Yang et al. explore the mechanism of grain filling in maize. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac044 Tao Yang and Yongrui Wu, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy…

Young-Joon Park, first author of "SMAX1 potentiates phytochrome B-mediated hypocotyl thermomorphogenesis" Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, Molecular Signaling Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, South Korea Education: Ph.D., Molecular Signaling Laboratory,…

Ruihua Huang, first author of "BLISTER promotes seed maturation and fatty acid biosynthesis by interacting with WRINKLED1 to regulate chromatin dynamics in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Postdoctor in South China Normal University Education:  PhD’s degrees in South China Normal University Non-scientific…

Jutta Baldauf, first author of "Single-parent expression complementation contributes to phenotypic heterosis in maize hybrids" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Crop Functional Genomics lab, INRES, University of Bonn, Germany Education: PhD in Genetics, University of Bonn, Germany;…

Kangning Li, first author of "The rice transcription factor Nhd1 regulates root growth and nitrogen uptake by activating nitrogen transporters" Current position: PhD student, Nanjing Agricultural University Education: Nanjing Agricultural University Non-scientific interests: Travel Brief…

Athanas Guzha, first author of "Cell wall–localized BETA-XYLOSIDASE4 contributes to immunity of Arabidopsis against Botrytis cinerea" Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate Education: PhD Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Goettingen Germany (In collaboration with University…

Kamil Demski, first author of "Phosphatidylcholine:diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase’s unique regulation of castor bean oil quality" Current Position: Postdoc at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Education: a PhD in Biological Sciences - Discipline of Biochemistry from Intercollegiate…

Alejandro Torrado Maya, co-first author of "Directing cyanobacterial photosynthesis in a COX knockout mutant via insertion of a heterologous electron sink" Current Position: Distinguished Research Fellow ‘María Zambrano’, (University of Seville, Spain) Education: B.Sc. in Biology, M.Sc. in…