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Recognizing The Plant Cell author Sabrina Chin

Sabrina Chin, first author of Spatial and Temporal Localization of SPIRRIG and WAVE/SCAR Reveal Roles for These Proteins in Actin-Mediated Root Hair Development Current Position: Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Education: Ph.D., The Australian National University, Canberra,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology author Mei Zheng

Mei Zheng, co-first author of Histone acetyltransferase TaHAG1 acts as a crucial regulator to strengthen salt tolerance of hexaploid wheat Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC), Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097,…

Recognizing The Plant Cell author Andrea Berardi

Andrea Berardi, first author of Complex evolution of novel red floral color in Petunia Current Position:  Harvard University Herbaria Research Fellow Education: PhD in Biology at University of Virginia, B.A. in Biology at Colgate University Non-scientific Interests:  yoga, baking, botanizing Brief…

Plantae Community Migration

ASPB is in the process of moving the Plantae community to a new platform so that we may better serve you and your needs. Our current community site https://community.plantae.org/ will be replaced at the end of May by a new and improved community site at https://plantae.org/community/   This new…

Recognizing The Plant Cell author Wenbin Zhang

Wenbin Zhang, the first author of Arabidopsis NF-YCs play dual roles in repressing brassinosteroid biosynthesis and signaling during light-regulated hypocotyl elongation Current Position: Job hunting Education: PhD student in South China Botanical Garden，Chinese Academy of Sciences Non-scientific…

Why does telomere length vary in plants?

Choi et al. uncover the association between telomere length and flowering time variation in Arabidopsis, rice, and maize. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab022   Background: Telomeres are DNA-protein complexes found at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that protect the…

Recognizing The Plant Cell author Titouan Bonnot

Titouan Bonnot, first author of Time of day prioritizes the pool of translating mRNAs in response to heat stress Current Position: Post-doctoral research associate in the laboratory of Dr. Dawn Nagel at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), Department of Botany and Plant Sciences Education:…