Guanghui An, first author of “Loss-of-function of SAWTOOTH 1 affects leaf dorsiventrality genes to promote leafy heads in lettuce” Education: B.S. (2016) at Huazhong Agriculture University; Ph.D. (2022) at Huazhong Agriculture University. Non-scientific Interests: Travelling, Cooking, Music Brief…

Kuenzang Om, first author of "Pyruvate, phosphate dikinase regulatory protein impacts light response of C4 photosynthesis in Setaria viridis" Current Position: Graduate student(PhD) Education: BA Biology from Whitman College, WA Non-scientific Interests: Gardening, chess, hiking Brief bio:…

Jo et al. uncover the role of a spliceosome component in removing retained introns in Arabidopsis in response to heat stress https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac084  Background: Alternative splicing plays a key role in abiotic stress responses in plants, especially responses to heat stress. The spliceosome…

Krawczyk et al. describe a tethering complex that anchors a subset of lipid droplets to the plasma membrane during post-germinative seedling growth in Arabidopsis. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac095 By Hannah Elisa Krawczyk, Till Ischebeck Background: Germinating seeds are not yet able to produce…

Fuguo Cao, co-first author of “Methylation of a MITE insertion in the MdRFNR1-1 promoter is positively associated with its allelic expression in apple in response to drought stress” Current Position: Ph.D. student, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China Education: Bachelor's degree in…

Lijuan Jiang, co-first author of “Methylation of a MITE insertion in the MdRFNR1-1 promoter is positively associated with its allelic expression in apple in response to drought stress” Current Position: Post-doctoral in Yangzhou University Education: PhD’s degree in Northwest A&F University Non-scientific…

Chundong Niu, co-first author of “Methylation of a MITE insertion in the MdRFNR1-1 promoter is positively associated with its allelic expression in apple in response to drought stress” Current Position: Post-doctoral in College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China Education:…

Edwige Souleyre, first author of "Alcohol Acyl Transferase Genes at a High Flavor Intensity Locus Contribute to Ester Biosynthesis in Kiwifruit" Current Position: Scientist, Kiwifruit New Cultivar group, Fruit Quality team, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Auckland,…