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, painting, and cooking

Brief bio: In 2020, I began to study for a master’s degree in Prof. Gao Yong’s laboratory, School of life science and technology, Yangzhou University. Under the careful guidance of Prof. Gao Yong, the function of phytochrome interaction factors (PIFs) in rice was studied. PIFs could interact with red receptor Phys and regulate stomatal aperture. Our findings explain the molecular mechanism by which PIFs play a role in red-light-mediated stomatal movement, and demonstrate that PIFs could regulate stomatal aperture by coordinating the red light and ABA.

姓名：周露艳

目前职位：扬州大学，硕士在读

教育经历：扬州大学，理学学士学位

兴趣爱好：阅读，绘画，烹饪

个人简介：我于2020年开始在扬州大学生命科学与技术学院高勇教授实验室攻读硕士学位。在高勇教授的精心指导下进行了水稻光敏色素互作因子PIFs的功能研究。PIFs能够跟红光受体Phys相互作用，同时PIFs还能调节气孔孔径。我们的研究结果解释了PIFs在红光介导的气孔运动中发挥作用的分子机制，并证明了PIFs可以通过协调红光和ABA来调节气孔孔径。