Shakirah Nakasagga, first author of "Genetic variation in hydrogen cyanide potential of perennial sorghum evaluated by colorimetry" Current Position: Instructor, Southeast Missouri State University Education: Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from Texas A & M University Non-scientific Interests: Cooking,…

Ziai Qi, co-first author of "Dual-function DEFENSIN 8 mediates phloem cadmium unloading and accumulation in rice grains" Current position: graduate student Education: Study in CAS Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai, China B.S in Southwest University, Chongqing, China Non-scientific…

Tianyu Gu, co-first author of "Dual-function DEFENSIN 8 mediates phloem cadmium unloading and accumulation in rice grains" Current position: Searching Education: Ph.D in CAS Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai, China B.S in Southwest University, Chongqing, China Non-scientific…

Yongping Zhao, first author of “The Evening Complex Promotes Flowering and Adaptation of Maize to the Temperate Regions" Current position: Research scientist at Syngenta Biotechnology China (SBC). Education: PhD in Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, supervised…

Jennifer Noble, co-first author of "Evolutionary analysis of the LORELEI gene family in plants reveals regulatory subfunctionalization" Current Position: Scientist, HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., Tucson, Arizona Education: Ph.D. (in Plant Science), B.Sc. (in Plant Sciences and Molecular and Cellular…

Nicholas Bielski, co-first author of "Evolutionary analysis of the LORELEI gene family in plants reveals regulatory subfunctionalization" Current Position: PhD Candidate – Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona Education: B.Sc in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics,…

Huang and Sun explore how germline fate is suppressed in vegetative cells but not in sperm cells of pollen. By Xiaorong Huang and Meng-Xiang Sun College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China Background: The microspore divides asymmetrically…

Gordon et al. report that knock-out of a recently discovered enzyme for salicinoid biosynthesis in poplar leads to changes in salicylic acid and jasmonic acid metabolism and has unexpected effects on growth.. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac135 By Peter Constabel and Harley Gordon Background:…