Archive: December, 2020

A HUGE thank you to the Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editors who are rotating off today. We've very much enjoyed working with you for the past few years, best wishes for your futures! Nathaniel Butler (University of Wisconsin, United States) Anne-Sophie Fiorucci (Université Paris-Saclay) Charlotte…

Origins Cast your mind back to March 2020. You’ll surely remember learning about lockdowns, lab closures, and conference cancellations. At the time, many plant scientists were scrambling to learn how to work from home, keep experiments going, and juggle course loads and family or loneliness. At…

More then four years ago, we started a weekly column to highlight a few plant science articles each week. The series lauched with the name What We're Reading, but at some point was rebranded to Plant Science Research Weekly. From early on, we've drawn on the interests and talents of the Plantae Fellows…

Suresh Kumar Gupta, first author of Tomato agl6 parthenocarpy is facilitated by ovule integument reprogramming involving the growth regulator KLUH Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Tzahi Arazi Lab at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Volcani Center,…

Hailong Guo, first author of Autoactive Arabidopsis RPS4 alleles require partner protein RRS1-R Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist, The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, UK Education:  Ph.D., Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,…

Danielle Young, first author of Large fluxes of fatty acids from membranes to triacylglycerol and back during N-deprivation and recovery in Chlamydomonas Current Position: PhD Candidate at Michigan State University Education: B.S. in Plant Biology and Biochemistry, North Carolina State University Non-scientific…

Jing Lu, first author of The nucellus: between cell elimination and sugar transport Current Position: PhD student at Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRAE, Versailles), and also at the University of Paris-Sud in France Education: PhD (2016) in…

Xinyu Xu, first author of OsYUC11-mediated auxin biosynthesis is essential for endosperm development of rice Current Position: PhD candidate Education: Bachelor of management science in rural regional development, Yangzhou University Non-scientific Interests: swimming, cooking Brief bio:…