Hu et al. demonstrate how the interactions of gibberellin and auxin signaling components regulate cambial activity during wood formation in poplar. By Jian Hu, Changzheng Xu, and Keming Luo Background: In trees, the vascular cambium is the population of stem cells that laterally divide and as a consequence produce secondary xylem, which is commonly known […]
Chia-Nan Tao, first author of “A single amino acid transporter controls the uptake of priming-inducing beta-amino acids and the associated trade-off between induced resistance and plant growth” Current Position: PhD student at School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield Education: Master of Agriculture Science, The University of Queensland; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, National Taiwan […]
Bo Yang, first author of “The sugar transporter ZmSUGCAR1 of the Nitrate Transporter 1/Peptide Transporter family is critical for maize grain filling” Current Position: Scientist, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research) Education: PhD in plant biology, State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (SKLPPB) and College […]
Amy Ny Aina Aritsara, first author of “Divergent leaf and fine root “pressure-volume relationships” across habitats with varying water availability” Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Guangxi University, China Education: Ph.D. in Ecology Non-Scientific Interests: Music, walking, riding, driving, volleyball. Brief-biography: I am fascinated by plant biodiversity and aim to understand the foundation and protection of […]
Hongqing Guo, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University Wang and colleagues explore the transcriptome, proteome, and phosphoproteome in wild-type and fer mutant plants to dissect known and new functions of the receptor kinase FER. Background: FERONIA (FER) is a plasma membrane-localized receptor kinase that belongs to the CrRLK1L family, which consists […]
Nicolas Reynoud, first author of “The cutin polymer matrix undergoes a fine architectural tuning from early tomato fruit development to ripening” Current Position: PhD student in Plant biochemistry, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Nantes, France. Education: Master in plant physiology and stress adaptation, Rennes University, Rennes, France Non-scientific Interests: climbing, running Brief bio: In […]
Zheni Xie, first author of “STRONG STAYGREEN inhibits DNA binding of PvNAP transcription factors during leaf senescence in switchgrass” Current Position: Looking for a job Education background: 2010.09-2014.06 Hebei Agricultural University (Bachelor ); 2014.09-2021.12 Nanjing Agricultural University ( Ph.D ) Non-scientific Interests: traveling Brief bio: In 2014, I joined the turfgrass team of Nanjing Agricultural University […]
Jiajia He, first author of “ECERIFERUM1-6A is required for the synthesis of cuticular wax alkanes and promotes drought tolerance in wheat” Current Position: Master Student, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China Education: Northwest A&F University (Bachelor); Northwest A&F University (Master) Non-scientific Interests: Running and travel Brief Bio: I joined Dr. Yong Wang’s lab at Northwest A & […]
Hui Tian, first author of “Fungal dual-domain LysM effectors undergo chitin-induced intermolecular, and not intramolecular, dimerization” Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, University of Cologne, Germany Education: MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, and PhD in Phytopathology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands Non-scientific Interests: Cooking, mysteries novel reading, jogging Brief bio: I am fascinated […]