... environments, plants have had to evolve a range of responses to adjust their physiology to the prevailing environmental conditions [ 1 ]. Changes can vary from those that last for seconds or minutes, such as light fluctuations caused by passing clouds, to long-lasting ones, such as seasonal temperature...

...John L. Harwood Lipids are key molecules for membranes, energy storage and signalling. I have been privileged to have worked in such a diverse field and in organisms from microbes to humans. Here I will describe some of those contrasting areas which range from environmental impacts to food...

... of the in vitro environment on epigenetic processes in this system. Widespread epigenetic changes induced by the culture condition in stem cells thus emphasize the necessity for extensive research into both immediate and long-term epigenetic effects of embryo culture during assisted reproductive technologies...