Carmen Martín-Pizarro, first author of The NAC transcription factor FaRIF controls fruit ripening in strawberry Current position: Postdoc at the Institute for Mediterranean and Subtropical Horticulture (IHSM – UMA – CSIC) Education: BSc in Biological Science and PhD in Molecular Biology (University…

Paula Henarejos-Escudero, first author of A dopamine-based biosynthetic pathway produces decarboxylated betalains in Chenopodium quinoa Current Position: PhD Student in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Murcia Education: Biotechnology degree, Master degree in Molecular Biology and…

Winkler et al. describe a tool to visualize and quantify protein-protein interactions inside Nicotiana benthamiana cells. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab004  Background: Interactions between proteins (protein-protein interactions, PPIs) are an essential aspect of how life…

Thomas D Alcock, first author of Magnesium and calcium over-accumulate in the leaves of a schengen3 mutant of Brassica rapa Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Crop Physiology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany Education: PhD in plant nutrition at University…

By Rory J. Craig, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh  Craig and colleagues report the sequencing and gene annotations of close and more distant relative of the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, an emerging model organism for plant biology.  Background: The single-cell…

Antoni Sanchez-Ortiz first author of Water stress assessment on grapevines by using classification and regression trees Current Position: Professor and Winemaker Education: Degree in Chemistry, Degree in Enology, MS in Human Nutrition and Metabolism Non-scientific Interests: Bonsai and Forest…

Shajahan Anver, co-first author of Gene expression evolution in pattern-triggered immunity within Arabidopsis thaliana and across Brassicaceae species Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Genetics Evolution and Environment & UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing, University College London Education: …

Lennart Verbraeken, first author of Drought affects the growth rate and duration of maize organs but not the inter-organ coordination of growth Current Position: Predoctoral fellow at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology. Education: M.Sc. in Bioscience Engineering: Agricultural sciences…