Tan et al. identify a type of ABA-activated Ca2+ channels for ABA-specific cytosolic Ca2+ signaling and stomatal closure in Arabidopsis. Yan-Qiu Tan, Yang Yang, Meijun Zhu, and Yong-Fei Wang National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences,…

Lorenzo et al. develop a system that uses gene editing to target multiple members of redundant gene families. Christian Damian Lorenzo(1,2), Kevin Debray(1,2) and Dirk Inzé(1,2) 1 Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium 2 Center for Plant…

Shintaro Ichikawa, first author of "Live-cell imaging of the chloroplast outer envelope membrane using fluorescent dyes" Current Position:  Ph.D student, Graduate School of Regional Development and Creativity, Utsunomiya University, Japan Education:  Bachelor of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University,…

Qiran Sun, first author of "Kinase MxMPK4-1 and calmodulin binding protein MxIQM3 enhance apple root acidification during Fe deficiency" Education: Shandong agriculture university (B.S); China Agricultural University (M.D; Ph.D) Non-scientific Interests: table tennis, swimming, piano Brief…

Yunqing Yu, first author of "Grain shattering by cell death and fracture in Eragrostis tef"  Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: Ph. D., the Pennsylvania State University, USA Non-scientific Interests: walking in nature, reading Brief…

Hu et al. investigate the enzymatic mechanism used by peptide asparaginyl ligases for activation and substrate recognition. The Plant Cell (2022) By Side Hu, Abbas El Sahili and Julien Lescar Background: Proteases, protein scissors that cut proteins into smaller pieces, can be found almost everywhere…

Mickaël DURAND, first author of "The Arabidopsis transcription factor NLP2 regulates early nitrate responses and integrates nitrate assimilation with energy and carbon skeleton supply" Curent Position: Associate professor, Plant Biomolecules and Biotechnology lab, Université de Tours, France Education:…

Yongming Duan, first author of "Combination of bacterial N-acyl homoserine lactones primes Arabidopsis defenses via jasmonate metabolism" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at Julius Kühn-Institute, Germany Education: 2018 – Now: Ph.D. student, Julius Kühn-Institute, Germany 2015…