Yang et al. use haploid induction, genomic and transcriptomic sequencing to explore gene expression changes across the genome when the chromosome arm was varied in haploid maize. By Hua Yang, James Birchler, University of Missouri-Columbia Background: The phenotypic consequences of the addition…

Nikolai Adamski, first author of Ectopic Expression of Triticum polonicum VRT-A2 Underlies Elongated Glumes and Grains in Hexaploid Wheat in a Dosage-Dependent Manner  Current Position:  Postdoctoral scientist, Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, UK Education: Diploma in Biology,…

Aoyue Bi, first author of Stress memory gene FaHSP17.8-CII controls thermotolerance via remodeling PSII and ROS signaling in tall fescue   Current Position: PH. D. student in University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Education: 2010-2014…

Meiyue Wang, Zijuan Li, Yu’e Zhang, Yuyun Zhang, et al. explore the differences in gene regulation in wheat subgenomes. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab028  by Meiyue Wang, Yijing Zhang CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology…

Jonas Blomme, first author of A molecular toolkit for the green seaweed Ulva mutabilis Current Position: Postdoc in the Phycology Group (Olivier De Clerck; UGent) and Plant Genome Editing Group (Thomas Jacobs; VIB-UGent) Education: B. Sc and M. Sc. in Biology at UGent; PhD in the Systems Biology…

Francesca Resentini, first author of The signatures of organellar calcium and co-first author of Simultaneous imaging of ER and cytosolic Ca2+ dynamics reveals long-distance ER Ca2+ waves in plants Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Biosciences, University of Milan (Italy) Education:…

Emrich-Mills and Yates et al. develop a method for the large-scale cloning of Chlamydomonas genes without sequence length or complexity limits. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab024  By Tom Z. Emrich-Mills, Gary Yates, and Luke C.M. Mackinder  Background: Chlamydomonas…

Ana Clara Fanton, first author of Hydraulic consequences of enzymatic breakdown of grapevine pit membranes Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate of Yale School of the Environment Education: Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Non-scientific Interests:…