Gabriel DESLANDES-HÉROLD, first author of "The PRK/Rubisco shunt strongly influences Arabidopsis seed metabolism and oil accumulation, affecting more than carbon recycling" Current Position: Lab Manager at Institute of Plant Science, University of Bern, Switzerland Education: Dr. sc. ETH Zurich Non-scientific…

Nan Wang, first author of “Kinase CIPK9 integrates glucose and abscisic acid signaling to regulate seed oil metabolism in rapeseed” Current position: Seeking for a job Education: PhD from Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China Non-scientific Interests: Music, Movie, and Sports Brief…

Niu, Jiang, Cao et al. discover the role of a ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase gene in drought tolerance in apple. Background: Global climate change and rapid population growth have been increasing the shortage of water resources, enhancing the effects of natural disasters such as drought. Drought…

Niu et al. discovered how the organization of rice internodes is regulated by the steroid hormone brassinosteroid. The Plant Cell (2022) By Mei Niu and Hongning Tong Background: Rice culms consist of 5–7 internodes and the length of these internodes determines plant height and resistance to wind,…

Omar Arias Gaguancela, first author of "Fatty acid amide hydrolase and 9-lipoxygenase modulate cotton seedling growth by ethanolamide oxylipin levels" Current Position:  PhD candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, BioDiscovery Institute, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North…

Liangliang Sun, first author of “NAC32 alleviates magnesium toxicity-induced cell death through positive regulation of XIPOTL1 expression” Current Position: Xu Laboratory, College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, doctoral candidate Education Background: 2015.09 - 2018.06 Shanxi…

Yujie Zhao, First author of “BELL1 interacts with CRABS CLAW and INNER NO OUTER to regulate ovule and seed development in pomegranate” Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate Education: Ph.D. from College of Forestry of Nanjing Forestry University. Master’s degree in Pomology from Henan Agricultural…

Gent et al. characterize a classical maize mutant and find insights into genomic imprinting and DNA methylation in endosperm Jonathan I. Gent, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA  Background: In 1970, Jerry Kermicle reported that maize kernels could have…