Chan Liu, first author of “AP1/2β-Mediated Exocytosis of Tapetum-Specific Transporters Is Required for Pollen Development in Arabidopsis thaliana.” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate (job hunting), Lanzhou University, China Education: Master degree from Zhejiang Normal University, China Non-scientific…

Ana Laura Alonso-Nieves, first author of "The pho1;2a′-m1.1 allele of Phosphate1 conditions misregulation of the phosphorus starvation response in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.)" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Unidad de Genómica Avanzada LANGEBIO-CINVESTAV, Guanajuato, México. Education:…

Ming Chen, first author of “Rapid Growth of Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis): Cellular Roadmaps, Transcriptome Dynamics, and Environmental Factors” Current Position: PhD student, Nanjing Forestry University Education: BSc Jiangsu Normal University Non-scientific Interests: Tennis, Travelling…

Lei Li, first author and co-correspondence author of “Defects in autophagy lead to selective in vivo changes in turnover of cytosolic and organelle proteins in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Professor, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Responses, Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, College…

Cunman He, first author of "The retrograde signalling regulator ANAC017 recruits the MKK9-MPK3/6, ethylene, and auxin signalling pathways to balance mitochondrial dysfunction with growth"  Current position: Research officer, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia Education: MS, School of…

Kulaporn Boonyaves, first author of "Interplay between ARABIDOPSIS Gβ and WRKY transcription factors differentiates environmental stress responses" Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore Education: PhD in Plant Biology at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology…

Daniel DeGennaro, first author of "Initiation of aboveground organ primordia depends on combined action of auxin, ERECTA family genes, and PINOID" Current Position: Senior Account Manager for Bio-Rad Laboratories Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University…

Peng et al. discover that COP1, a central repressor of seedling photomorphogenic development, positively regulates ABA signal transduction during Arabidopsis seedling growth in darkness by mediating ABA-induced ABI5 accumulation.  By Jing Peng and Jigang Li  Background: The phytohormone abscisic…