Archive: May, 2021

Busche and colleagues undertook a genetic screen to identify new components of the TOR signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana and revealed a link between sensing of nutrient levels and protein translation. By Michael Busche, University of California-Berkeley, and Jacob O. Brunkard, University…

Yingjun Yu, co-first author of BBX19 fine-tunes the circadian rhythm by interacting with PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR proteins to facilitate their repressive effect on morning-phased clock genes Current position: PhD candidate in Prof. Lei Wang’s lab at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education:…

Li Yuan, co-first author of BBX19 fine-tunes the circadian rhythm by interacting with PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR proteins to facilitate their repressive effect on morning-phased clock genes Current Position: Postdoc at Henan University, China Education: Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Hebei Normal University Non-scientific…

Yang Hu, First Author of GridFree: A Python Package of Image Analysis for Interactive Grain Counting and Measuring Current Position: Postdoctoral research associate, Washington State University, USA Education: MS in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. in Computer Science (Washington State University,…

Being at the beginning of your career is challenging, especially in these times. It is very important to get editing help from professionals when writing a manuscript or grant, particularly if English is your second language. I would like to work with the Plantae Community and ASPB to create a resource…

Rachael Ann DeTar, first author of Loss of inner-envelope K+/H+ exchangers impairs plastid rRNA maturation and gene expression Current Position: Ph.D. student Education: I graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Colorado State University (CSU, Fort Collins,…

Zahir Ali, first author of CRISPR/Cas systems versus plant viruses: engineering plant immunity and beyond  Current Position: Research Scientist, Laboratory for Genome Engineering & Synthetic Biology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia  Education: Ph.D.…

Dr. Jonikas is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. His lab studies the carbon concentration mechanism in the unicellular model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Recently, his lab showed that pyrenoid bodies in unicellular algae are phase-separated compartments…