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…

Baile et al. discover how EAR domain-containing transcription factors recruit the polycomb group complex PRC2 to mediate gene repression in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab139  By Fernando Baile and Myriam Calonje Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis…

Radosław Mazur, first author of "The SnRK2.10 kinase mitigates the adverse effects of salinity by protecting photosynthetic machinery" Current Position: assistant professor in the research group studying the structural and molecular basis of chloroplast function in the Department of Metabolic…

Zhou, Kusmec, Mirnezami et al. reveal how genetically determined measurement bias affects the accuracy of high-throughput phenotyping and genetic analysis. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab134 By Yan Zhou Iowa State University Background: The accuracy of trait measurement…