Review: Alternative splicing as conserved mechanism to regulate CDPKs? ($) Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs/CPKs) are an interesting class of proteins present in plants, algae and some protists that are thought to “sense” and “respond” to spikes in intracellular Ca2+ signaling events.…

Ratnesh Chandra Mishra, co-first author of "The 5-formyl-tetrahydrofolate proteome links folates with C/N metabolism and reveals feedback regulation of folate biosynthesis" Current Position: BOF Postdoctoral Fellow at Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent University. Education: PhD…

Mao Li, first author of "Quantitative dissection of color patterning in the foliar ornamental coleus" Current Position: Senior Research Scientist in Data Science Facility and Principal Investigator at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (USA) Education: Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Biomathematics at Florida…

Mizuno et al. show that genes in the KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE2-dependent signaling pathway are conserved in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and control early development of the thallus. Yohei Mizuno and Junko Kyozuka Background: Plants hormones play crucial roles in growth and development. Karrikins…

Bruno Peixoto, first author of "Impact of the SnRK1 protein kinase on sucrose homeostasis and the transcriptome during the diel cycle" Current Position: PhD student in Dr. Elena Baena-González’s lab at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science (IGC, Oeiras, Portugal). Education: BSc in Biology at…

Xinmin Lv, co-first author of “RBP differentiation contributes to selective transmissibility of OPT3 mRNAs” Current position: PhD candidate in China Agricultural University, College of Horticulture (Beijing, China) Education: B.Sc., M.Sc., in Horticulture at Shihezi University (China); Ph.D.…

DeTar et al. examined whether disruption of ion homeostasis affects plastid gene expression and chloroplast development. Rachael Ann DeTar and Hans-Henning Kunz both at School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University & Plant Biochemistry at LMU Munich Background: Proteins that…

Hirokazu Tsukaya, first author of "The leaf meristem enigma: The relationship between the plate meristem and the marginal meristem" Current Position: Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan Education: PhD, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan Non-scientific…