Seungjun Shin, first author of "Early seed development requires the A-type ATP-binding cassette protein ABCA10" Current Position: Ph.D. student at the Laboratory of Plant Cell Biology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea Education: B.S., Pohang University of Science and Technology,…

Xuan Du, first author of "Structure of plant RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE 2, an enzyme involved in small interfering RNA production" Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr. Sisi Li’s research group at Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Cancer Center, Shenzhen…

Jian Wang, first author of “Diterpene synthases from Leonurus japonicus elucidate epoxy-bridge formation of spiro-labdane diterpenoids” Current Position: State Key Laboratory of Dao-di Herbs, National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China Education:…

Bian Wu, first author of “Natural variation in WHITE-CORE RATE 1 regulates redox homeostasis in rice endosperm to affect grain quality” Current Position: Ph.D. at Huazhong Agricultural University Education: Ph.D., National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural…

Ying Li, first author of “Transcriptome and miRNAome reveal components regulating tissue differentiation of bamboo shoots” Current Position: Research assistant at the Institute of Gene Science and Industrialization for Bamboo and Rattan Resources, International Center for Bamboo and Rattan (ICBR),…

Groen et al. investigate the genes and traits under selection when rice experiences drought.  By Simon C. “Niels” Groen a,b and Amelia Henryc a Institute of Integrative Genome Biology and Department of Nematology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA; b Center for Genomics…

Yuan Guan, first author of "The nitrate transporter OsNPF7.9 mediates nitrate allocation and the divergent nitrate use efficiency between indica and japonica rice" Current Position: Professor at Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS), China Education:…

Tao Wang, first author of "Maize RNA 3’-terminal phosphate cyclase-like protein promotes 18S pre-rRNA cleavage and is important for kernel development" Current Position:  PhD student, Anhui Agricultural University Education: BS in Biopharming, Anhui Agricultural University Non-scientific…