Plant Physiology

Aiqing Sun, co-first author of MYC2-Activated TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE-LIKE 37 Acetylates Cell Walls and Enhances Herbivore Resistance Current Position: Postdoc in Shanghai Jiaotong University Education: PhD, 2014-2019, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, CAS; Bachelor, 2010-2014, Nanjing Agricultural…

Marco Cirilli, first author of The multi-site PeachRefPop collection: a true cultural heritage and international scientific tool for fruit trees Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (DISAA), University of Milan, Italy Education: PhD, Department…

Zhiqian Pang, first author of Citrus CsACD2 is a target of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in Huanglongbing disease Current position: Biological Scientist III, Citrus Research and Education Center, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural…

Wei Shan, first author of MaXB3 Modulates MaNAC2, MaACS1 and MaACO1 Stability to Repress Ethylene Biosynthesis during Banana Fruit Ripening Current Position: Lecturer, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University Education: B. S., M.S. and D. S. in Agriculture from South China Agricultural…

To anticipate daily changes imposed by Earth's rotation, organisms from all domains of life have evolved an endogenous 24-h timer with daily rhythmic functions: the circadian clock. In plants, the first organisms where circadian dynamics were observed, the circadian clock processes daylength information…

Thorsten Knipfer, first author of Predicting stomatal closure and turgor loss in woody plants using predawn and midday water potential Current Position: Assistant Project Scientist at UC Davis (starting Sept 1st 2020, Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia, Vancouver) Education: PhD,…

Andrea Paterlini, first author of Computational tools for serial block electron microscopy reveal plasmodesmata distributions and wall environments Current Position: Graduate student at the Sainsbury Laboratory – University of Cambridge Education: BSc with Honours (Plant Sciences) - University…

Michael J. Skelly University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom [email protected] Fruit ripening is a process unique to plants that makes their fruit more appealing to seed-dispersing animals. Ripening involves a combination of physiological and metabolic reprogramming events that lead to…