Polyubiquitination, the sequential attachment of the small 8kDa globular protein ubiquitin (Ub) to target proteins, represents a major post-translational modification that ultimately determines the substrate’s cellular fate. Ub conjugation is an extremely versatile form of protein regulation since…

Yiqiong Li, first author of Secondary mutation-induced alternative splicing suppresses RNA splicing defect of the jing he sheng1 mutant Current Position: Ph.D. student in Prof. Hongbo Gao’s laboratory, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China Education:…

Sachie Kimura, first author of CRK2 and C-terminal Phosphorylation of NADPH Oxidase RBOHD Regulate Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Arabidopsis Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO), Ritsumeikan University, Japan Education: Ph.D.…

In the final episode of Season 4, we talk with Todd Barkman, Professor of Biology at Western Michigan University. Todd earned his PhD in Botany at the University of Texas at Austin with Beryl Simpson, and went on to a postdoc position at Penn State with Claude dePamphilis. He started his lab at Western…

Xinyue Li, first author of Histone Acetylation at the Promoter for the Transcription Factor PuWRKY31 Affects Sucrose Accumulation in Pear Fruit Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at the College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China Education: Successive master-doctor program…

Qian Zhang, co-first author of IbBBX24 Promotes the Jasmonic Acid Pathway and Enhances Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Sweet Potato Current Position: PhD Candidate, Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Seed Science, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: PhD…

Huan Zhang, co-first author of IbBBX24 Promotes the Jasmonic Acid Pathway and Enhances Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Sweet Potato Current Position: Post-doc, Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Seed Science, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: Ph.D.…

Leong et al. examine the roles of Kinesin-13 and -8 in moss mitosis. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00521 By Shu Yao Leong (Nagoya University, currently Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen) & Moé Yamada (Nagoya University) Background: Microtubules (MTs) are dynamic macromolecular…