The pressing need to restore degraded areas has led to an unprecedented demand for native seeds. However, seeds are not always available in sufficient quantity and quality in nature, so some restoration practitioners might opt to source their seeds from wild plants grown on farms, just like any crop.…

Review: Proximity labeling in plants Genetic studies can suggest that two proteins function in the same pathway, but how can we figure out if they share the same space? In this review, Xu et al. provide an overview of proximity labeling, a method to identify proteins that co-localize in space. Proximity…

Noriyuki Konishi, first author of "Polar localization of a rice silicon transporter requires isoleucine at both C- and N-termini as well as positively charged residues" Current Position: Assistant professor, Okayama University, Japan Education: B.S. (2008-2012) and Ph.D. (2012-2017) in Graduate…

Alexander J. Cummins, first author of "A cryptic natural variant allele of BYPASS2 suppresses the bypass1 mutant phenotype" Current Position: Ph.D. Student in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah Education: B.S. in Biology from California State University San Bernardino Non-scientific…

Katie M. Murphy, first author of "A dolabralexin-deficient mutant provides insight into specialized diterpenoid metabolism in maize" Current Position: Director of Phenotyping & Principal Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: PhD in Plant Biology from UC Davis, BS in…

Fabin Yang, co-first author of "Inhibition of SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of HOOKLESS1 promotes light-induced apical hook opening in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University Education: Master’s degree, Qufu Normal University Non-scientific Interests: Playing basketball…

Jiawei Xiong, co-first author of "Inhibition of SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of HOOKLESS1 promotes light-induced apical hook opening in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University Education: Bachelor’s degree, Sichuan Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Reading…

Kai-Chun Peng, first author of “FAR-RED INSENSITIVE 219 and phytochrome B co-repress shade avoidance via modulating nuclear speckle formation” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Institute of Plant Biology, College of Life Science, Nation Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Education: Ph.D.…