Shengming Yang, first author of "A SQUAMOSA promoter binding protein-like transcription factor controls crop ideotype for high productivity in barley" Current Position: Research Geneticist in USDA-ARS Education: B.S. from Shandong Agricultural University, China; M.S. from Shandong Agricultural…

Abbas El Sahili , co-first author of "Structural basis for proenzyme maturation, substrate recognition, and ligation by a hyperactive peptide asparaginyl ligase" Current Position: Senior Research Fellow Education: Ph.D. at University Paris-Sud XI (Paris Saclay) Non-scientific Interests: Reading,…

Side Hu, co-first author of "Structural basis for proenzyme maturation, substrate recognition, and ligation by a hyperactive peptide asparaginyl ligase" Current Position: Ph.D. graduate Education: Ph.D. at Nanyang Technological University Non-scientific Interests: Reading, Computer games, Chinese…

Frances Sussmilch, first author of "Mendel: from Genes to Genome" Current Position: ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Tasmania, Australia Education: PhD in Molecular Biology/Genetics, University of Tasmania, Australia Non-scientific Interests: Reading, woolcrafts, long scenic walks with the dog Brief…

Jakub Dolata, first author of "Chromatin-associated microprocessor assembly is regulated by the U1 snRNP auxiliary protein PRP40" Current Position: Assistant Professor,  Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland Education:…

Huang et al. unravel the roles of ethylene in tomato fruit growth and ripening.  Background: Fruit development is an intriguing evolutionary strategy that functions in both seed protection and seed dispersal. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) has long been used as a model system to uncover mechanisms…

Qianwen WANG, co-first author of "Wildsoydb DataHub: an online platform for accessing soybean multiomic datasets across multiple reference genomes"  Current Position: Lecturer at School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University. Education: PhD in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Non-scientific…

Lucie Schröder, first author of "The photosynthesis apparatus of European mistletoe (Viscum album)" Current Position: PhD student, Institute of Plant Genetics, Leibniz University Hannover Education: BSc and MSc in Plant Biotechnology, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany Non-scientific…