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Junbei Ni: The Plant Cell First Author

Junbei Ni, first author of "The ethylene-responsive transcription factor PpERF9 represses PpRAP2.4 and PpMYB114 via histone deacetylation to inhibit anthocyanin biosynthesis in pear" Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University Education:…

Yongming Chen: The Plant Cell First Author

Yongming Chen, co-first author of “The translational landscape of bread wheat during grain development” Current Position: Postdoc in China Agricultural University Education: PhD in China Agricultural University Interests: Music, Movie Brief bio: I received my PhD from China Agricultural…

Yiwen Guo: The Plant Cell First Author

Yiwen Guo, co-first author of “The translational landscape of bread wheat during grain development” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in China Agricultural University Education: Bachelor, Northeast Forestry University Interests: Travel, Photography, Reading Brief bio: During the undergraduate…

Ahmed Alabd: Plant Physiology First Author

Ahmed Alabd, first author of "ABRE-BINDING FACTOR3-WRKY DNA-BINDING PROTEIN44 module promotes salinity-induced malate accumulation in pear" Current position: Ph.D. Candidate at College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Education: 2018-now: Ph.D. student,…

Xiaoping Xu: Plant Physiology First Author

Xiaoping Xu, first author of "Riboflavin mediates m6A modification targeted by miR408, promoting early somatic embryogenesis in longan" Current Position: Research assistant, Institute of biotechnology Research, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China Education: 2012.09-2016.06, Fujian…

Setting Up A New Lab: PI Perspectives

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Starting a new lab can be a challenging endeavor: there is research to plan, people to manage, and resources to organize. The process from getting a PI position to actually having everything up and running is a long one, and often changes from institution to institution. To offer some insight on the…

Review: Proximity labeling in plants

Genetic studies can suggest that two proteins function in the same pathway, but how can we figure out if they share the same space? In this review, Xu et al. provide an overview of proximity labeling, a method to identify proteins that co-localize in space. Proximity labeling uses a biotin ligase which…