The existence of the FLORIGEN – a mobile floral activator produced in the leaf and transported to the apex – was hypothesized almost a century ago but its molecular nature remained elusive for decades. In the last 15 years, independent groups demonstrated that members of the Phosphatidyl Ethanolamine-Binding…

Review: Fifteen compelling open questions in plant cell biology As part of The Plant Cell’s upcoming celebration of plant cell biology, Roeder et al. write about fifteen of the “open questions” in the field. This, and the other reviews that make up the focus issue, provide valuable insights…

Carsten Voelkner, first author of "Two plastid POLLUX ion channel-like proteins are required for stress-triggered stromal Ca2+ release" Current Position: Ph.D. student, School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University Education: B. Sc. in Biology from the University of Cologne Non-scientific…

Youping Li, first author of "The CRY2-COP1-HY5-BBX7/8 module regulates blue light-dependent cold acclimation in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Postdoc in Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC), Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science (BAAFS) Education: Ph.D. Botany from China Agricultural…

Billey et al. uncover the roles of LARP6C as a translational repressor in dormant pollen and an activator when the pollen “awakens”. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab131  By Elodie Billey1,2,3, Said Hafidh4, Cécile Bousquet-Antonelli1,2 1 CNRS LGDP-UMR5096, 58 Av.…

Amit Kumar, co-first author of "Development of aerial and belowground tubers in potato is governed by photoperiod and epigenetic mechanism" Current position: Postdoc fellow in Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands  Education: PhD from Biology Department,…

Kirtikumar R. Kondhare, co-first author of "Development of aerial and belowground tubers in potato is governed by photoperiod and epigenetic mechanism" Current position: Asst. Prof. (AcSIR) and DST - Inspire Faculty, Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune,…

Marco Incarbone, first author of "Immunocapture of dsRNA-bound proteins provides insight into Tobacco rattle virus replication complexes and reveals Arabidopsis DRB2 to be a wide-spectrum antiviral effecto" Current Position: Lise Meitner postdoctoral fellow at Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna Education: Master’s…