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TPLATE complex subunits are recruited simultaneously to the plasma membrane

Kerri Hunter Viikki Plant Science Centre, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland ORCID: 0000-0002-2285-6999 kerri.hunter@helsinki.fi Endocytosis is the process by which extracellular…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Amanda Martin Barranco

Amanda Martin Barranco, first author of Dynamic control of the high-affinity iron uptake complex in root epidermal cells Current Position: Postdoc in the team “Integrated Approaches to Ion Transport”, in the Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-Sur-Yvette, France Education:…

An Alternative Route for Astaxanthin Biosynthesis in Green Algae

Tianhu Sun ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2513-1387 Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 ts753@cornell.edu Astaxanthin is the reddish carotenoid pigment that gives color to shrimp, salmon, and flamingo. However, these animals…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Jin Hoon Jang

Jin Hoon Jang, first author of Phospholipase pPLAIIIα increases germination rate and resistance to turnip crinkle virus when overexpressed Current Position: Ph.D candidate (2019.03~ present), Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Supervisor: Ok Ran Lee Education: Ph.D. in Applied…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Mark Jenness

Mark Jenness, first author of An ATP-binding cassette transporter, ABCB19, regulates leaf position and morphology during phototropin1-mediated blue light responses Current Position: Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Maryland Education: Ph.D. in Plant Sciences from the University of Maryland,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Lena Maria Müller

Lena Maria Müller, first author of Constitutive overexpression of RAM1 leads to an increase in arbuscule density in Brachypodium distachyon Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Boyce Thompson Institute/Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (USA) Education: PhD in Plant Science and Policy: University…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Premachandran Yadukrishnan

Premachandran Yadukrishnan, first author of HY5 suppresses, rather than promotes, ABA-mediated inhibition of post-germination seedling development Current Position: Research Associate (ad hoc), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, India Education: Ph.D. (Biological Sciences)…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Robert Orr

Robert Orr, first author of Robust survival-based RNAi of gene families using in tandem silencing of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant in Luis Vidali’s laboratory at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Education: Ph.D. Candidate in Biology and…

Tomatoes turn pale in the heat: high temperature reduces red and green pigmentation via phytochromes

The gardeners among us know that direct sunlight is a prerequisite to obtain full-sized, bright red tomato  (Solanum lycopersicum) fruits. Indeed, light increases the accumulation of yellow and red carotenoid pigments, particularly lycopene, in ripe tomato fruits while it also boosts chlorophyll levels…