Alexander J. Cummins: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
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: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
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: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
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.…
How EXECUTER1 executes chloroplast-to-nucleus signaling in response to singlet oxygen
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLi et al. identify the signaling pathway regulated by the chloroplast-localized protein EXECUTER1 in response to singlet oxygen.
Background: In response to developmental and environmental cues such as changing light intensity, plastids/chloroplasts produce and emit signals such as singlet oxygen,…
Truncated organellar C-to-U RNA editing enzyme requires active site complementation
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellToma-Fukai and Sawada et al. provide insight into the activation mechanism of the DYW1-like deaminase.
By Sachiko Toma-Fukai1,2 Mizuki Takenaka3 and Toshiyuki Shimizu1
1 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
2 Present…
Plastid Nucleoside Kinase 1 (PNK1) phosphorylates inosine to inosine monophosphate, involving in the feedback control of purine de novo synthesis in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellChen et al. identify a nucleoside kinase that is highly conserved in plants and green algae.
By Xiaoguang Chen and Claus-Peter Witte. Department of Molecular Nutrition and Biochemistry of Plants, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Herrenhäuser Str. 2, 30419 Hannover, Germany.
Background: Nucleotides…
Special feature: Harnessing crop diversity
Plant Science Research WeeklyDon’t miss this excellent set of articles on the topic of crop diversity, organized by Susan McCouch, Loren Rieseberg, with Pamela Ronald. It includes five perspectives and six research articles, on topics such as breeding technologies and international policies. As the editors observe, having a very…