Entries by Mary Williams

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Yu-chi Liu

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Yu-chi Liu, first author of A methyltransferase trio essential for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and growth Current Position: Technical specialist, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Education: BS in Bioengineering, Tatung University, Taiwan. MS in Life Science, National Central University, Taiwan Non-scientific Interests: Music appreciation (particularly in jazz), hiking, reading books. Brief bio: I have […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Guanxiao Chang

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Guanxiao Chang, first author of ABI5-BINDING PROTEIN 2 Coordinates CONSTANS to Delay Flowering by Recruiting the Transcriptional Corepressor TPR2 Current position, Postdoctoral Researcher, Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, China. Education: Ph.D in plant molecular biology; Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, […]

Experimental Reproducibility 101 (Part 3)

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This article, by Benjamin Schwessinger and Sonali Roy, is the third of three and is based on a workshop called “Reproducibility for all” presented at PlantBio18 by Benjamin Schwessinger, Sonali Roy, and Lenny Teytelman. In Part 1 (here), the authors describe the importance of having a data management plan, and the value of electronic notebooks. […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Evan McConnell

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Evan McConnell, first author of Proteome-wide analysis of cysteine reactivity during the effector-triggered immunity Current Position: Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Education: B.S. in Chemistry (2014), University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA Non-scientific Interests: Being outdoors, cooking, and growing hot peppers. Brief bio: I grew […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Philip Berg

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Philip Berg, first author of Proteome-wide analysis of cysteine reactivity during the effector-triggered immunity Current position: Ph.D. student; Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, and Systems Biology, Mississippi State University Education: MSc in Genomics and Systems biology, BSc in Plant Biology Non-scientific Interests: My dog. Brief bio: During my early education in plant biology, I developed a deep interest […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Timothy Westlake

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Timothy Westlake, first author of Proteome-wide analysis of cysteine reactivity during effector-triggered immunity Current Position: Researcher at the National Institutes of Health and current student pursuing Masters in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Future Position: Post-doctoral fellowship at Saitama University in the Division of Strategic Research and Development. Education: Ph.D. in Plant […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Lisa-Marie Schmid

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Lisa-Marie Schmid, first author of PUMPKIN, the sole Plastid UMP Kinase, Associates with Group II Introns and Alters Their Metabolism Current Position: PhD student in the group of PD Dr. Jörg Meurer, Leister lab, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany Education: B.Sc. Biology and M.Sc. Biology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, München, Germany Non-scientific Interests: Yoga, Gardening, Knitting Brief bio: Already early during my […]

Scientists reveal the mechanism of mRNA polyadenylation in auxin and plant development

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(Translated from the Chinese original) Auxin is an important plant hormone that is essential for plant growth and development. At present, people’s understanding of auxin signal transduction mainly focuses on the process of auxin receptor TIR1/AFBs- mediated Aux/IAAs protein degradation and regulation of auxin-related gene expression, but the understanding of post-transcriptional events is less. The […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Sheng Wang

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Sheng Wang, first author of CYP76B74 catalyzes the 3′-hydroxylation of geranylhydroquinone in shikonin biosynthesis Current Position: Assistant Researcher at National Resources Center of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China Education: B.S. in Resources & Development of Chinese Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, China; Ph.D. and M.S. in Chinese Material […]