Andan Zhu, co-first author of Temporal regulation of metabolome and proteome in photosynthetic and photorespiratory pathways contributes to maize heterosis Current Position: Professor, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Ph. D. from…

Zhi Li, co-first author of Temporal regulation of metabolome and proteome in photosynthetic and photorespiratory pathways contributes to maize heterosis Current Position: Postdoc in Dr. Z. Jeffrey Chen’s lab at The University of Texas at Austin Education: Ph.D. from China Agricultural University Non-scientific…

Charlotte Gommers, Assistant Features Editor [email protected] For a long time, the study of light fueled two independent fields of plant sciences. On the one hand, light energy is absorbed in the chloroplasts, to drive sugar production via photosynthesis. On the other hand, light is an…

María Flores-Tornero, first author of Transcriptomic and Proteomic Insights into Amborella trichopoda Male Gametophyte Functions Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry Department, University of Regensburg Education: BSc. in Biological Sciences, University…

Mendel Perkins, first author of Dwarfism of high-monolignol Arabidopsis plants is rescued by ectopic LACCASE overexpression Current Position: PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia in Lacey Samuels lab Education: BSc (Hons) University of Calgary; MSc University of Calgary Non-scientific…

Liang et al. demonstrate that auxin modulates sucrose transport to repress petal abscission in rose. The Plant Cell (2020).  https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00695 By Yue Liang, Chuyan Jiang, Yang Liu, Yuerong Gao, Jingyun Lu, Palinuer Aiwail, Zhangjun Fei, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Bo Hong, Chao Ma and Junping…

Jing Zhang, first author of Role of Protein Phosphatase 1 Regulatory Subunit 3 (PP1R3) in Mediating Abscisic Acid Response Current Position: Postdoc, Root Biology Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Education: MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of…

Yusuke Kobayashi, first author of Holliday junction resolvase MOC1 maintains plastid and mitochondrial genome integrity in algae and bryophytes Current position: Assistant Professor, College of Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ibaraki University Education: Ph.D. in Science. Graduate…