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,…

Huang et al. demonstrate a novel role–and the underlying mechanism–for FREE1 in regulating LD turnover. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac195 Background: Lipid droplets (LDs) are major reservoirs providing energy and lipids for seedling establishment. In vascular  plants, the peroxisome-localized…

Le Liu, first author of "A brassinosteroid transcriptional regulatory network participates in regulating fiber elongation in cotton"  Current Position: Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Henan, China. doctoral candidate Education: 2015-2022: Zhengzhou University 2022…

Shuangcheng He, first author of "The MYB59 Transcription Factor Negatively Regulates Salicylic Acid- and Jasmonic Acid-Mediated Leaf Senescence" Current Position: Ph.D. student Education: 2015.09 to 2019.06, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University (Bachelor); 2019.09 to present, College…