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Plant Science Research Weekly: January 13, 2023

An RNA world Annual Reviews editions typically start with a brief autobiographical essay by a noted scientist. The 2023 edition of Annual Reviews in Plant Biology includes a profile of David Baulcombe, the well-known scientist whose work was foundational in revealing the roles of small RNAs in gene…

An RNA world (Profile of David Baulcombe)

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Annual Reviews editions typically start with a brief autobiographical essay by a noted scientist. The 2023 edition of Annual Reviews in Plant Biology includes a profile of David Baulcombe, the well-known scientist whose work was foundational in revealing the roles of small RNAs in gene regulation and…

CRISPR vs Allergens

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Food allergy prevalence is increasing worldwide, with 5 out of 9 common allergens derived from plants. CRISPR technology is able to delete allergen genes precisely. This graphic, designed by ASPB Plantae Fellow Daniel Alique García, outlines the current uses of CRISPR/Cas9 in deleting allergen genes…

Hidemasa Suzuki: The Plant Cell First Author

Hidemasa Suzuki, first author of "Auxin signaling is essential for organogenesis but not for cell survival in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha" Current Position Assistant professor at Tohoku University, Japan Education Ph.D. in Life Sciences, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University Non-scientific…

Pengtao Yue: The Plant Cell First Author

Pengtao Yue, first author of "Jasmonate Activates a CsMPK6-CsMYC2 Module that Regulates the Expression of β-citraurin Biosynthetic Genes and Fruit Coloration in Orange (Citrus sinensis)" Current Position: Post-doc, Huazhong Agricultural University Education: Ph.D., Shenyang Agricultural University Non-scientific…

Yanran Sun: Plant Physiology First Author

Yanran Sun, first author of "Short- and long-term responses of leaf day respiration to elevated atmospheric CO2" Current Position: Master degree candidate, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University Education: 2016-2020 South China Agricultural University (Bachelor) 2020-now Fujian…

In-Cheol Yeo: Plant Physiology First Author

In-Cheol Yeo, first author of "An unexpected role for tomato threonine deaminase 2 in host defense against bacterial infection" Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University Education: B.S in Biotechnology from Chung-Ang University, M.S. in Life Science from Chung-Ang…

Xiangyan Feng: Plant Direct First Author

Xiangyan Feng, first author of "The limiting effect of genome size on xylem vessel diameter is shifted by environmental pressures in seed plants" Current Position: PhD at Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Education: My research field is Plant…

Chongjing Xu: Plant Physiology First Author

Chongjing Xu, co-first author of “CONSTANS-LIKE 1a positively regulates salt and drought tolerance in soybean” Current Position: Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of Ministry of Education China, Northeast Agricultural University, doctoral candidate Education: Jilin Agricultural University…