Tomoyuki Furuya, first author of "Gene co-expression network analysis identifies BEH3 as a stabilizer of secondary vascular development in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Japan Education: PhD, Graduate School of Agricultural Science,…

Mascher et al. use long-read sequencing to explore the complex genome of barley. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab077 Martin Mascher, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research Gatersleben, Germany Mona Schreiber, University of Marburg, Germany Background: The…

Xuyen Ha Le, first author of "The mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) complex mediates one of three pyruvate-supplying pathways that sustain Arabidopsis respiratory metabolism" Current Position: PhD student in Millar Lab, ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology Education: Bachelor of Biotechnology…

Peng Xu, first author of "Blue light-dependent interactions of CRY1 with GID1 and DELLA proteins regulate gibberellin signaling and photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis" Current Position:  Fudan University,PhD Education: Fudan University, PhD; Northwest A & F University, bachelor and master Non-scientific…

FEATURED FIGURE CAPTION:  Live imaging of Phytophthora infestans (magenta) growing on Nicotiana benthamiana cells (cyan). Cells that are colonized by the pathogen show increased numbers of vesicles (bright cyan dots) compared to cells that haven’t been colonized yet. Petre, Contreras, et al. investigate…

Fernando Baile, first author of EAR domain-containing transcription factors trigger PRC2-mediated chromatin marking in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD student in Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis Institute (IBVF) in Seville, University of Seville, Spain. Education: BS in Biochemistry, MS…

Winkelmüller, Entila, Anver et al. uncover the considerable variation in gene expression patterns in closely related Brassicaceae species during pattern triggered immunity. Plant Cell  By Thomas M. Winkelmüller, Frederickson D. Entila, Shajahan Anver, and Kenichi Tsuda  Background: Plants…

Haber et al. developed an automated microplate system to continuously monitor levels of reactive oxygen species in planta. Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab068. By Zechariah Haber and Shilo Rosenwasser, The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The…