Yongming Chen, co-first author of “The translational landscape of bread wheat during grain development” Current Position: Postdoc in China Agricultural University Education: PhD in China Agricultural University Interests: Music, Movie Brief bio: I received my PhD from China Agricultural…

Yiwen Guo, co-first author of “The translational landscape of bread wheat during grain development” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in China Agricultural University Education: Bachelor, Northeast Forestry University Interests: Travel, Photography, Reading Brief bio: During the undergraduate…

Blaschek et al. explore the spatial control of lignin chemistry. Leonard Blaschek1 and Edouard Pesquet1,2,3 1 Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP), Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden 2 Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå…

Luo et al. investigate how nitrate transporters direct root nodule formation in a legume. By Zhenpeng Luo & Fang Xie CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.  Background: Nitrogen…

Noriyuki Konishi, first author of "Polar localization of a rice silicon transporter requires isoleucine at both C- and N-termini as well as positively charged residues" Current Position: Assistant professor, Okayama University, Japan Education: B.S. (2008-2012) and Ph.D. (2012-2017) in Graduate…

Fabin Yang, co-first author of "Inhibition of SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of HOOKLESS1 promotes light-induced apical hook opening in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University Education: Master’s degree, Qufu Normal University Non-scientific Interests: Playing basketball…

Jiawei Xiong, co-first author of "Inhibition of SIZ1-mediated SUMOylation of HOOKLESS1 promotes light-induced apical hook opening in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University Education: Bachelor’s degree, Sichuan Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Reading…

Li et al. identify the signaling pathway regulated by the chloroplast-localized protein EXECUTER1 in response to singlet oxygen.  Background: In response to developmental and environmental cues such as changing light intensity, plastids/chloroplasts produce and emit signals such as singlet oxygen,…