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Lijuan Qi: The Plant Cell First Author

Lijuan Qi, co-first author of "Mutual upregulation of HY5 and TZP in mediating phytochrome A signaling" Current Position: Postdoc, China Agricultural University Education: B.Sc.(Ag.) (2015) from Hebei Agricultural University; Ph.D. (2020) from China Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests:…

A role for auxin in flag leaf angle in rice

Author et al. Huang et al. investigate the roles of auxin in flag leaf angle regulation. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab175 Guoqiang Huang Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, SJTU-University of Adelaide…

ROS inhibit nitrate signaling

Chu et al. demonstrate that H2O2 inhibits the nitrate-promoted nuclear localization of NLP7 in plants. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab165 By XiaoQian Chu, Jia-Gang Wang and Ming-Yi Bai Background: Nitrate is both an essential macronutrient for plants and a critical signaling molecule…

Kun Li: The Plant Cell First Author

Kun Li, first author of "Interactions between SQUAMOSA and SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE MADS-box proteins regulate meristem transitions during wheat spike development" Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr. Jorge Dubcovsky lab, Howard Hughes Medical Institute / University of California,…

Chaemyeong Lim: Plant Physiology First Author

Chaemyeong Lim, first author of "Inactivating transcription factor OsWRKY5 enhances drought tolerance through abscisic acid signaling pathways" Current Position: Ph.D. Student in Crop Science and Biotechnology, Seoul National University, South Korea Education: Master of Science in Crop Science…

Zhiming Ma: The Plant Cell First Author

Zhiming Ma, first author of "Membrane nanodomains modulate formin condensation for actin remodeling in Arabidopsis innate immune responses" Current Position: Postdoc research fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.  Education: Ph.D., Nanyang Technological…

Jorge Rencoret: Plant Physiology First Author

Jorge Rencoret, first author of "Flavonoids naringenin chalcone, naringenin, dihydrotricin, and tricin are lignin monomers in papyrus" Current Position: Tenured Scientist at the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNAS, CSIC) Education: PhD in Chemistry, University of…