Yu-Ting Li, first author of “C4 species utilize fluctuating light less efficiently than C3 species” Current Position：Post-doctoral in Agronomy College of Shandong Agricultural University, China Education: BS in biotechnology, Taishan University, MS and DS in botany, Shandong Agricultural…

Ping Wang, first author of “F-box E3 Ubiquitin Ligase BAF1 Mediates the Degradation of Brassinosteroid-Activated Transcription Factor BES1 through Selective Autophagy in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the lab of Prof. Yanhai Yin, Department of Genetics, Development…

Qian Yang, first author of "Melatonin functions in priming of stomatal immunity in Panax notoginseng and Arabidopsis thaliana" Current Position: Ph.D student Education: Ph.D in Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan province, China; MS in Sichuan University, Sichuan, China. Non-scientific…

Yuan et al. investigate the molecular mechanism of the circadian clock in Arabidopsis and find a new regulator. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab133 By Li Yuan and Xiaodong Xu; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng…

Manuel Mora (he/him) is a doctoral student in the Molecular Biology Interdepartmental Developmental Program (MBIDP)  at UCLA. Born in Santa Ana, CA, Manuel was raised between California and the town of Santiago Tangamandapio in Michoacan, Mexico. Growing up he enjoyed playing soccer, but when living…

As scientists, we are at least as excited about the open questions—the things we don’t know—as the discoveries. Science happens in the interface between known and unknown. In the review article Fifteen compelling open questions in plant cell biology, published in The Plant Cell Focus Issue on Plant…

Peng Wang, first author of "Medicago SPX1 and SPX3 regulate phosphate homeostasis, mycorrhizal colonization, and arbuscule degradation" Current Position: PhD student at laboratory of molecular biology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands Education: M.Sc. in Biochemistry and molecular biology,…

Vasco Giovagnetti, first author of "Biochemical and molecular properties of LHCX1, the essential regulator of dynamic photoprotection in diatoms" Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Queen Mary University of London (UK) Education: BSc and MSc in Marine Biology (Università Politecnica delle…