Like something from Jurassic Park, a tiny insect embedded in amber has provided new insights into life millions of years ago. But in this case, the 99 million year old insect shows us that, as Darwin surmised, insects really were important contributors to angiosperm pollination from their origins. In…

For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving next weekend, here’s an article full of fun facts to share over the salad. Gullino et al. describe the history of salad (mentioned by Virgil and Pliny) and the rapid growth in the prepared salad industry. They describe the challenge of growing and getting these…

Review: The role of peptides cleaved from protein precursors in eliciting plant stress reactions Although the first signaling peptide identified in plants, systemin, is involved in stress responses, developmentally important peptide signals have largely occupied the limelight. This Tansley Review…

Jeonghwa Oh, first author of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 8 inhibits phytochrome A-mediated far-red light responses in Arabidopsis Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Plant Biology Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Education: B.S., Department…

Sanjay Kumar Singh, co-first author of Mutually Regulated AP2/ERF Gene Clusters Modulate Biosynthesis of Specialized Metabolites in Plants Current Position: Scientist at the University of Kentucky, USA Education: PhD in plant science, Bose Institute, India Non-scientific Interests: poetry, gardening,…

Priyanka Paul, co-first author of Mutually Regulated AP2/ERF Gene Clusters Modulate Biosynthesis of Specialized Metabolites in Plants Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar in Professor Sharyn Perry’s lab at the University of Kentucky, USA Education: PhD in Integrated Plant and Soil Sciences, from…

Inmaculada Couso, first author of Phosphorus availability regulates TORC1 signaling via LST8 in Chlamydomonas Current Position: Marie S. Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis Institute in Sevilla, Spain Education: PhD. Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry Div. University…

Cong Wang, co-first author of Conservation and divergence in the meiocyte sRNAomes of Arabidopsis, soybean and cucumber Current Position:  Post-doctoral fellow. Plant Biology, Fudan University, China Education: Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecule Biology, Sep. 2013-Jan. 2019. Fudan University, China;…