The Plant Cell

Jia Yuan Ye,  first author of “STOP1 activates NRT1.1-mediated nitrate uptake to create a favorable rhizopheric pH for plant adaptation to acidity” Current position: PhD student, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University Education: BS, Zhejiang University, China Non-scientific…

Wang et al. identify a WRKY-type transcription factor as being critical to fiber development and elongation in cotton. By Na-Na Wang, Yang Li, Yi-Hao Chen, Rui Lu, Li Zhou, Yao Wang,Yong Zheng, Xue-Bao Li Background: Cotton, one of the most important crops in the world, produces natural fiber materials…

Kunpeng Liu, first author of "Intragenic tRNA-promoted R-loops orchestrate transcription interference for plant oxidative stress responses" Current Position: Postdoc at School of Life Sciences in Tsinghua University Education: B.S. from Huazhong Agricultural University；P.hD. from Fudan University Non-scientific…

Youping Li, first author of "The CRY2-COP1-HY5-BBX7/8 module regulates blue light-dependent cold acclimation in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Postdoc in Beijing Vegetable Research Center (BVRC), Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science (BAAFS) Education: Ph.D. Botany from China Agricultural…

Billey et al. uncover the roles of LARP6C as a translational repressor in dormant pollen and an activator when the pollen “awakens”. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab131  By Elodie Billey1,2,3, Said Hafidh4, Cécile Bousquet-Antonelli1,2 1 CNRS LGDP-UMR5096, 58 Av.…

Marco Incarbone, first author of "Immunocapture of dsRNA-bound proteins provides insight into Tobacco rattle virus replication complexes and reveals Arabidopsis DRB2 to be a wide-spectrum antiviral effecto" Current Position: Lise Meitner postdoctoral fellow at Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna Education: Master’s…

Lian et al. investigated the molecular mechanism of AGO protein MEL1 degradation mediated by a new monocot-specific E3 ligase, XBOS36. The Plant Cell (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab138 By Jian-Ping Lian, Yu-Chan Zhang and Yue-Qin Chen, Sun Yat-Sen University Background: Sporogenesis…

Ping Wang, first author of “F-box E3 Ubiquitin Ligase BAF1 Mediates the Degradation of Brassinosteroid-Activated Transcription Factor BES1 through Selective Autophagy in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the lab of Prof. Yanhai Yin, Department of Genetics, Development…