Sheng Huang, first author of The ZIP transporter family member OsZIP9 contributes to root Zn uptake in rice under Zn-limited conditions Current Position：Ph.D. student at Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Japan Education: 2017-present, Ph.D. student in Institute of Plant…

Garcia et al. discover a plant-specific component of TRAPP membrane trafficking complexes with important roles in plant development. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.20.00044.  By Veder Garcia and Zhi-Yong Wang Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA  Background:…

Lucia Montini, first author of Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry imaging of metabolites during sorghum germination Current Position: Researcher at M4I Institute, Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry, University of Maastricht Education: MSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry,…

Bryan Leong, first author of Specialized metabolism in a non-model nightshade: trichome acylinositol biosynthesis Current position: Post-doctoral associate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Last lab at Michigan State University Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Michigan State University Non-scientific…

Note: This is the second of a two-part interview series. You can see the first part here.  At the dawn of this year, not any one of us would have even imagined that the whole world, within months, would be obsessed by a word hitherto familiar only to a sprinkling of scientists. But this word “coronavirus”…

Nitrogen is an essential component of amino acids, nucleic acids, and even chlorophyll. Plants cannot grow without it. However, acquiring nitrogen is difficult as plants cannot use the most common form, atmospheric nitrogen (N2). To solve this, a select group of flowering plants have evolved to harness…

Author: Stefanie Wege [email protected] ORCID: 0000-0002-7232-5889 Affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, PRC, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Glen Osmond 5064, South Australia, Australia   In…

Ning Zhang, first author of Tomato wall-associated kinase SlWak1 depends on Fls2/Fls3 to promote apoplastic immune responses to Pseudomonas syringae Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA Education: PhD in Horticulture and Crop Science…