Entries by Linda Palmer

Daewon Kim: The Plant Cell First Author

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Daewon Kim, first author of “The Raf-like MAPKKK INTEGRIN-LINKED KINASE 5 regulates purinergic receptor-mediated innate immunity in Arabidopsis” Current position: Research Scientist in Dr. Gary Stacey’ Lab, Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri-Columbia Education: Ph.D. Gyeongsang National University (GNU) Non-scientific interests: Listening to music, watching movies, taking pictures, enjoying family Brief bio: I joined Prof. Stacey’s […]

Yanbin Yin: Plant Physiology First Author

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Yanbin Yin, first author of “Two Interacting Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors Control Flowering Time in Rice” Current Position：Ph.D. candidate, Rice Research Institute, College of Agronomy, Shenyang Agricultural University Education： Sep. 2018. 09 ~ now, Ph.D. candidate in crop science at Shenyang Agricultural University; Sep. 2014.09 ~ Jul. 2017, Master of Crop Genetics and Breeding, Northeast […]

Yang Liu: Plant Physiology First Author

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Yang Liu, co-first author of “Expanding the application of anti-CRISPR proteins in plants for tunable genome editing” Current Position: Oak Ridge National Lab, Post-Doctoral Associate Education:  Iowa State University, Ph.D. Beijing Forestry University, Master Southwest University, Bachelor Non-scientific Interests: Soccer, Photography Brief bio: While conducting doctoral research on the molecular mechanisms that control the tillering of […]

Guoliang Yuan: Plant Physiology First Author

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Guoliang Yuan, co-first author of “Expanding the application of anti-CRISPR proteins in plants for tunable genome editing”  Current Position: Postdoc, Biological Conversion Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Education: PhD, Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium; MSc, Landscape Architecture, Zhejiang University, China; BSc, Biological Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, China Non-scientific Interests: basketball, travelling, hiking Brief bio: After completing […]

Shintaro Ichikawa: Plant Direct First Author

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Shintaro Ichikawa, first author of “Live-cell imaging of the chloroplast outer envelope membrane using fluorescent dyes” Current Position:  Ph.D student, Graduate School of Regional Development and Creativity, Utsunomiya University, Japan Education:  Bachelor of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Japan Non-scientific Interest:  Watching soccer games, reading, cooking Brief bio: Since my undergraduate degree, I have worked in the laboratory of Prof. […]

Qiran Sun: Plant Physiology First Author

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Qiran Sun, first author of “Kinase MxMPK4-1 and calmodulin binding protein MxIQM3 enhance apple root acidification during Fe deficiency” Education: Shandong agriculture university (B.S); China Agricultural University (M.D; Ph.D) Non-scientific Interests: table tennis, swimming, piano Brief bio: I have been studying for my phD in the Pomology in College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University since 2019. […]

Yunqing Yu: Plant Physiology First Author

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Yunqing Yu, first author of “Grain shattering by cell death and fracture in Eragrostis tef“  Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: Ph. D., the Pennsylvania State University, USA Non-scientific Interests: walking in nature, reading Brief bio: I received my bachelor degree at Nankai University, Tianjin, China. For my Ph.D. training, I joined […]

Substrate recognition by asparaginyl peptide ligases becomes crystal clear

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Hu et al. investigate the enzymatic mechanism used by peptide asparaginyl ligases for activation and substrate recognition. The Plant Cell (2022) By Side Hu, Abbas El Sahili and Julien Lescar Background: Proteases, protein scissors that cut proteins into smaller pieces, can be found almost everywhere in the natural world, including in plants. However, protein ligases, […]

Mickaël DURAND: The Plant Cell First Author

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Mickaël DURAND, first author of “The Arabidopsis transcription factor NLP2 regulates early nitrate responses and integrates nitrate assimilation with energy and carbon skeleton supply” Curent Position: Associate professor, Plant Biomolecules and Biotechnology lab, Université de Tours, France Education: PhD in Plant Molecular Physiology, Université de Poitiers, France Non-scientific interests: gravel and road bike, running, podcasting, […]