Archive: November, 2022

He et al. discover how the transcription factor ANAC017 integrates primary stress responses to mitochondrial dysfunction with whole plant growth.  By Cunman He and Oliver Berkowitz Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia ARC Centre…

Lester Botoman, first author of "Agronomic biofortification increases grain zinc concentration of maize grown under contrasting soil types in Malawi" Current Position: PhD student, Crop and Soil Sciences Department, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) Education: MSc.…

Jia He, first author of "Establishing Physalis as a Solanaceae model system enables genetic reevaluation of the inflated calyx syndrome" Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Education: Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania;…

Ulschan Bathe, co-first author of "Respiratory energy demands and scope for demand expansion and destruction" Current position: Postdoctoral associate, Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Non-scientific…

Kristen Van Gelder, co first author of "Respiratory energy demands and scope for demand expansion and destruction" Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher Education: PhD from the University of Guelph, Canada Non-scientific interests: camping, hiking, and kayaking Brief bio: My scientific…

Bryan Leong, co-first author of "Respiratory energy demands and scope for demand expansion and destruction" Current position: NSF post-doctoral fellow in Horticultural Sciences at University of Florida in Andrew Hanson lab Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Michigan State University Non-scientific…

Guo et al. demonstrate that alternative splicing of REGULATOR OF LEAF INCLINATION 1 modulates phosphate signaling and plant growth in the face of phosphate deficiency.  By Meina Guo, Wenyuan Ruan, and Keke Yi  Background: Phosphate (Pi) limitation represents a primary constraint on crop production.…

Xing et al. investigate the link between chloroplast import and quality control in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac180 By Jiale Xing, Junting Pan and Wenqiang Yang Background: The chloroplast is an important bioreactor as well as a photosynthetic site. Approximately…