Leelyn Chong, co-first author of "The tomato OST1-VOZ1 module regulates drought-mediated flowering" Current Position: Associate Professor at Henan University, China Education: Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, Purdue University, Indiana, USA; Master of Science in Nutritional…

Shaopeng Li, first author of "LeafNet: A Tool for Segmenting and Quantifying Stomata and Pavement Cells" Current Position: PhD candidate at Wuhan University, China Education: B.S., Wuhan University, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading Brief bio: In 2018, I finished my undergraduate study…

Yanan Hu, first author of "Ethylene response factor MdERF4 and histone deacetylase MdHDA19 suppress apple fruit ripening through histone deacetylation of ripening related gene"   Current Position:  Associate professor, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University. Education: Shanxi…

Ahmed Ali, first author of "Tracking metabolites at single-cell resolution reveals metabolic dynamics during plant mitosis" Current Position: Assistant Professor, Analytical Biosciences and metabolomics, LACDR, Leiden University: Education: PhD Biomedical sciences, Hiroshima University, Bsc in…

Xiong Min, first author of “Brassinosteroids regulate rice seed germination through the BZR1-RAmy3D transcriptional module” Current position: Lecturer, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Jiangsu, China Education: Ph.D. from Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China (2021) Non-scientific Interests:…

Kyung, Jeon et al. investigated the nature of the molecular mechanism by which winter cold accelerates flowering and discovered that circadian clock regulators are involved. By Jinseul Kyung and Myeongjune Jeon; School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea Background: Appropriate…

Suresh Pokhrel, first author of "The Evolutionary History of Small RNAs in Solanaceae" Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, MO, USA Education: Ph.D. in Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA Master…

Longkumer et al. explore how plant growth is regulated during drought. Paul E. Verslues and Toshisangba Longkumer, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, TAIWAN Background: Plants can deliberately slow down their growth in response to even a small decrease in water…