
GWAS and the fight against darkness-induced starvation
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFeng Zhu and colleagues investigate the time-resolved mGWAS of dark-induced senescence. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab251
By Feng Zhu and Alisdair R. Fernie
Background: In cellular circumstances under which nutrients are scarce, plants must degrade polymers to recycle carbon (C) and nitrogen…

Lisa Désirée Westrich: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Lisa Désirée Westrich, co-first author of “Fast and global reorganization of the chloroplast protein biogenesis network during heat acclimation”
Current Position: PhD student in the laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes at the Technische Universtität Kaiserslautern
Education: M.…

Raphael Trösch: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Raphael Trösch, co-first author of “Fast and global reorganization of the chloroplast protein biogenesis network during heat acclimation”
Current Position: Post Doc in Dr. Reimo Zoschke’s research group at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm.
Education: Ph.D. in…

Fabian Ries: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Fabian Ries, co-first author of “Fast and global reorganization of the chloroplast protein biogenesis network during heat acclimation”
Current Position: PhD student at the laboratory Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotes, University of Kaiserslautern
Education: M.Sc. in Microbial and Plant Biotechnology,…

Lenka Kuběnová: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Lenka Kuběnová, first author of "ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 2 vesicular delivery to the apical plasma membrane domain during Arabidopsis root hair development"
Current Position: Ph.D. student/researcher at the Department of Cell Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural…

Swapping citrate for malate by plant mitochondria
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellLee et al. unravel a mitochondrial transporter responsible for selectively exporting citrate in exchange for malate. Plant Cell (2021)
By Chun Pong Leea, Marlene Elsässerb, Philippe Fuchsb,c, Ricarda Fenskea, Markus Schwarzländerb, A. Harvey Millara
aARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology,…

Kishwar Ali: Plant Direct First Author
Plant Direct: Author Profiles
Kishwar Ali, first author of "Which factor explains the life-history of Xanthium strumarium L., an aggressive alien invasive plant species, along its altitudinal gradient?"
Current Position: Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D., M.S., M.S.c., B.S.c., QTLS
Non-scientific Interests: Swimming and…

Lisanne de Vries: Plant Physiology First Author
Plant Physiology: Author Profiles
Lisanne de Vries, first author of "pHBMT1, a BAHD-family monolignol acyltransferase, mediates lignin acylation in poplar"
Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada)
Education: PhD in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, VIB-UGent Center…

Qun Wang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Qun Wang, first author of "ENB1 encodes a cellulose synthase 5 that directs synthesis of cell wall ingrowths in maize basal endosperm transfer cells"
Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at China Agricultural University
Education: M.S. at Shanghai University
Non-scientific Interests: reading, traveling,…
