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Shakirah Nakasagga: Plant Direct Author

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: Plant Physiology First Author

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: Plant Physiology First Author

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: The Plant Cell First Author

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: Plant Physiology First Author

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…

Germline fate in pollen

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…

Xiaozheng Li: Plant Physiology First Author

Xiaozheng Li, co-first author of "The chromatin accessibility landscape of pistils and anthers in rice" Current Position: Assistant Professor in College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University Education: PhD Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, USA MPhil Chemical Engineering,…