Kitazawa et al. identified a unique proteasome-utilizing mechanism of phyllogen, a bacterial effector protein produced by pathogenic phytoplasmas. Plant Cell. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac062 By Yugo Kitazawa and Kensaku Maejima, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate…

Aurélia Emonet, first author of "Development and Diversity of Lignin Patterns" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany Education: Ph.D. in Life Sciences (Plant Molecular Biology) and MSc of Molecular Life Sciences at the…

Kyle Palos, first author of "Identification and functional annotation of long intergenic non-coding RNAs in Brassicaceae" Current Position: Postdoctoral scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute with Dr. Andrew Nelson. Education: PhD in Plant Science from the University of Arizona with Dr. Mark…

Xiao Li, first author of “CALCIUM-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE38 regulates flowering time and common cutworm resistance in soybean” Current Position: Post-doc in Nanjing Agricultural University, China Education: PhD in Nanjing Agricultural University, China Non-scientific Interests: Cats, Reading,…

Karimi et al. showed that Arabidopsis plants secrete numerous RNAs, which are associated with proteins and are located outside extracellular vesicles. Plant Cell. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac043 By: Hana Zand Karimi and Roger W. Innes, Indiana University Background: To prevent infection…

Guo-Feng Jiang, first author of "Coordination of hydraulic thresholds across roots, stems, and leaves of two co-occurring mangrove species" Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Forestry, Guangxi University Education: PhD in Botany, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Non-scientific…

Tianzhen Liu, first author of "Dwarf and High Tillering1 represses rice tillering through mediating the splicing of D14 pre-mRNA" Current Position：Ph.D. candidate, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Education: B.S. at Shandong Agricultural University,…

Ruiqi Li, first author of “SKI-INTERACTING PROTEIN interacts with SHOOT MERISTEMLESS to regulate shoot apical meristem formation” Current Position: No academic position Education: Ph.D. candidate in Crop Cultivation and Farming System, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. M.S.…