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Feng Zhu: The Plant Cell First Author

Feng Zhu, first author of "Genome-wide association of the metabolic shifts underpinning dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Postdoc at Huazhong Agricultural University and Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie Education: B.S. in Huazhong Agricultural University; Ph.D…

Reactive oxygen species homeostasis in rose petals

Zhang et al. show that a transcription factor module modulates TCA cycle strength and thus reactive oxygen species homeostasis in rose petals. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab152  Background: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are by-products of several primary metabolic pathways and high…

Mingqin Chang: The Plant Cell First Author

Mingqin Chang, first author of "COPII Sec23 proteins form isoform-specific endoplasmic reticulum exit sites with differential effects on polarized growth" Current Position: Postdoc scholar at University of California Davis, US Education: Ph.D University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, US Non-scientific…

Sydney Duncombe: The Plant Cell First Author

Sydney Duncombe, first author of "Super-resolution imaging illuminates new dynamic behaviors of cellulose synthase" Current Position: PhD student in the Plant Biology program at the Pennsylvania State University. Education: BS in Genetics and Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Non-scientific…

Leonie Hacker: The Plant Cell First Author

Leonie Hacker, first author of "The repair of topoisomerase 2 cleavage complexes in Arabidopsis" Current position: PhD student, Botanical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany Education: B.S. and M.S. in Biology, Karlsruhe…

Regulation of protein secretion in tapetal cells

Goodman et al. uncover the roles of ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) proteins in the exocytosis of plasma membrane and secreted proteins in tapetal cells during pollen development. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab132  By Marisa Otegui Background:…