Anthony Postiglione, first author of “Abscisic Acid Increases Hydrogen Peroxide in Mitochondria to Facilitate Stomatal Closure” Current Position: PhD student at Wake Forest University Education: B.S. from Florida State University. M.S. from North Carolina A&T State University. Non-scientific…

Rosario Pantaleno, first author of "Mitochondrial H2S donor AP39 induces stomatal closure by modulating guard cell mitochondrial activity" Current Position: PhD candidate in Biology, Biological Research Institute, National University of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Education: BSc in…

Dan Tang, co-first author of “Agave REVEILLE1 regulates the onset and release of seasonal dormancy in Populus” Current Position: Doctoral candidate, College of horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University; Visiting scholar, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut. Education:…

Wang, Yang, et al. explore the connection between tryptophan-derived metabolites and salicylic acid defense responses. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac255  Zhixue Wang, Leiyun Yang, Jian Hua Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA  Background:…

Qiang Wei, first author of “Kinase regulators evolved into two families by gain and loss of ability to bind plant steroid receptors” Current position: Research Assistant at the College of life sciences of Shaanxi Normal University Education: PhD in Plant Biology, Shaan xi Normal University,…

Núria Real Tortosa, first author of "Mutations in CmVPS41 controlling resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus display specific subcellular localization" Current Position: post-doctoral fellow Education: Bachelor’s degree in Genetics by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), including one-year…

Mustafa Bulut, first author of "Natural variation of respiration-related traits in plants" Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate at the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany Education: B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, Georg-August-University, Göttingen,…

Huang et al. demonstrate a novel role–and the underlying mechanism–for FREE1 in regulating LD turnover. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac195 Background: Lipid droplets (LDs) are major reservoirs providing energy and lipids for seedling establishment. In vascular  plants, the peroxisome-localized…