), jcs. 261720. mla: Gnyliukh, Nataliia, et al. “Role of Dynamin-Related Proteins 2 and SH3P2 in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Arabidopsis Thaliana.” Journal of Cell Science, vol. 137, no. 8, jcs. 261720, The Company of Biologists, 2024, doi:10.1242/jcs.261720. short: N. Gnyliukh, A.J. Johnson, M. Nagel, A. Monzer, D. Babic, A. Hlavata, S. Alotaibi, E. Isono, M. Loose, J. Friml, Journal of Cell Science 137 (2024). corr_author: '1' date_created: 2024-04-19T09:54:59Z date_published: 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2025-09-04T13:49:45Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: MaLo - _id: JiFr - _id: CaBe doi: 10.1242/jcs.261720 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '001266917100005' pmid: - '38506228' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 6dc023f0cc7052ad3cf0a42589d2e30f content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2025-01-09T08:41:16Z date_updated: 2025-01-09T08:41:16Z file_id: '18792' file_name: 2024_JourCellScience_Gnyliukh.pdf file_size: 25845948 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2025-01-09T08:41:16Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 137' isi: 1 issue: '8' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program - _id: bd76d395-d553-11ed-ba76-f678c14f9033 grant_number: I06123 name: Peptide receptors for auxin canalization in Arabidopsis publication: Journal of Cell Science publication_identifier: eissn: - 1477-9137 issn: - 0021-9533 publication_status: published publisher: The Company of Biologists quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '14591' relation: earlier_version status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Role of dynamin-related proteins 2 and SH3P2 in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis thaliana tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345 volume: 137 year: '2024' ...