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Danfeng Zhang: Plant Physiology First Author

Danfeng Zhang, co-first author of “Efficient and high-throughput pseudorecombinant-chimeric Cucumber mosaic virus-based VIGS in maize” Current Position: Postdoc at School of Life Sciences in Tsinghua University Education: Ph.D. in College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural…

Huangai Li: Plant Physiology First Author

Huangai Li, co-first author of “Efficient and high-throughput pseudorecombinant-chimeric Cucumber mosaic virus-based VIGS in maize” Current Position:  Postdoc researcher at School of Life Sciences in Tsinghua University (China) Education: Ph.D. in Agriculture at The University of Tokyo (Japan);…

Huzefa Ratlamwala: Plant Physiology First Author

Huzefa Ratlamwala, co-first author of "Rapid specialization of counter defenses enables two-spotted spider mite to adapt to novel plant hosts" Current Position: Finance and Data Analytics Education: BSc in Biotechnology, University of Aberdeen. MSc in Molecular Biology, University of Western Ontario Non-scientific…

Regulation of protein secretion in tapetal cells

Goodman et al. uncover the roles of ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) proteins in the exocytosis of plasma membrane and secreted proteins in tapetal cells during pollen development. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab132  By Marisa Otegui Background:…

Shengbin Liu: Plant Physiology First Author

Shengbin Liu, first author of "Brachypodium distachyon UNICULME4 and LAXATUM-A are redundantly required for development" Current Position: Research Associate – The third people’s hospital of Chengdu (China) Education : Bachelor of Biological Sciences, Dali University; Master:Biochemistry and…

Jia Yuan Ye: The Plant Cell Author

Jia Yuan Ye,  first author of “STOP1 activates NRT1.1-mediated nitrate uptake to create a favorable rhizopheric pH for plant adaptation to acidity” Current position: PhD student, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University Education: BS, Zhejiang University, China Non-scientific…