Nicholas Bielski, co-first author of "Evolutionary analysis of the LORELEI gene family in plants reveals regulatory subfunctionalization" Current Position: PhD Candidate – Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona Education: B.Sc in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics,…

Huang and Sun explore how germline fate is suppressed in vegetative cells but not in sperm cells of pollen. By Xiaorong Huang and Meng-Xiang Sun College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China Background: The microspore divides asymmetrically…

Gordon et al. report that knock-out of a recently discovered enzyme for salicinoid biosynthesis in poplar leads to changes in salicylic acid and jasmonic acid metabolism and has unexpected effects on growth.. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac135 By Peter Constabel and Harley Gordon Background:…

Xiaozheng Li, co-first author of "The chromatin accessibility landscape of pistils and anthers in rice" Current Position: Assistant Professor in College of Life Science and Oceanography, Shenzhen University Education: PhD Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, USA MPhil Chemical Engineering,…

Bhuvan Pathak, co-first author of "Phenotypic and transcriptomic analysis reveals early stress responses in transgenic rice expressing Arabidopsis DREB1a" Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biological and Life Sciences Division, School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University, Gujarat, India Education:…

Yasmin Vasques Berchembrock, co-first author of "Phenotypic and transcriptomic analysis reveals early stress responses in transgenic rice expressing Arabidopsis DREB1a" Current Position: PhD in Genetic and Plant Breeding Education: PhD in Genetic and Plant Breeding and MSc in Genetic and Plant…

Haiqi Fu, first author of “SALT OVERLY SENSITIVE 1 is inhibited by clade D Protein phosphatase 2C D6 and D7 in Arabidopsis thaliana” Current Position: Research Assistant Education: Ph. D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. College of Biological Sciences, China Agriculture University Non-scientific…

Olivier Michaud, first author of "Abscisic Acid Modulates Neighbor Proximity-Induced Leaf Hyponasty in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Professor at La Planta High School (LCP) in Sion, Switzerland Education: PhD in Molecular Life Sciences, Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG) at University of Lausanne…