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Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Lucia Montini

Lucia Montini, first author of Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry imaging of metabolites during sorghum germination Current Position: Researcher at M4I Institute, Division of Imaging Mass Spectrometry, University of Maastricht Education: MSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Bryan Leong

Bryan Leong, first author of Specialized metabolism in a non-model nightshade: trichome acylinositol biosynthesis Current position: Post-doctoral associate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Last lab at Michigan State University Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Michigan State University Non-scientific…

Plants increase photosynthesis efficiency by lowering the proton gradient across the thylakoid membrane

Author: Stefanie Wege stefanie.wege@adelaide.edu.au ORCID: 0000-0002-7232-5889 Affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, PRC, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Glen Osmond 5064, South Australia, Australia   In…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Ning Zhang

Ning Zhang, first author of Tomato wall-associated kinase SlWak1 depends on Fls2/Fls3 to promote apoplastic immune responses to Pseudomonas syringae Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA Education: PhD in Horticulture and Crop Science…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Titouan Bonnot

Titouan Bonnot, first author of Omics Data Reveal Putative Regulators of Einkorn Grain Protein Composition under Sulfur deficiency Current Position: Post-doctoral research associate in the laboratory of Dr. Dawn Nagel at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), Department of Botany and Plant Sciences Education:…

A GDSL lipase is required for anther and pollen development

Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 1712 Claflin Road, Throckmorton Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA weizhang17@ksu.edu Male fertility in angiosperms requires specific spatiotemporal gene expression patterns and cellular differentiation during male reproductive development (Wilson…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: An Quoc Pham

An Quoc Pham, first author of Arabidopsis Lectin Receptor Kinase P2K2 is a second plant receptor for extracellular ATP and contributes to innate immunity Current posotion: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, University of Missouri – Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA Education: PhD in plant Sciences, University…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Kamal Kumar Malukani

Kamal Kumar Malukani, first author of Dual activities of receptor like kinase OsWAKL21.2 induce immune responses Current Position: Research Associate in the lab of Dr. Ramesh V. Sonti at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India. Looking for postdoc in plant-microbe interaction. Education:…

In the Search for the SWEETest Pear

If you close your eyes and think about the most delicious fruit you have ever tasted, it is likely that one specific characteristic will come to mind (and mouth!): its sweetness. Humans have a natural appreciation of plant sugars, and it is no surprise that enhanced sugar content is among the most desired…