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…

Sang-Ji Lee, first author of “Natural alleles of CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED1 contribute to rice cultivation by fine-tuning flowering time” Current Position: Ph.D. Student in Department of Crop Science and Biotechnology, Seoul National University, South Korea Education: Master of Science in…

Dahhan et al. explore the clathrin-coated vesicle proteome in Arabidopsis By Dana A. Dahhan and Sebastian Y. Bednarek, Dept. of Biochemistry, UW-Madison Background: Trafficking of vacuolar and plasma membrane proteins and other macromolecules is essential for plant development, nutrient uptake,…

Alexandra Keren-Keiserman, author of "CLASS-II KNOX genes coordinate spatial and temporal ripening in tomato" Current position: Research Engineer at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Volcani Institute ARO Education: Post-Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem National Natural History Collections…