Jiaqi Tang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
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,…
Qiuling Wang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Qiuling Wang, co-first author of “Type one protein phosphatase regulates fixed-carbon starvation-induced autophagy in Arabidopsis”
Current Position: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China
Education: Ph.D by cooperation of Institute of Genetics…
Qianqian Qin: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Qianqian Qin, co-first author of “Type one protein phosphatase regulates fixed-carbon starvation-induced autophagy in Arabidopsis.”
Current Position:Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China
Education: Ph.D., Lanzhou University, China
Non-scientific Interests:…
A new player in eudicot primary cell walls: β-Galactoglucomannan is similar to xyloglucan
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYu et al. find a hemicellulose that has similar function, structure, and biosynthesis to the well-studied hemicellulose xyloglucan
Authors: Li Yu, Yoshihisa Yoshimi, Paul Dupree. Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK.
Background: Plant primary cell walls need to be rigid enough…
Won C. Yim: The Plant Cell Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Won C. Yim, co-first author of "The final piece of the Triangle of U: Evolution of the tetraploid Brassica carinata genome"
Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Education: Ph. D in Dept. Plant Biotechnology at the Dongguk…
Mia Lynn Swain: The Plant Cell Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Mia Lynn Swain, co-first author of "The final piece of the Triangle of U: Evolution of the tetraploid Brassica carinata genome"
Current Position: Ph.D. student in Dr. Won Yim’s plant genomics lab in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Education: B.S. in Biochemistry…
Genetic reprogramming during immune activation: Decompressing the genetic information encoded in alternative transcription start sites
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellThieffry, López-Márquez, et al. explore the use of alternative transcriptional start sites during immune responses. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac108
Background:
Upon sensing an attempted infection, plants change from growth to defense by reshaping gene activity. However, there is not always…