Weiwei Fang: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Weiwei Fang, first author of “TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 Regulates Phytochrome B Abundance and Signaling to Fine-tune Hypocotyl Growth”
Name: Weiwei Fang
Current position: Post-doctoral researcher at University of Milan (starting in September 2022).
Education: PhD in Plant Cell and Molecular…
Two ABA-responsive transcription factors reset the requirement for vernalization by re-activating FLOWERING LOCUS C in embryos
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellXu et al. identify two transcription factors that activate FLOWERING LOCUS C during embryogenesis, thus re-setting the requirement for vernalization. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac077
By Guokai Xu, Zeng Tao and Yuehui He
Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences
Peking-Tsinghua…
Yang Li: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Yang Li, first author of "The RNA helicase UAP56 and the E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1 coordinately regulate alternative splicing to repress photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis"
Current Position: Ph.D. (job hunting), Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Education: Ph.D. from Institute of Botany,…
Mitochondrial ROS promise broad-spectrum disease resistance
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellYang et al. identify a connection between a mitochondrial RNA-processing factor and plant disease resistance. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac082
Yang Yang and Weixing Shan
State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas and College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling,…
A new link between light and brassinosteroid signaling
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellCao et al. demonstrate that the photomorphogenic repressors BBX28 and BBX29 enhance brassinosteroid signaling to promote hypocotyl elongation and cotyledon closure.
By Jing Cao and Fang Lin
Background: Light signals and brassinosteroids (BRs) are external stimuli and internal cues, respectively,…
Guanghui An: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Guanghui An, first author of “Loss-of-function of SAWTOOTH 1 affects leaf dorsiventrality genes to promote leafy heads in lettuce”
Education: B.S. (2016) at Huazhong Agriculture University; Ph.D. (2022) at Huazhong Agriculture University.
Non-scientific Interests: Travelling, Cooking, Music
Brief…
A spliceophilin helps Arabidopsis adapt to heat stress
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellJo et al. uncover the role of a spliceosome component in removing retained introns in Arabidopsis in response to heat stress https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac084
Background: Alternative splicing plays a key role in abiotic stress responses in plants, especially responses to heat stress. The spliceosome…
Getting in touch – when membranes meet
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellKrawczyk et al. describe a tethering complex that anchors a subset of lipid droplets to the plasma membrane during post-germinative seedling growth in Arabidopsis. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac095
By Hannah Elisa Krawczyk, Till Ischebeck
Background: Germinating seeds are not yet able to produce…
Fuguo Cao: The Plant Cell First Author
The Plant Cell: Author Profiles
Fuguo Cao, co-first author of “Methylation of a MITE insertion in the MdRFNR1-1 promoter is positively associated with its allelic expression in apple in response to drought stress”
Current Position: Ph.D. student, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
Education: Bachelor's degree in…