Chia-Nan Tao, first author of "A single amino acid transporter controls the uptake of priming-inducing beta-amino acids and the associated trade-off between induced resistance and plant growth" Current Position: PhD student at School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield Education: Master…

Bo Yang, first author of "The sugar transporter ZmSUGCAR1 of the Nitrate Transporter 1/Peptide Transporter family is critical for maize grain filling" Current Position: Scientist, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research) Education: PhD in plant biology,…

Amy Ny Aina Aritsara, first author of "Divergent leaf and fine root “pressure-volume relationships” across habitats with varying water availability" Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Guangxi University, China Education: Ph.D. in Ecology Non-Scientific Interests: Music, walking, riding,…

Hongqing Guo, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University Wang and colleagues explore the transcriptome, proteome, and phosphoproteome in wild-type and fer mutant plants to dissect known and new functions of the receptor kinase FER. Background: FERONIA (FER) is a…

Nicolas Reynoud, first author of "The cutin polymer matrix undergoes a fine architectural tuning from early tomato fruit development to ripening" Current Position: PhD student in Plant biochemistry,  French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Nantes, France. Education: Master in plant…

Zheni Xie, first author of "STRONG STAYGREEN inhibits DNA binding of PvNAP transcription factors during leaf senescence in switchgrass"  Current Position: Looking for a job Education background: 2010.09-2014.06 Hebei Agricultural University (Bachelor ); 2014.09-2021.12 Nanjing Agricultural…

Jiajia He, first author of “ECERIFERUM1-6A is required for the synthesis of cuticular wax alkanes and promotes drought tolerance in wheat” Current Position: Master Student, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China Education: Northwest A&F University (Bachelor); Northwest A&F University…

Hui Tian, first author of “Fungal dual-domain LysM effectors undergo chitin-induced intermolecular, and not intramolecular, dimerization” Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, University of Cologne, Germany Education:  MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Agricultural University,…