Hong Liu, co-first author of “Auxin response factor TaARF15-A1 negatively regulates senescence in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)” Current Position: Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Researcher Education…

Tong Li, first author of "Conserved non-coding sequences and de novo Mutator insertion alleles are imprinted in maize" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Education: Ph.D., China Agricultural…

By Yunde Zhao, Mike Blatt, and Mary Williams Plant Physiology initiated the Assistant Features Editor (AFE) program five years ago to help disseminate discoveries published in the journal and to train the next generation of editors and reviewers. Our AFEs are promising early-career scientists and…

Harsha Somashekar, first author of "Rice GLUCAN SYNTHASE-LIKE5 promotes anther callose deposition to maintain meiosis initiation and progression" Current position: PhD student, National Institute of Genetics, The Graduate University for  Advanced studies (SOKENDAI), Japan Education: Master of…

Ulschan Bathe, co-first author of "Respiratory energy demands and scope for demand expansion and destruction" Current position: Postdoctoral associate, Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Non-scientific…

Kristen Van Gelder, co first author of "Respiratory energy demands and scope for demand expansion and destruction" Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher Education: PhD from the University of Guelph, Canada Non-scientific interests: camping, hiking, and kayaking Brief bio: My scientific…

Bryan Leong, co-first author of "Respiratory energy demands and scope for demand expansion and destruction" Current position: NSF post-doctoral fellow in Horticultural Sciences at University of Florida in Andrew Hanson lab Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Michigan State University Non-scientific…

Xintong Liu, first author of “Rose WRKY13 promotes disease protection to Botrytis by enhancing cytokinin content and reducing abscisic acid signaling”  Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: PhD from China Agricultural University,…