Liat Adler, first author of "New horizons for building pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in plants to improve yields" Current Position:   PhD student at the University of Edinburgh Education:   Msci in Biochemistry and a BA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge Non-scientific…

Bandana Bhusal, first author of "Efficient Fluorescence-Based Localization Technique for Real-Time Tracking Endophytes Route in Host-Plants Colonization" Current Position: PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Iowa State University Education: Master’s in Plant Science from Tennessee…

Yu et al. find a hemicellulose that has similar function, structure, and biosynthesis to the well-studied hemicellulose xyloglucan  Authors: Li Yu, Yoshihisa Yoshimi, Paul Dupree. Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK. Background: Plant primary cell walls need to be rigid enough…

Won C. Yim, co-first author of "The final piece of the Triangle of U: Evolution of the tetraploid Brassica carinata genome" Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. Education: Ph. D in Dept. Plant Biotechnology at the Dongguk…

Mia Lynn Swain, co-first author of "The final piece of the Triangle of U: Evolution of the tetraploid Brassica carinata genome" Current Position: Ph.D. student in Dr. Won Yim’s plant genomics lab in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. Education: B.S. in Biochemistry…

Longsheng Zhao, first author of “Native architecture and acclimation of photosynthetic membranes in a fast-growing cyanobacterium” Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow in State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, and Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237,…

Thieffry, López-Márquez, et al. explore the use of alternative transcriptional start sites during immune responses. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac108 Background: Upon sensing an attempted infection, plants change from growth to defense by reshaping gene activity. However, there is not always…

Omar Arias-Gaguancela, first author of "Enhanced seedling growth by 3-n-pentadecylphenolethanolamide is mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolases in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)" Current Position:  PhD candidate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, BioDiscovery Institute, Department of Biological…