Category: The Plant Cell: Author Profiles

Peixin Huang, first author of Salicylic Acid Suppresses Apical Hook Formation via NPR1-Mediated Repression of EIN3/EIL1 in Arabidopsis Current Position: Visiting Research Scholar in Dr. Hongwei Guo’s laboratory, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen,…

Yasuhito Sakuraba, first author of Multilayered regulation of membrane-bound ONAC054 is essential for abscisic acid-induced leaf senescence in rice Current Position: Professor (Assistant), Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan Education: Ph.D. in Life Science, Hokkaido University,…

Kyaw Aung, first author of Pathogenic bacteria target plant plasmodesmata to colonize and invade surrounding tissues Current Position: Assistant Professor Education: PhD in Plant Biology from Michigan State University, MS and BS in Horticulture from National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Non-scientific…

Brendan O’Leary, first author of Metabolite regulatory interactions control plant respiratory metabolism via Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase activation Current Position:  Postdoc, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Education:…

Fangming Wu, first author of Mediator Subunit MED25 Couples Alternative Splicing of JAZ Genes with Fine Tuning Jasmonate Signaling Current Position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Education: Ph.D. in Beijing Normal…

Amy Baetsen-Young, first author of Fusarium virguliforme Transcriptional Plasticity Is Revealed by Host Colonization of Corn vs. Soybean Current Position:  Trait Development Lead at Syngenta Seeds in Stanton, MN, USA Education: Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at Michigan State University, MI, USA. M.S.…

Shauni McGregor, co-first author of A PXY-Mediated Transcriptional Network Integrates Signaling Mechanisms to Control Vascular Development in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD student and the University of Sheffield Education: BSc in Biological Sciences and MScR in developmental plant genetics from…

Margot Smit, co-first author of A PXY-Mediated Transcriptional Network Integrates Signaling Mechanisms to Control Vascular Development in Arabidopsis Current Position: HHMI postdoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University Department of Biology Education: MSc in Biotechnology…