Wei Shan, first author of MaXB3 Modulates MaNAC2, MaACS1 and MaACO1 Stability to Repress Ethylene Biosynthesis during Banana Fruit Ripening Current Position: Lecturer, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University Education: B. S., M.S. and D. S. in Agriculture from South China Agricultural…

To anticipate daily changes imposed by Earth's rotation, organisms from all domains of life have evolved an endogenous 24-h timer with daily rhythmic functions: the circadian clock. In plants, the first organisms where circadian dynamics were observed, the circadian clock processes daylength information…

Ryu J. Iwatate, co-first author of Covalent Self-labeling of Tagged Proteins with Chemical Fluorescent Dyes in BY-2 Cells and Arabidopsis Seedlings Current Position:  Medical student, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Education: Ph.D. in Medicine, Master of Medical Sciences and…

Noriyoshi Yagi, co-first author of Covalent Self-labeling of Tagged Proteins with Chemical Fluorescent Dyes in BY-2 Cells and Arabidopsis Seedlings Current Position: Postdoc, Institute of Transformative Biomolecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University Education: Ph.D. in Science. Graduate School of Science,…

Akira Yoshinari, co-first author of Covalent Self-labeling of Tagged Proteins with Chemical Fluorescent Dyes in BY-2 Cells and Arabidopsis Seedlings Current Position: Postdoc, Institute of Transformative Biomolecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University Education: Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Japan; bachelor…

Like a Phoenix rising from the flames, the Plantae Presents webinar series was created in response to the shutting down of labs and universities in early 2020. Our first season ran from April 1 to July 1, during which time we hosted 26 speakers on topics spanning from auxin to terpenes. Each live…

Thorsten Knipfer, first author of Predicting stomatal closure and turgor loss in woody plants using predawn and midday water potential Current Position: Assistant Project Scientist at UC Davis (starting Sept 1st 2020, Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia, Vancouver) Education: PhD,…

Andrea Paterlini, first author of Computational tools for serial block electron microscopy reveal plasmodesmata distributions and wall environments Current Position: Graduate student at the Sainsbury Laboratory – University of Cambridge Education: BSc with Honours (Plant Sciences) - University…