XinMeng Gui, first author of “Phytophthora effector hijacks the host pre-mRNA splicing machinery to modulate small RNA and plant immunity” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China. Education: Ph.D. in College of life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University. Non-scientific…

Yongyao Zhao, first author of "The evolution of stomatal traits along the trajectory towards C4 photosynthesis" Current position: Doctoral student Education: Doctoral student in CAS center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science, Shanghai, China Non-scientific interests: listening to music Brief…

Kitazawa et al. identified a unique proteasome-utilizing mechanism of phyllogen, a bacterial effector protein produced by pathogenic phytoplasmas. Plant Cell. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac062 By Yugo Kitazawa and Kensaku Maejima, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate…

Aurélia Emonet, first author of "Development and Diversity of Lignin Patterns" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany Education: Ph.D. in Life Sciences (Plant Molecular Biology) and MSc of Molecular Life Sciences at the…

Kyle Palos, first author of "Identification and functional annotation of long intergenic non-coding RNAs in Brassicaceae" Current Position: Postdoctoral scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute with Dr. Andrew Nelson. Education: PhD in Plant Science from the University of Arizona with Dr. Mark…

Xiao Li, first author of “CALCIUM-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE38 regulates flowering time and common cutworm resistance in soybean” Current Position: Post-doc in Nanjing Agricultural University, China Education: PhD in Nanjing Agricultural University, China Non-scientific Interests: Cats, Reading,…

Karimi et al. showed that Arabidopsis plants secrete numerous RNAs, which are associated with proteins and are located outside extracellular vesicles. Plant Cell. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac043 By: Hana Zand Karimi and Roger W. Innes, Indiana University Background: To prevent infection…

Guo-Feng Jiang, first author of "Coordination of hydraulic thresholds across roots, stems, and leaves of two co-occurring mangrove species" Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Forestry, Guangxi University Education: PhD in Botany, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Non-scientific…