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Liangliang Sun: Plant Physiology First Author

Liangliang Sun, first author of “NAC32 alleviates magnesium toxicity-induced cell death through positive regulation of XIPOTL1 expression” Current Position: Xu Laboratory, College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, doctoral candidate Education Background: 2015.09 - 2018.06 Shanxi…

Yujie Zhao: Plant Physiology First Author

Yujie Zhao, First author of “BELL1 interacts with CRABS CLAW and INNER NO OUTER to regulate ovule and seed development in pomegranate” Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate Education: Ph.D. from College of Forestry of Nanjing Forestry University. Master’s degree in Pomology from Henan Agricultural…

Xiufang Hong: Plant Physiology First Author

Xiufang Hong, first author of "Ascorbate peroxidase 1 allows monitoring of cytosolic accumulation of effector-triggered reactive oxygen species using a luminol -based assay" Current Position: Ph.D candidate in Plant Pathology, Zhejiang University Education: Bachelor of Plant Sciences & Technology,…

Brian St. Aubin: Plant Direct First Author

Brian St. Aubin, first author of “Regulatory dynamics distinguishing desiccation tolerance strategies within resurrection grasses” Current Position: Computational Biologist, Pairwise Education: PhD in the lab of Prof. Gregg Howe (Michigan State University), B.S. in Genetics and Plant Biology…

Leonard Blaschek: The Plant Cell First Author

Leonard Blaschek, first author of "Different combinations of laccase paralogs nonredundantly control the amount and composition of lignin in specific cell types and cell wall layers in Arabidopsis" Current Position: EMBO postdoctoral fellow at Copenhagen University Education: BSc Biology, Greifswald…

Ot Pasques: Plant Physiology First Author

Ot Pasques, first author of “Physiological mechanisms underlying extreme longevity in mountain pine trees” Current Position: PhD at the University of Barcelona on longevity and adaptability of high mountain species in different threatened ecosystems Education: BSc in Biotechnology and MSc in…

Structure-based RNA transport into the nucleus

Junfei Ma, Shachinthaka D. Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage and Ying Wang (Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University) Background: During the course of evolution, eukaryotic cells gained a nuclear envelope to protect their genomes. However, to coordinate diverse biological processes,…