Review: Ageing beautifully: can the benefits of seed priming be separated from a reduced lifespan trade-off? Seed priming is a family of presowing techniques that control water uptake in seeds, so they are dehydrated once metabolic activities have restarted but before the end of germination. Primed…

Bingli Ding, co-first author of Phloem unloading via the apoplastic pathway is essential for shoot distribution of root-synthesized cytokinins Current Position: Research associate Education: Master, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University Non-scientific Interests: Reading,…

Jiangzhe Zhao, co-first author of Phloem unloading via the apoplastic pathway is essential for shoot distribution of root-synthesized cytokinins Current position: Assistant Professor, College of Life Science and Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University Education: BSc in Biological Science and PhD…

Debamalya Chatterjee first author of Maize unstable factor for orange1 is essential for endosperm development and carbohydrate accumulation  Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate at the Dept of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. Education:  MS in Plant Breeding…

Raju Bheemanahalli, first author of Classical Phenotyping and Deep Learning Concur on Genetic Control of Stomatal Density and Area in Sorghum   Current Position: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University Education: Ph.D. in Crop Physiology,…

Olga Blifernez-Klassen and colleagues identify a minimal NAB1 promoter that confers responsiveness to low CO2 supply and the transcription factor LCRF that mediates NAB1 upregulation.  By Olga Blifernez-Klassen and Lutz Wobbe, Algae Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology,…

Sabrina Chin, first author of Spatial and Temporal Localization of SPIRRIG and WAVE/SCAR Reveal Roles for These Proteins in Actin-Mediated Root Hair Development Current Position: Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Education: Ph.D., The Australian National University, Canberra,…

Mei Zheng, co-first author of Histone acetyltransferase TaHAG1 acts as a crucial regulator to strengthen salt tolerance of hexaploid wheat Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC), Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097,…