Le et al. demonstrate that mitochondria get pyruvate three different ways. Plant Cell By X.H. Le, C.P. Lee and A.H. Millar The University of Western Australia Perth, Australia Background: Plants photosynthesise and make starch in the day so that at night they can extract energy from…

Feng Zhu, first author of "Genome-wide association of the metabolic shifts underpinning dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Postdoc at Huazhong Agricultural University and Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie Education: B.S. in Huazhong Agricultural University; Ph.D…

Young Nam Yang, first author of "The transcription factor ORA59 exhibits dual DNA binding specificity that differentially regulates ethylene- and jasmonic acid-induced genes in plant immunity" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at Department of Life Sciences, Korea University Education: B.Sc.…

Zhang et al. show that a transcription factor module modulates TCA cycle strength and thus reactive oxygen species homeostasis in rose petals. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab152  Background: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are by-products of several primary metabolic pathways and high…

Mingqin Chang, first author of "COPII Sec23 proteins form isoform-specific endoplasmic reticulum exit sites with differential effects on polarized growth" Current Position: Postdoc scholar at University of California Davis, US Education: Ph.D University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, US Non-scientific…

Linlin Luo, first author of "TRANS-ACTING SIRNA3-derived short interfering RNAs confer cleavage of mRNAs in rice" Current Position： PhD candidate at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading, hiking, growing plants Brief Bio: I began…

Sydney Duncombe, first author of "Super-resolution imaging illuminates new dynamic behaviors of cellulose synthase" Current Position: PhD student in the Plant Biology program at the Pennsylvania State University. Education: BS in Genetics and Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Non-scientific…

Jorge El-Azaz, first author of "Deregulation of phenylalanine biosynthesis evolved with the emergence of vascular plants" Current Position: Postdoctoral scientist at Hiroshi Maeda’s Lab, UW-Madison Education: Major in Biology (University of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain). Ph.D. in Molecular Biology…