Chen et al. uncover the effects of a pectate lyase-like gene on cell wall mechanics and cell pressurization in guard cells. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab161  By Yintong Chen and Charles T. Anderson Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University…

Daniele Rosado, first author of "WRKY transcription factors and ethylene signaling modify root growth during the shade avoidance response" Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Pedmale Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, United States. Education: B.Sc. in Biological…

Hou et al. explore the role of the HOPS/CORVET complex in plant reproduction Saiying Hou, Sheng Zhong and Li-Jia Qu State Key Laboratory for Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences at College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic…

Shao-Li Yang, first author of "Misregulation of MYB16 expression causes stomatal cluster formation by disrupting polarity during asymmetric cell divisions" Current Position: Research assistant (RA), Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology (IPMB), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Education:  08/2016-06/2018    …

Andrea Mair, first author of "Advances in enzyme-mediated proximity labeling and its potential for plant research" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the Bergmann lab at Stanford Education: Diploma studies (equivalent to MSc) in Molecular Biology, University of Vienna, Austria; PhD in…

Nonis et al. explore the circular permutation of the common sugar-binding protein ConA https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab130  by Samuel Nonis and Joshua Mylne* (The University of Western Australia; *,current address, Curtin University)  Background: Jack bean concanavalin A (conA) is a sugar-binding…

Stuart et al. identify the barley Viridis-k gene and assign a specific function for a C-type ferredoxin as the long-sought electron donor for the cyclase enzyme in chlorophyll biosynthesis. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab150 Background: Chlorophyll is the green color of plants. It is made in several…

Matthias Ostermeier, first author of "Thylakoid attachment to the plasma membrane in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 requires the AncM protein" Current Position: PhD student at laboratory of Molecular Plant Sciences, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich Education: M.Sc. in Biology, Ludwig Maximilians…