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Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Yunjun Zhao

Yunjun Zhao, co-first author of Cytochrome b5 is an obligate electron shuttle protein for syringyl lignin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Current position:  Research Associate, Chang-Jun Liu lab, Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), NY, USA Education: Ph.D., 2008-2013, Botany, University…

Recognizing The Plant Cell authors: Xiaoman Yang

Xiaoman Yang, co-first author of Cytochrome b5 is an obligate electron shuttle protein for syringyl lignin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD student at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong. Also worked as a visiting student for 2 years in Chang-Jun…

Recognizing The Plant Cell authors: Mingyue Gou

Mingyue Gou, co-first author of  Cytochrome b5 is an obligate electron shuttle protein for syringyl lignin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Current Position: Professor & Principal Investigator, State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University,…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Yongcai Huang

Yongcai Huang, first author of Maize VKS1 Regulates Mitosis and Cytokinesis during Early Endosperm Development Current Position: Fourth-year Ph.D. student, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/ Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology Education: M.phil-Ph.D in Genetics, CAS Center…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Yubing He

Yubing He, the first author of PINOID is required for formation of the stigma and style in rice Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular biology, College of Life…

Shedding Light on the Power of Light

By Tessa Moses, The Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology (IQB3), The King’s Buildings, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, United Kingdom Photosynthesis is the process in which solar energy is used to fix atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) to chemical energy in…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Nikolay Manavski

Nikolay Manavski, co-first author of An RNA-chaperone-like protein plays critical roles in chloroplast mRNA stability and translation in Arabidopsis and maize Current Position: Postdoc at IBMP-CNRS, Strasbourg, France Education: Diploma and PhD in Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Plant…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Xin Chai

Xin Chai, co-first author of An RNA-chaperone-like protein plays critical roles in chloroplast mRNA stability and translation in Arabidopsis and maize Current position: Ph.D. student, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Education: Ph.D.…

Recognizing The Plant Cell first authors: Jingjing Jiang

Jingjing Jiang, co-first author of An RNA-chaperone-like protein plays critical roles in chloroplast mRNA stability and translation in Arabidopsis and maize  Current Position: Ph.D. student, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Ph.D., Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy…