Harel Bacher, first author of "Wild emmer introgression alters root-to-shoot growth dynamics in durum wheat in response to water stress" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Education: B.Sc., M.Sc. and currently a Ph.D. at the Robert H. Smith Faculty…

Guoqiang Huang, first author of "AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 6 and 7 control the flag leaf angle in rice by regulating secondary cell wall biosynthesis of lamina joints" Current position: Postdoc at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Education: B.S. in Shandong Agricultural University; Ph.D in Biology, Shanghai…

Boominathan Mohanasundaram, first author of "The unique bryophyte-specific repeat-containing protein SHORT-LEAF regulates gametophore development in moss" Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, MO, USA Education: PhD in Biology at Indian Institute of…

Wang et al. report how chromatin architecture reorganization shapes transcriptome patterns during polyploidization and domestication of soybean. The Plant Cell (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab081 By Longfei Wang and Qingxin Song Background: Soybean and common bean are important sources…

Justus Niemeyer, first author of "Real-time Monitoring of Subcellular H2O2 Distribution in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" Current Position: PhD student in Prof. Michael Schroda’s lab in the Department of Molecular Biotechnology & Systems Biology, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany Education: Bachelor…

Dietmar Gerald Mehlhorn, first author of "Looking for a Safe Haven: Tail-anchored Proteins and their Membrane Insertion Pathways" Current Position: PhD student in Prof. Dr. Christopher Grefen’s lab for Molecular & Cellular Botany at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Education: BSc in Biosciences…

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…