Ruiqing Lv, first author of Uncoupled Expression of Nuclear and Plastid Photosynthesis-associated Genes Contributes to Cell Death in a Lesion Mimic Mutant Current Position: Ph.D. student, CAS center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai center for Plant Stress Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: 2013- Ph.D. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008-2012 B.S., […]
Minmin Du, first author of MYC2 Regulates the Termination of Jasmonate Signaling via an Autoregulatory Negative Feedback Loop Current Position: Postdoc, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Education: PhD, School of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, China Non-scientific interest: Travelling, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo Brief bio: I was trained in plant genetics in […]
A look back at the most popular articles shared on Plantae social media in 2018. Plantae Social Media Interns Katie Rogers and Juniper Kiss have been reviewing the 2018 stats. Previously they shared the most popular posts overall. Here, they share the posts to research and review articles that got the most responses on the […]
Jiancai Li, first author of A group D MAPK protects rice plants from autotoxicity by suppressing herbivore-induced signaling Current position: Postdoctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany. Education: Ph.D., Agriculture Entomology & Pest Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; B.S., Plant Protection, Shandong Agriculture University, Tai’an, Shandong, China. Non-scientific Interests: Basketball, music […]
I don’t think that 2018 will be on too many lists of “favorite years”; nevertheless, there have been many bright spots. My personal highlights all center on interactions with early-career scientists, whose energy and enthusiasm propel plant science towards the future. In 2018 I had the pleasure of working with two groups of bright and […]
Linhan Sun, first author of S-Locus F-Box Proteins Are Solely Responsible for S-RNase-Based Self-Incompatibility of Petunia Pollen Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA Education: B.S. in Horticultural Science (July 2015), China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Non-scientific Interests: Basketball, Reading, Running Brief bio: During […]
Mian Gu, first author of OsPHT1;3 Mediates Uptake and Translocation of Phosphate under Extremely Low Phosphate Regime Current Position: Visiting scholar, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan; Associate Professor, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China Education: 2006-2011, Ph.D, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University; 2002-2006, […]
Mingxing Chang, first author of the OsPHT1;3 Mediates Uptake, Translocation and Remobilization of Phosphate under Extremely Low Phosphate Regimes Current position: PhD student of Nanjing Agriculture University Education: PhD student, MOA Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Lower-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing […]
Tatyana Radoeva, first author of A robust auxin response network controls embryo and suspensor development through a bHLH module Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands Education: PhD, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands; MSc Industrial Biotechnology, Sofia University, Bulgaria Non-scientific Interests: Traveling, reading, blogging, fashion & beauty Brief bio: I had […]