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Chia-Nan Tao: The Plant Cell First Author

Chia-Nan Tao, first author of "A single amino acid transporter controls the uptake of priming-inducing beta-amino acids and the associated trade-off between induced resistance and plant growth" Current Position: PhD student at School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield Education: Master…

Bo Yang: The Plant Cell First Author

Bo Yang, first author of "The sugar transporter ZmSUGCAR1 of the Nitrate Transporter 1/Peptide Transporter family is critical for maize grain filling" Current Position: Scientist, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited (Plant & Food Research) Education: PhD in plant biology,…

FERONIA holds the key to a better understanding of the molecular interplay in diverse biological processes

Hongqing Guo, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University Wang and colleagues explore the transcriptome, proteome, and phosphoproteome in wild-type and fer mutant plants to dissect known and new functions of the receptor kinase FER. Background: FERONIA (FER) is a…

Antoine Nicolas: The Plant Cell First Author

Antoine Nicolas, first author of "De novo stem cell establishment in meristems requires repression of organ boundary cell fate" Current Position: Looking for a postdoc position in Germany close to Berlin  Education: PhD in Plant Biology at University Paris-Saclay ; MSc and BSc at University Paris-Saclay  Non-scientific…

Chloroplast in Translation: How the tomato RNA-binding protein SlRBP1 regulates translation of nuclear transcripts that encode chloroplast proteins

Ma et al. reveal the role of a key tomato RNA-binding protein in translating the nuclear transcripts that encode chloroplast proteins via its association with a eukaryotic translation initiation factor Background: The nuclear genome encodes most of the proteins that are found in chloroplasts; these…

Xiaojie Tian: The Plant Cell First Author

Xiaojie Tian, co-first author of “WRKY53 negatively regulates rice cold tolerance at the booting stage by fine-tuning anther gibberellin levels” Current Position: Associate Research Fellow, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China Education:…

Jiaqi Tang: The Plant Cell First Author

Jiaqi Tang, co-first author of “WRKY53 negatively regulates rice cold tolerance at the booting stage by fine-tuning anther gibberellin levels” Current Position: Research associate, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China Education: Ph.D.,…

Yang Zhou: The Plant Cell First Author

Yang Zhou, first author of "Rice EIL1 interacts with OsIAAs to regulate auxin biosynthesis mediated by the tryptophan aminotransferase MHZ10/OsTAR2 during root ethylene responses" Current Position: Postdoc, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education:…

Lina Cheng: The Plant Cell Author

Lina Cheng, first author of "A SlCLV3-SlWUS module regulates auxin and ethylene homeostasis in low light–induced tomato flower abscission" Current Position: PhD student, Shenyang Agricultural University Education: 2011-2015, Shanxi Agricultural University, Horticulture, Undergraduate. 2015-now,…