Robert W. M. Sablowski

The paper shows that cell cycle progression in Arabidopsis stem cells maintains pluripotency by resetting epigenetic marks and silencing fate-determining genes through PRC2 recruitment.

The paper uses time-series snRNA-seq to study flower development in Arabidopsis, identifying FUL's regulation of KRP2 as a key bifurcation point between cell cycle and developmental programs.

This study shows that plants can grow under limited water without compromising stress tolerance, but continuous cell division under stress causes DNA damage and cell death.