Zhou et al. explore the links between ethylene and auxin responses in rice. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac250  Background: The phytohormones ethylene and auxin play important roles in developmental regulation and environmental acclimation in plants. Ethylene promotes the accumulation of the…

Anthony Postiglione, first author of “Abscisic Acid Increases Hydrogen Peroxide in Mitochondria to Facilitate Stomatal Closure” Current Position: PhD student at Wake Forest University Education: B.S. from Florida State University. M.S. from North Carolina A&T State University. Non-scientific…

Rosario Pantaleno, first author of "Mitochondrial H2S donor AP39 induces stomatal closure by modulating guard cell mitochondrial activity" Current Position: PhD candidate in Biology, Biological Research Institute, National University of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Education: BSc in…

Dan Tang, co-first author of “Agave REVEILLE1 regulates the onset and release of seasonal dormancy in Populus” Current Position: Doctoral candidate, College of horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University; Visiting scholar, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut. Education:…

Wang, Yang, et al. explore the connection between tryptophan-derived metabolites and salicylic acid defense responses. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac255  Zhixue Wang, Leiyun Yang, Jian Hua Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA  Background:…

Qiang Wei, first author of “Kinase regulators evolved into two families by gain and loss of ability to bind plant steroid receptors” Current position: Research Assistant at the College of life sciences of Shaanxi Normal University Education: PhD in Plant Biology, Shaan xi Normal University,…

Núria Real Tortosa, first author of "Mutations in CmVPS41 controlling resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus display specific subcellular localization" Current Position: post-doctoral fellow Education: Bachelor’s degree in Genetics by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), including one-year…

Mustafa Bulut, first author of "Natural variation of respiration-related traits in plants" Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate at the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany Education: B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, Georg-August-University, Göttingen,…