Plant Endocytosis, 2006
Plant Cell Monographs Series, Vol. 1

Endocytosis is a fundamental biological process, which is conserved among all eukaryotes. It is essential not only for many physiological and signalling processes but also for interactions between eukaryotic cells and pathogens or symbionts. This book covers all aspects of endocytosis in both lower and higher plants, including basic types of endocytosis, endocytic compartments, and molecules involved in endocytic internalization and recycling in diverse plant cell types. It provides a comparison with endocytosis in animals and yeast and discusses future prospects in this new and rapidly evolving plant research field. Readers will find an overview of the state-of-the-art methods and techniques applied in plant endocytosis research.

Jozef Šamaj studied at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. After PhD promotion he did three post-docs supported by Eurosilva, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and EU Marie Curie Programme in well recognized laboratories in Toulouse, Bonn and Vienna. He worked on the cell biology of lignification enzymes, arabinogalactan proteins, cytoskelatal and signalling proteins, especially on mitogen-activated-protein kinases. He is now a lecturer and associate researcher at the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany in Bonn, Germany. His main research interest is focused on the role of stress-induced MAP-Kinase cascades in relation to the vesicular trafficking and cytoskeleton during root hair development and root adaptation to stresses in two plant model species Arabidopsis thaliana and Medicago truncatula. He co-edited one monograph: Šamaj J, Bobák M, Ovecka M, Blehová B, Pretová A (1997) Structural features of plant morphogenesis in vitro. Veda, Bratislava, Slovakia, pp. 122 (ISBN 80-224-0505-1)

František Baluška studied at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, After promotion he did ten years of scientific work at the Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava, Slovakia), he accomplished two post-docs supported by Royal Society (London) and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn) in Bristol and Bonn. During this time, he was mainly focusing on the cell biology of plant cytoskeleton, especially as related to growth and polarity of cells in root apex. Now he is lecturer and associate researcher at the Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany in Bonn, Germany. His current main research interest is the signal-mediated interactions between membrane trafficking and cytoskeleton in two plant model species Zea mays and Arabidopsis thaliana. He co-edited three books:

Baluška F, Ciamporová M, Gašparíková O, Barlow PW (eds) (1995) Structure and Function of Roots. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Nether