Ruohan Xie, first author of Seasonal zinc storage and a strategy for its use in buds of fruit trees Current Position: PhD student, College of Environmental & Resource Science, Zhejiang University, China Education: Ph.D. in College of Environmental & Resource Science of Zhejiang University,…

Cadmium (Cd) negatively impacts plant yield by causing growth inhibition, chlorosis, or even the death of entire plants. Cd interferes with the uptake and translocation of other ions, damages protein and DNA/RNA functions, and increases the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). An increasing…

Aashima Khosla, first author of Structure-function analysis of SMAX1 reveals domains that mediate its karrikin-induced proteolysis and interaction with the receptor KAI2 Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, USA Education:…

Andrew Guzman, first author of Tomato Atypical Receptor Kinase1 is involved in the regulation of pre-invasion defense Current Position: Graduate Student in Dr. Mary Beth Mudgett’s laboratory at Stanford University Education: PhD Candidate, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford…

The calcium sensor Calcineurin B-like protein (CBL) participates in calcium signal transduction by interacting with CBL-interacting protein kinase (CIPK). CBL-CIPK pathways have been reported to participate in a range of biological processes. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), there are 10 CBLs…

Rolletschek et al. examine the role of cellular plasticity in oil-protein balancing. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00879 By Hardy Rolletschek and Ljudmilla Borisjuk Leibniz Inst Plant Genet & Crop Plant Res (IPK) Gatersleben, Germany Background: Seeds of some crops like…

Sam Wilson, first author of Rethinking the influence of chloroplast movements on non-photochemical quenching and photoprotection Current Position: PhD student, Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London Education: BSc Biochemistry, Queen…

Amy Klocko, first author of RNAi of AGAMOUS genes in sweetgum alters reproductive organ identity and decreases fruit persistence Current Position: Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Education: Bachelors…