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Mia Lynn Swain: The Plant Cell Author

Mia Lynn Swain, co-first author of "The final piece of the Triangle of U: Evolution of the tetraploid Brassica carinata genome" Current Position: Ph.D. student in Dr. Won Yim’s plant genomics lab in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. Education: B.S. in Biochemistry…

Xiaoxiao Li: The Plant Cell First Author

Xiaoxiao Li, co-first author of “Ectopic expression of BOTRYTIS SUSCEPTIBLE1 reveals its function as a positive regulator of wound-induced cell death and plant susceptibility to Botrytis” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at Zhejiang University Education: M.S., Zhejiang A&F University Non-scientific…

Jiawei Xiong: The Plant Cell First Author

Jiawei Xiong, first author of  “The deubiquitinating enzymes UBP12 and UBP13 positively regulate recovery after carbon starvation by modulating BES1 stability in Arabidopsis thaliana” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Sichuan University Education: Bachelor’s degree, Sichuan Agricultural…

Li Yu: The Plant Cell First Author

Li Yu, first author of "Eudicot primary cell wall glucomannan is related in synthesis, structure and function to xyloglucan" Current position: Research Associate at University of Cambridge with Prof. Paul Dupree. Education: PhD in Biochemistry Department from the Northeast Normal University, China…

Luyan Zhou: The Plant Cell First Author

Luyan Zhou, co-first author of “Phytochrome Interacting Factor Regulates Stomatal Aperture by Coordinating Red Light and Abscisic Acid” Current Position: Master degree candidate at Yangzhou University, China Education: B.Sc. at Yangzhou University, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading,…

Qian Li: The Plant Cell First Author

Qian Li, co-first author of “Phytochrome Interacting Factor Regulates Stomatal Aperture by Coordinating Red Light and Abscisic Acid” Current Position: Master degree candidate at Yangzhou University, China Education: B.Sc. at Yangzhou University, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading and…

Weiwei Fang: The Plant Cell First Author

Weiwei Fang, first author of “TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 Regulates Phytochrome B Abundance and Signaling to Fine-tune Hypocotyl Growth” Name: Weiwei Fang Current position: Post-doctoral researcher at University of Milan (starting in September 2022). Education: PhD in Plant Cell and Molecular…

Yang Li: The Plant Cell First Author

Yang Li, first author of "The RNA helicase UAP56 and the E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1 coordinately regulate alternative splicing to repress photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Ph.D. (job hunting), Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Ph.D. from Institute of Botany,…

Guanghui An: The Plant Cell First Author

Guanghui An, first author of “Loss-of-function of SAWTOOTH 1 affects leaf dorsiventrality genes to promote leafy heads in lettuce” Education: B.S. (2016) at Huazhong Agriculture University; Ph.D. (2022) at Huazhong Agriculture University. Non-scientific Interests: Travelling, Cooking, Music Brief…