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Taiyu Chen: The Plant Cell First Author

Taiyu Chen, first author of "Producing fast and active Rubisco in tobacco to enhance photosynthesis" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Huazhong Agricultural University/The University of Liverpool (UK) Education:  Ph.D., Huazhong Agricultural University, China Non-scientific Interests:…

Leonard Blaschek: The Plant Cell First Author

Leonard Blaschek, first author of "Different combinations of laccase paralogs nonredundantly control the amount and composition of lignin in specific cell types and cell wall layers in Arabidopsis" Current Position: EMBO postdoctoral fellow at Copenhagen University Education: BSc Biology, Greifswald…

Katelyn H McKown: The Plant Cell First Author

Katelyn H McKown, first author of "Expanded roles and divergent regulation of FAMA in Brachypodium and Arabidopsis stomatal development" Current Position: Lecturer in the Civic, Liberal, and Global Education program at Stanford University Education: B.S. with honors in Biology (Stanford University),…

Zhenpeng Luo: The Plant Cell First Author

Zhenpeng Luo, first author of "The small peptide CEP1 and the NIN-like protein NLP1 regulate NRT2.1 to mediate root nodule formation across nitrate concentrations" Current Position: Ph. D. candidate Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), University…

Wenjia Xu: The Plant Cell First Author

Wenjia Xu, co-first author of Endosperm cellularization failure induces a dehydration stress response leading to embryo arrest Current position: Postdoc in Dr. Enrico Magnani lab, INRAE Centre de Versailles-Grignon, France Education: MSc from Northeast Forestry University, China; Ph.D from Université…

Hikaru Sato: The Plant Cell First Author

Hikaru Sato, co-first author of Endosperm cellularization failure induces a dehydration stress response leading to embryo arrest Current Position: Project Assistant Professor in Prof. Sachihiro Matsunaga’s lab, Dept. Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan Education: MSc Agriculture…

Yuhong Li: The Plant Cell First Author

Yuhong Li, first author of "Arabidopsis EXECUTER1 interacts with WRKY transcription factors to mediate plastid-to-nucleus singlet oxygen signaling" Current Position: Post-doc Education: Ph.D. in Developmental Biology Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Non-scientific Interests:…

Xiaoguang Chen: The Plant Cell First Author

Xiaoguang Chen, first author of "A plastid nucleoside kinase is involved in inosine salvage and control of purine nucleotide biosynthesis"  Current Position: No at present (position hunting) Education:  Ph.D. at Leibniz Universität Hannover Non-scientific Interests: Sports, Cooking Brief…