
Venura Herath: Plant Direct First Author
Plant Direct: Author Profiles
Venura Herath, "The plant endoplasmic reticulum UPRome: A repository and pathway browser for genes involved in signaling networks linked to the endoplasmic reticulum"
Current Position: Professor at the University of Peradeniya
Education: PhD in Biological Sciences (University of Maine) and BSc…

Yue Niu: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Yue Niu, co-first author of “The phospholipid flippase ALA3 regulates pollen tube growth and guidance in Arabidopsis"
Current Position: Associate professor in School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University.
Education: Ph.D. in School of Life Sciences with Prof. Guochang Zheng (Academician of CAS)…

Yang Yang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Yang Yang, the first author of “The phospholipid flippase ALA3 regulates pollen tube growth and guidance in Arabidopsis”
Current Position: Postdoctor in the School of Ecology, Lanzhou University
Education: Ph.D. in School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University
Non-scientific Interests: music,…

Yuxi Wang: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author ProfilesYuxi Wang, co-first author of "CmbHLH16 is responsive to different red-to-far-red light ratios and fine-tunes anthocyanin homeostasis in Chrysanthemum"
Current Position:Ph.D. candidate,Nanjing Agricultural University
Education:Bachelor of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University; Ph.D.…

Li-jie Zhou: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Li-jie Zhou, co-first author of "Transcription factor CmbHLH16 regulates petal anthocyanin homeostasis under different lights in Chrysanthemum"
Current Position: Lecturer, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
Education: Ph.D. in Agriculture (2018),…

Benjamin Spears: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Benjamin Spears, first author of "Class I TCP transcription factor AtTCP8 modulates key brassinosteroid-responsive genes"
Current Position: Assistant Professor- Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University
Education: Postdoctoral associate- University of Missouri, PhD in plant, insect,…

Pedro Humberto Castro: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Pedro Humberto Castro, first author of "SUMO E3 Ligase SIZ1 connects sumoylation and reactive oxygen species homeostasis processes in Arabidopsis"
Current Position: Researcher at the PlantBio group, BIOPOLIS-CIBIO/InBIO, University of Porto, Portugal.
Education: Ph.D. in Biology, University of…

How do legumes decide where to get nitrogen––from the soil or from nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellMisawa, Ito, et al. explore how nitrate transporters and NIN-like protein transcription factors repress nodulation in the presence of exogenous nitrate.
Momoyo Ito, Takuya Suzaki
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Background
Through…
Making mucilage: A key transcriptional regulatory module regulating rhamnogalacturonan I biosynthesis
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellXu et al. identify a key transcriptional regulatory module involved in biosynthesis of the pectic polysaccharide rhamnogalacturonan I in the mucilage surrounding the Arabidopsis seed. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac011
Background: Pectin is a complex cell wall polysaccharide that plays important…
