Feng Xiong, first author of Transcriptional regulation of PLETHORA1 in root meristem through an importin and its two antagonistic cargos Current Position: Research assistant in State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, China Education: obtained…

Yafei Zhao, first author of TCP and MADS-box transcription factor networks regulate heteromorphic flower type identity in Gerbera hybrida Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki (2019 onward) Education: PhD (2019) and MSc (2013) at the University of Helsinki (Helsinki,…

Yuanrong Pei, co-first author of IRREGULAR POLLEN EXINE2 (IPE2) encodes a GDSL lipase essential for male fertility in maize Current Position: Ph. D candidate Education: 2014-present, State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese…

Yanqing Huo, co-first author of IRREGULAR POLLEN EXINE2 (IPE2) encodes a GDSL lipase essential for male fertility in maize Current Position: Job-hunting Education: PhD in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2014-2020); M.Sc. in Shandong Agricultural University…

Derui Liu, first author of Endocytosis of BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE1 is partly driven by a canonical tyrosine-based motif Current Position: Postdoc in the Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University Education: PhD at CAS Center…

Chenxing Huang, first author of Triple-localized WHIRLY2 influences leaf senescence and silique development via carbon allocation Current Position: Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, College of Life Science, Technician Education: 2013.09-2016.07, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,…

Circadian clocks act as universal timekeepers to harmonize internal processes with external day-night rhythms. Genetic feedback loops gear these inner clocks by approximating time in response to dawn-dusk cycles. In plants, development, growth, hormone action, metabolism and other downstream events are…

Molecular breeding relies on careful assessment of phenotypic traits linked to DNA markers so that causal genes can be identified and desirable crop alleles selected. Over the past decade, DNA markers have become abundant with the rapid advancement of next-generation sequencing technology, including…