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Alexander H Howell

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Early career · publishing since 2017Rising activity
Plant Molecular Biology ResearchPlant nutrient uptake and metabolismResearch in Cotton CultivationLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisTextile materials and evaluations

Publications

12

Citations

326

Est. group size

~6

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

10

Publishing since 2017

Research summary
AI-generated

Alexander H Howell studies how plants move materials and signals at the cellular level, particularly through structures called plasmodesmata (tiny channels connecting plant cells) and the phloem (the plant's nutrient-transport tissue). Recent work examines how electrical charge affects these channels, how plant cells sense mechanical touch, and how sugars and other nutrients are unloaded from the phloem into root tissue. This research combines plant cell biology, physiology, and biophysics to understand basic mechanisms of plant transport and communication.

Plasmodesmata and cell-to-cell transportPhloem transport and nutrient unloadingPlant cell mechanics and touch sensingForisome/protein body assembly in plantsPlant molecular and cell physiology

Publication output has been uneven over the past decade, with gaps in some years but a recent increase in activity around 2023-2024.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.6/year recently
2017: 2 publications17182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication2021222023: 2 publications232024: 4 publications4242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • eLife×1
  • BMC Genomics×1
  • Nature Plants×1
  • Plant and Cell Physiology×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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