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Scientists reveal the mechanism of mRNA polyadenylation in auxin and plant development

(Translated from the Chinese original) Auxin is an important plant hormone that is essential for plant growth and development. At present, people's understanding of auxin signal transduction mainly focuses on the process of auxin receptor TIR1/AFBs- mediated Aux/IAAs protein degradation…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Sheng Wang

Sheng Wang, first author of CYP76B74 catalyzes the 3'-hydroxylation of geranylhydroquinone in shikonin biosynthesis Current Position: Assistant Researcher at National Resources Center of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China Education: B.S. in Resources…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Wojciech J. Nawrocki

Wojciech J. Nawrocki, first author of Chlororespiration controls growth under intermittent light Current Position:  Postdoctoral fellow at the VU Amsterdam Education:  MSc in Biophysics, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, PhD, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, CNRS, Paris, France Non-scientific…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Wei Zeng

Wei Zeng, first author of Modulation of auxin signaling and development by polyadenylation machinery Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China Education: M.S. in College of Life Sciences,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Renuka Kolli

Renuka Kolli, first author of Oxa2b is crucial for proper membrane insertion of Cox2 during complex IV biogenesis in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD student at the department of Biology I, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany Education: 2014 - M. Tech in Biotechnology and Biochemical…

Update: Engineering of metabolic pathways using synthetic enzyme complexes

By Nicholas Smirnoff, University of Exeter. This article is part of the forthcoming Synthetic Biology focus issue. Plants provide a source of enzymes for metabolic engineering to produce valuable or useful products in micro-organisms or can themselves be engineered (Andre et al., 2016; Vickery et…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Jiyue Huang

Jiyue Huang, first author of The Largest Subunit of DNA Polymerase Delta is Required for Normal Formation of Meiotic Type I Crossovers Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Copenhaver Lab, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC Education: PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Cong Wang

Cong Wang, first author of The Largest Subunit of DNA Polymerase Delta is Required for Normal Formation of Meiotic Type I Crossovers Current Position:  Ph.D. Candidate, Biochemistry and Molecule Biology, Fudan University, China. Education:  B. S. Biological Science, Sep. 2009-Jul. 2013. Lanzhou…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Nicholas Zoulias

Nicholas Zoulias, first author of Auxin and pattern formation of the Asteraceae flower head (capitulum) Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Sheffield. Education: PhD in Computational Evolution and Biology, University of Manchester. MRes in Biological Sciences, University…