José Antonio Pedroza-García first author of "Maize ATR Safeguards Genome Stability During Kernel Development to Prevent Early Endosperm Endocycle Onset and Cell Death" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Biotechnology Institute (IBT), UNAM, Mexico Education: PhD in Plant Molecular Biology,…

Yuting Liu, first author of "DWARF53 interacts with transcription factors UB2/UB3/TSH4 to regulate maize tillering and tassel branching" Current Position: Associate professor, South China Agricultural University, China Education: B.S. in Bioinformatics at Shanxi Agricultural University; M.S. and…

Li Qu, first author of "Plant casein kinases phosphorylate and destabilize a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor to promote cell division" Current Position: Postdoc, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Education: Bachelor, School of Plant Protection, Shandong…

Deng and colleagues show how the microtubule-associated protein WDL4 contributes to apical hook opening to protect seedligns from damage by soil particles  By Jia Deng, Xiangfeng Wang, Ziqiang Liu, and Tonglin Mao, China Agricultural University Background: When seedlings emerge through the soil…

Daoheng Hu, co-first author of "Multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 editing of DNA methyltransferases in rice uncovers a class of non-CG methylation specific for GC-rich regions" Current Position: Research Assistant at the school of life sciences of Yunnan University, China Education: PhD & Master in Genetics…

Yiming Yu, co-first author of "Multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 editing of DNA methyltransferases in rice uncovers a class of non-CG methylation specific for GC-rich regions" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China Education: B.S.…

Siamsa M. Doyle, first author of "A network of stress-related genes regulates hypocotyl elongation downstream of selective auxin perception" Current Position: Researcher Education: PhD in plant science, University College Dublin, Ireland Non-scientific Interests: Singing, dancing lindy hop and…

Xiaoqian Chu, co-first author of HBI Transcription Factor-Mediated ROS Homeostasis Regulates Nitrate Signal Transduction Current Position: Job hunting Education: PhD in Botany at Shandong University Non-scientific Interests: Reading, Music, Museums Brief bio: I started my PhD study and accepted…