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Leelyn Chong: The Plant Cell First Author

Leelyn Chong, co-first author of "The tomato OST1-VOZ1 module regulates drought-mediated flowering" Current Position: Associate Professor at Henan University, China Education: Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, Purdue University, Indiana, USA; Master of Science in Nutritional…

Shaopeng Li: The Plant Cell First Author

Shaopeng Li, first author of "LeafNet: A Tool for Segmenting and Quantifying Stomata and Pavement Cells" Current Position: PhD candidate at Wuhan University, China Education: B.S., Wuhan University, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading Brief bio: In 2018, I finished my undergraduate study…

Yugo Kitazawa: The Plant Cell First Author

Yugo Kitazawa, first author of "A phytoplasma effector acts as a ubiquitin-like mediator between floral MADS-box proteins and proteasome shuttle proteins" Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of…

Guokai Xu: The Plant Cell First Author

Guokai Xu, first author of "Embryonic reactivation of FLOWERING LOCUS C by ABSCISIC ACID-INSENSITIVE 3 establishes the vernalization requirement in each Arabidopsis generation" Current Position: Assistant Scientist, Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, China Education: Ph.D.…

Dana Amira Dahhan: The Plant Cell First Author

Dana Amira Dahhan, co-first author of "Proteomic Characterization of Isolated Arabidopsis Clathrin-Coated Vesicles Reveals Evolutionarily Conserved and Plant Specific Components” Current Position: PhD student at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI,  USA) Education: Biochemistry, B.S.…

Xuan Du: The Plant Cell First Author

Xuan Du, first author of "Structure of plant RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE 2, an enzyme involved in small interfering RNA production" Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr. Sisi Li’s research group at Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Cancer Center, Shenzhen…

Bian Wu: The Plant Cell First Author

Bian Wu, first author of “Natural variation in WHITE-CORE RATE 1 regulates redox homeostasis in rice endosperm to affect grain quality” Current Position: Ph.D. at Huazhong Agricultural University Education: Ph.D., National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural…

Tao Wang: The Plant Cell First Author

Tao Wang, first author of "Maize RNA 3’-terminal phosphate cyclase-like protein promotes 18S pre-rRNA cleavage and is important for kernel development" Current Position:  PhD student, Anhui Agricultural University Education: BS in Biopharming, Anhui Agricultural University Non-scientific…

Mendel Lane Perkins: The Plant Cell Author

Mendel Lane Perkins, first author of "Monolignol export by diffusion down a polymerization-induced concentration gradient"  Current Position: PhD Candidate, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Education: MSc in Biological Sciences, University of Calgary,…