Guo-Ling “Gillian” Nan, co-first author of "A cascade of bHLH-regulated pathways program maize anther development" Current Position: Life Science Research Professional, Stanford University, USA Education: PhD in Horticulture at University of Hawaii at Manoa, MSc in Botany at National Taiwan…

Chong Teng, co-first author of "A cascade of bHLH-regulated pathways program maize anther development" Current Position: Research Scientist, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA Education: Undergraduate degree in Biology at Chinese Agriculture University (CAU) and PhD in Genetics from Dr.…

Zhou and colleagues dissect the transcriptional response of maize seedlings to cold and heat stress and explore to what extent gene expression can be predicted from cis-regulatory motifs in promoters by employing machine learning approaches By Peng Zhou, University of Minnesota Background: Plants…

Monika Chodasiewicz, first author of "2',3'-cAMP treatment mimics stress molecular response in Arabidopsis thaliana" Current Position: Assistant Professor at Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST Saudi Arabia Education: PhD in Plant Science at Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology,…

This webinar was held, January 25, 2022 About This Webinar In January 2022, The Plant Cell presents a Focus Issue on Cell Biology. In this Focus Issue, we go back to the “roots” of the journal, and the basis for its name, turning our attention to the many fascinating facets of plant cell biology.…

Yuya Kumagai, first author of "Introduction of a second ‘Green Revolution’ mutation into wheat via in planta CRISPR/Cas9 delivery" Current Position: Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Japan Non-scientific Interests: hiking, swimming, traveling Brief bio: I received…

Maddalena Salvalaio, first author of "Root electrotropism in Arabidopsis does not depend on auxin distribution but requires cytokinin biosynthesis" Current Position: Research Technician Education: Bsc in Biology and Msc in Evolutionary Biology , University of Padova, Italy Non-scientific Interests:…

Mengting Zhang, co-first author of "Salicylic acid carboxyl glucosyltransferase UGT87E7 regulates disease resistance in Camellia sinensis" Current Position: Master Student, Anhui Agricultural University Education: B.S.from Southwest University of Science and Technology (2018) Non-scientific…