Archive: November, 2022

Xintong Liu, first author of “Rose WRKY13 promotes disease protection to Botrytis by enhancing cytokinin content and reducing abscisic acid signaling”  Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: PhD from China Agricultural University,…

Alexandra E.  DeShaw, first author of "The plastomes of Hyalomonas oviformis and Hyalogonium fusiforme evolved dissimilar architectures after the loss of photosynthesis" Current Position: Research Assistant, Mood Disorders Research Group, Nova Scotia Health Authority Education: MSc. in Evolutionary…

Weihao Wang, first author of “Current insights into post-transcriptional regulation of fleshy fruit ripening” Current Position: Associate researcher, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: PhD from University of Chinese Academy of…

Erin Louise Baggs, co-first author of "Variation in plant Toll/Interleukin-1 receptor domain protein dependence on ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY 1" Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher Education: PhD from Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of California Berkeley. Bachelor's…

Ding et al. explore how MAP kinases affect virus propagation in plants and animal hosts.  Zhi-Hang Ding, Xian-Bing Wang, State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China Background: Mitogen-activated protein kinase…

Bennet Reiter, first author of "CGL160-mediated recruitment of the coupling factor CF1 is required for efficient thylakoid ATP synthase assembly, photosynthesis, and chloroplast development in Arabidopsis" Current Position:  Medical Writer, Advanced Medical Services Education: Dr. rer. nat. in…

Procko et al. investigate the molecular identities of specialized photosynthetic cell types in leaves. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac167 By Carl Procko and Travis Lee. Salk Institute for Biological Studies, CA Background: Photosynthesis is arguably the most important biochemical process…

An et al. identify the regulatory pathways that affect heading in lettuce.  Background: The formation of leafy heads is an important agronomic trait in some vegetable crops, such as lettuce, cabbage, and mustard. Having leafy heads facilitates harvesting and transportation, extends shelf life, and…