Amundson et al. investigate the fate of parental DNA in crosses that produce uniparental dihaploids  By Kirk Amundson and Luca Comai  Background: Plants carrying only the chromosomes of one parent, i.e. haploids, are very useful for research and breeding. Certain crosses are known to yield haploid…

Sajina Bhandari, first author of "Triacylglycerol remodeling in Physaria fendleri indicates oil accumulation is dynamic and not a metabolic endpoint" Current Position: PhD candidate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, WA Education: BS in Biotechnology,…

Hongxia Zhang, first author of "Seawater exposure causes hydraulic damage in dying Sitka-spruce trees" Current Position: Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, post-doctoral Education: Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PhD; Inner…

Nadia Fernández-Jiménez, co-first author of "Defects in meiotic chromosome segregation lead to unreduced male gametes in Arabidopsis SMC5/6 complex mutants" Current Position: PhD student in Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Education:…

Fen Yang, co-first author of "Defects in meiotic chromosome segregation lead to unreduced male gametes in Arabidopsis SMC5/6 complex mutants" Current Position:  Ph.D. student at the Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Acad Sci and the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science,…

Kebin Yang, first author of "A regulatory network driving shoot lignification in rapidly growing bamboo" Current Position:  Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration/Beijing for Bamboo & Rattan Science and Technology, Institute of Gene Science and Industrialization for…

Klusch et al. discover an unusual bridge domain that might participate in regulating the activity of mitochondrial complex I in plants and algae.  By Niklas Klusch1, Jennifer Senkler2, Özkan Yildiz1, Werner Kühlbrandt1 and Hans-Peter Braun2 1 Department of Structural Biology, Max-Planck-Institute…

Tomasz Jamruszka, co-first author of "A roadmap of plant membrane transporters in arbuscular mycorrhizal and legume-rhizobium symbioses" Current Position: PhD student at Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Education: MSc in Biotechnology, Poznań University of…