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Yanran Sun: Plant Physiology First Author

Yanran Sun, first author of "Short- and long-term responses of leaf day respiration to elevated atmospheric CO2" Current Position: Master degree candidate, School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University Education: 2016-2020 South China Agricultural University (Bachelor) 2020-now Fujian…

In-Cheol Yeo: Plant Physiology First Author

In-Cheol Yeo, first author of "An unexpected role for tomato threonine deaminase 2 in host defense against bacterial infection" Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University Education: B.S in Biotechnology from Chung-Ang University, M.S. in Life Science from Chung-Ang…

Xiangyan Feng: Plant Direct First Author

Xiangyan Feng, first author of "The limiting effect of genome size on xylem vessel diameter is shifted by environmental pressures in seed plants" Current Position: PhD at Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Education: My research field is Plant…

Chongjing Xu: Plant Physiology First Author

Chongjing Xu, co-first author of “CONSTANS-LIKE 1a positively regulates salt and drought tolerance in soybean” Current Position: Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of Ministry of Education China, Northeast Agricultural University, doctoral candidate Education: Jilin Agricultural University…

Christina Skodra: Plant Physiology First Author

Christina Skodra, first author of "Disclosing the molecular basis of salinity priming in olive trees using proteogenomic model discovery" Current Position: PhD student - Laboratory of Pomology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece Education: BSc in Biology, AUTH, Greece. MSc in…

Zhengzheng Cai: Plant Physiology First Author

Zhengzheng Cai, first author of "THERMO-SENSITIVE SPIKELET DEFECTS 1 acclimatizes rice spikelet initiation and development to high temperature" Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher of Plant Pathology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Education: Bachelor degree from Henan University…

Utilization of photoassimilates for growth and development requires the Arabidopsis copper deficiency response regulator SPL7

By Anna Schulten and Ute Krämer, Department of Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Plants, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany  Schulten and colleagues explore the reasons behind the growth defects seen in the spl7 mutants, and discover that they cannot utilize the plentiful sugars they accumulate. Background:…

A small nucleolar RNA cluster that directs ribosomal RNA maturation

Cao et al. found that SnoR28.1 (a conserved box C/D snoRNA cluster) regulates plant growth and development by directing rRNA maturation. The Plant Cell (2022).  https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac265 By Yuxin Cao and Weiqiang Qian Background: Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are a class of abundantly…

Shan Gao: The Plant Cell First Author

Shan Gao, co-first author of “APC/CCDC20 targets SCFFBL17 to activate replication stress responses in Arabidopsis” Current Position: PhD candidate at Huazhong Agricultural University Education: B.Sc. at Yantai University, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading, Badminton Brief bio: I…