Natalie Clark, first author of "To the proteome and beyond: Advances in single-cell omics profiling for plant systems" Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Walley Lab, Iowa State University Education: Ph.D. in Biomathematics from North Carolina State University, B.S. in Mathematics…

Lian et al. investigated the molecular mechanism of AGO protein MEL1 degradation mediated by a new monocot-specific E3 ligase, XBOS36. The Plant Cell (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab138 By Jian-Ping Lian, Yu-Chan Zhang and Yue-Qin Chen, Sun Yat-Sen University Background: Sporogenesis…

Yu-Ting Li, first author of “C4 species utilize fluctuating light less efficiently than C3 species” Current Position：Post-doctoral in Agronomy College of Shandong Agricultural University, China Education: BS in biotechnology, Taishan University, MS and DS in botany, Shandong Agricultural…

Ping Wang, first author of “F-box E3 Ubiquitin Ligase BAF1 Mediates the Degradation of Brassinosteroid-Activated Transcription Factor BES1 through Selective Autophagy in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the lab of Prof. Yanhai Yin, Department of Genetics, Development…

Qian Yang, first author of "Melatonin functions in priming of stomatal immunity in Panax notoginseng and Arabidopsis thaliana" Current Position: Ph.D student Education: Ph.D in Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan province, China; MS in Sichuan University, Sichuan, China. Non-scientific…

Yuan et al. investigate the molecular mechanism of the circadian clock in Arabidopsis and find a new regulator. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab133 By Li Yuan and Xiaodong Xu; State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Adaptation and Improvement, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng…

As scientists, we are at least as excited about the open questions—the things we don’t know—as the discoveries. Science happens in the interface between known and unknown. In the review article Fifteen compelling open questions in plant cell biology, published in The Plant Cell Focus Issue on Plant…

Peng Wang, first author of "Medicago SPX1 and SPX3 regulate phosphate homeostasis, mycorrhizal colonization, and arbuscule degradation" Current Position: PhD student at laboratory of molecular biology, Wageningen University, the Netherlands Education: M.Sc. in Biochemistry and molecular biology,…