Archive: February, 2022

By Sydney G. Duncombe, Samir Grama Chethan, Charles T. Anderson, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 USA   Duncombe and colleagues apply the latest in imaging techniques to follow the paths of cellulose biosynthesis complexes along the plasma membrane…

Wentao Sun, co-first author of “Maize Interveinal Chlorosis 1 Links the Yang Cycle and Fe Homeostasis through Nicotianamine Biosynthesis” Current Position: No academic position. Education: Ph.D. and M.S., National Maize Improvement Center of China, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China…

Xiaojin Zhou, co-first author of “Maize Interveinal Chlorosis 1 Links the Yang Cycle and Fe Homeostasis through Nicotianamine Biosynthesis” Current Position: Associate professor, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Education: Ph.D. in Developmental…

Chen Chen, co-first author of “Maize Interveinal Chlorosis 1 Links the Yang Cycle and Fe Homeostasis through Nicotianamine Biosynthesis” Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Maize Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China. Education: Ph.D. and…

Eva Laura von der Heyde, first author of "Molecular and cellular dynamics of early embryonic cell divisions in Volvox carteri" Current Position: Doctoral student in the department of Cellular and Developmental Biology of Plants at Bielefeld University, Germany Education: B.Sc. in Biology (Bielefeld…

Tran et al. found that outer membrane vesicles produced by plant pathogenic bacterium could trigger plant immune responses through the interactions with the plant plasma membrane. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab276 By Tuan Minh Tran 1,2 and Yansong Miao 1 School of Biological…

Rachel M. McCoy, first author of "Allelopathy as an evolutionary game" Current Position: Postdoc in Dr. Ying Li’s lab at Purdue University Education: Ph.D. in Horticulture (Purdue University); B.S. in Biology (University of Evansville) Non-scientific Interests: cats, gardening, baking, traveling,…

Yang Gao, first author of "Chloroplast translational regulation uncovers nonessential photosynthesis genes as key players in plant cold acclimation" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the research group of Translational Regulation in Plants headed by Dr. Reimo Zoschke at the Max Planck Institute…