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Catherine Stuart: The Plant Cell First Author

Catherine Stuart, co-first author of "RNA degradome analysis reveals DNE1 endoribonuclease is required for the turnover of diverse mRNA substrates in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Research Assistant at the University of Texas Health Science Center (full-time) and Baylor College of Medicine (part-time),…

Vinay Nagarajan: The Plant Cell First Author

Vinay Nagarajan, co-first author of "RNA degradome analysis reveals DNE1 endoribonuclease is required for the turnover of diverse mRNA substrates in Arabidopsis" Current Position:  Scientist, Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Education:  Ph.D., Horticulture,…

A Mediator–transcription factor module that regulates fruit ripening in tomato

Deng, Yang, Li, Chang, Sun et al. explore the interaction between EIN3-like transcription factors and subunits of the Mediator complex in tomato fruit ripening. Background: Fruit ripening relies on the precise spatiotemporal control of RNA polymerase II (Pol II)-dependent transcription of thousands…

Plant Cell Webinar: RNA Biology Part 1

Plant Cell Webinar: RNA Biology (1) Celebrating the June 2023 Focus Issue on RNA Biology Recorded Wednesday, June 14, 2023 About This Webinar If DNA is the playbook of life, then RNA, in all its forms, is the company of actors that brings life into being. RNA is likely the original organic molecule…

The system that monitors protein folding status regulates grain size

Li and Zhang et al. explore the involvement of ERAD in grain size regulation. Jing Li; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Ran Xu; Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China Background: Grain size affects yield and is therefore an important agronomic…

No auxin signaling, no organogenesis

Suzuki et al. examine the effects of auxin signaling on development of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Hidemasa Suzuki, Hirotaka Kato, Megumi Iwano, Ryuichi Nishihama, Takayuki Kohchi Background: Land plants alternate diploid (2n) and haploid (n) generations. The plant hormone auxin regulates…

Xiaochang Yin: The Plant Cell First Author

Xiaochang Yin, co-first author of "Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome" Current Position: Postdoc, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China Education: Ph.D., Hainan University,…

Francisco J. Romero-Campero: The Plant Cell First Author

Francisco J. Romero-Campero, co-first author of "Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome" Current Position: Principal Investigator in the Institute for Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (University…

Minqi Yang: The Plant Cell First Author

Minqi Yang, co-first author of "Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University Education: Bachelor of ­­­­Science,…