Arkadiusz Zupok, first author of "A photosynthesis operon in the chloroplast genome drives speciation in evening primroses" Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the group of Molecular Enzymology at the University of Potsdam, Germany Education: PhD in Molecular Biology at the Max-Planck-Institute…

Malinova et al. provide genetic and biochemical evidence for ribosomal frameshifting in chloroplasts. Plant Cell https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab050 By Irina Malinova and Stephan Greiner Background: Translational recoding or ribosomal frameshifting - a process when ribosomes either omit nucleotide(s)…

Samuel Nonis, first author of Structural and biochemical analyses of concanavalin A circular permutation by jack bean asparaginyl endopeptidase Current Position: PhD thesis under examination and looking for my first post-doc position Education: PhD student in Biochemistry/Structural Biology, Honours…

Changtian Pan, first author of PIF4 negatively modulates cold tolerance in tomato anthers via temperature-dependent regulation of tapetal cell death Current Position: Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland-College Park Education:…

Kurzbauer and colleagues combine genetic, genomic and cytological analyses to reveal the role of ATM during Arabidopsis meiosis.  By Marie-Therese Kurzbauer and Peter Schlögelhofer, Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter Background: ATM is…

Busche and colleagues undertook a genetic screen to identify new components of the TOR signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana and revealed a link between sensing of nutrient levels and protein translation. By Michael Busche, University of California-Berkeley, and Jacob O. Brunkard, University…

Yingjun Yu, co-first author of BBX19 fine-tunes the circadian rhythm by interacting with PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR proteins to facilitate their repressive effect on morning-phased clock genes Current position: PhD candidate in Prof. Lei Wang’s lab at Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education:…

Li Yuan, co-first author of BBX19 fine-tunes the circadian rhythm by interacting with PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR proteins to facilitate their repressive effect on morning-phased clock genes Current Position: Postdoc at Henan University, China Education: Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Hebei Normal University Non-scientific…