Linhan Sun, first author of "Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots" Name: Linhan Sun Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, The Pennsylvania State University, USA Education: B.S. in…

Ihsan Muhammad, first author of "Melatonin priming enhances maize seedling drought tolerance by regulating the antioxidant defense system" Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher at Guangxi University, Guangxi, China Education: Ph.D. in Physical Geography (Soil Science), College of Urban and…

Derui Liu, co-first author of "BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE1 internalization can occur independent of ligand binding" Current Position: Professor at College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, China Education: PhD at CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai…

Nicolas et al. explore the mechanisms regulating CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON expression in axillary meristem initiation. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac269 Antoine Nicolasa,b and Patrick Laufsa a Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000, Versailles,…

Mei, Chen, Mao and colleagues harness the power of GWAS to identify gain-of-function allele of TaDTG6-B, which directly activates TaPIF1 transcription and ameliorates drought tolerance. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac248 Background: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is produced in arid and semi‐arid…

Rong Guo, first author of "The identification of conserved sequence features of co-translationally decayed mRNAs and upstream open reading frames in angiosperm transcriptomes"  Education: BA. in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Boston University Non-scientific Interests: Playing the…

Shreenivas Kumar Singh, first author of "The nuclear effector ArPEC25 from the necrotrophic fungus Ascochyta rabiei targets the chickpea transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulates lignin biosynthesis, increasing host susceptibility" Current Position: Postdoctoral research fellow in the…

Guy Sobol, first author of "Tomato receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase Fir1 is involved in flagellin signaling and pre-invasion immunity" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Israel, under the supervision of Prof. Guido Sessa. Education:…