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Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Wei Wang

Wei Wang, first author of OPENER Is a Nuclear Envelope and Mitochondria Localized Protein Required for Cell Cycle Progression in Arabidopsis Current Position: Researcher, Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Education:…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Mingjiu Li

Mingjiu Li, first author of Leaf Variegation and Impaired Chloroplast Development Caused by a Truncated CCT Domain gene in albostrians Barley Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, Humboldt University…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Rehna Augustine

Rehna Augustine, co-first author of Molecular Basis of the Evolution of Methylthioalkylmalate Synthase and Diversity of Methionine-Derived Glucosinolates Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Centre for Plant Bioteechnology and Molecular Biology, Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala, India Education: Ph.D.…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Soon Goo Lee

Soon Goo Lee, co-first author of Molecular Basis of the Evolution of Methylthioalkylmalate Synthase and Diversity of Methionine-Derived Glucosinolates Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Roshan Kumar

Roshan Kumar, co-first author of Molecular Basis of the Evolution of Methylthioalkylmalate Synthase and Diversity of Methionine-Derived Glucosinolates Current Position:  Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Department of Biology, Washington University, Saint Louis, USA Education: Ph.D. in Plant…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Jorge Rencoret

Jorge Rencoret, first author of Hydroxystilbene glucosides are incorporated into Norway spruce bark lignin Current Position: Researcher at the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNAS, CSIC) Education: PhD in Chemistry, University of Seville, Spain Non-scientific Interests:…

Review: Exchanges at the plant-oomycete interface that influence disease (Plant Physiol)

This is a great review by Judelson and Ah-Fong on the diverse signals that occur between plants and their oomycete pathogens. The authors start by describing the life- and infectivity-cycles of disease-causing oomycetes, including the familiar plant pathogens, "aggressive" Pythium and "stealthy" Phytophthora.…

Review. After the deluge: Plant revival post-flooding

Crop losses due to flooding are occuring with increasing frequency. Whilst time submerged can be lethal, the post-submergence period is also potentially lethal. In this new review, Yeung et al. provide an overview of factors that contribute to plant survival after flooding. Being submerged leads to hypoxia…

Molecular digitization of 689 vascular plant species from the Ruili Botanical Garden (Giga Science)

Recent advances in genome sequencing have increased our understanding of plant evolution and provided insights into factors affecting agriculturally important traits (e.g., yield, stress tolerance). There is an impetus to increase the quantity and quality of genomes publically available with around 350…