Entries by Linda Palmer

Shakirah Nakasagga: Plant Direct Author

Shakirah Nakasagga, first author of “Genetic variation in hydrogen cyanide potential of perennial sorghum evaluated by colorimetry” Current Position: Instructor, Southeast Missouri State University Education: Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from Texas A & M University Non-scientific Interests: Cooking, Travelling, Taking care of young children Brief bio: I got my doctorate in plant breeding from Texas […]

Ziai Qi: Plant Physiology First Author

Ziai Qi, co-first author of “Dual-function DEFENSIN 8 mediates phloem cadmium unloading and accumulation in rice grains” Current position: graduate student Education: Study in CAS Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai, China B.S in Southwest University, Chongqing, China Non-scientific Interests: Calligraphy Brief bio: I joined the Center of Excellence for Molecular Plant Sciences […]

Tianyu Gu: Plant Physiology First Author

Tianyu Gu, co-first author of “Dual-function DEFENSIN 8 mediates phloem cadmium unloading and accumulation in rice grains” Current position: Searching Education: Ph.D in CAS Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai, China B.S in Southwest University, Chongqing, China Non-scientific Interests: Basketball Brief bio: Joined in Professor Jiming Gong’s group at CEMPS, CAS for PhD […]

Yongping Zhao: The Plant Cell First Author

Yongping Zhao, first author of “The Evening Complex Promotes Flowering and Adaptation of Maize to the Temperate Regions” Current position: Research scientist at Syngenta Biotechnology China (SBC). Education: PhD in Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, supervised by Prof. Haiyang Wang;  Master’s degree in Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, […]

Jennifer Noble: Plant Physiology First Author

Jennifer Noble, co-first author of “Evolutionary analysis of the LORELEI gene family in plants reveals regulatory subfunctionalization” Current Position: Scientist, HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc., Tucson, Arizona Education: Ph.D. (in Plant Science), B.Sc. (in Plant Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Biology) Non-scientific Interests: Watercolor painting, baking, and board games Brief bio: As a Ph.D. student, I […]

Nicholas Bielski: Plant Physiology First Author

Nicholas Bielski, co-first author of “Evolutionary analysis of the LORELEI gene family in plants reveals regulatory subfunctionalization” Current Position: PhD Candidate – Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona Education: B.Sc in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Wisconsin – Parkside Non-scientific interests: Reading, hiking, camping, drawing, and music Brief Bio: My scientific […]

Germline fate in pollen

Huang and Sun explore how germline fate is suppressed in vegetative cells but not in sperm cells of pollen. By Xiaorong Huang and Meng-Xiang Sun College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China Background: The microspore divides asymmetrically to form a larger vegetative cell (VC) and a smaller […]

UGT71L1 in Poplar Connects Salicinoid and Salicylic Acid Metabolism

Gordon et al. report that knock-out of a recently discovered enzyme for salicinoid biosynthesis in poplar leads to changes in salicylic acid and jasmonic acid metabolism and has unexpected effects on growth.. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac135 By Peter Constabel and Harley Gordon Background: Poplars and willows make abundant anti-herbivore compounds called salicinoids, the original source of […]

Xiaozheng Li: Plant Physiology First Author

Xiaozheng Li, co-first author of “The chromatin accessibility landscape of pistils and anthers in rice” Current Position: Assistant Professor in College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University Education: PhD Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, USA MPhil Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge BEng Biochemical Engineering, UCL Non-scientific Interests: Ping pong and Skiing Brief bio:  Fascinated by […]