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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Aug 14

A BSc degree in Agronomy, specializing in Horticulture, initiated Jin’s journey into the intriguing field of plant sciences. academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

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Kaining Jin (she/her) is the First Author of Synthetic photorespiratory bypass improves rice productivity by enhancing photosynthesis and nitrogen uptake published 16 January 2025. She is a PhD candidate at Wageningen University and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Education background includes: 2019 MSc in Plant Sciences at Wageningen University; 2017 BSc Horticulture Shenyang Agricultural University. Research interests include Plant photosynthesis. Personal interests include playing tennis.

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Jia Dong aims to contribute to solving global challenges such as food security, climate change, and sustainable energy. academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

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Jia Dong (she/her) is the First Author of Enhancing lipid production in plant cells through automated high-throughput genome editing and phenotyping published 03 February 2025.
She is a Research Scientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Education background includes a 2016 Postdoctoral experience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Research interests include Plant Bioengineering, Automation, Synthetic Biology, Plant-Microbe Interaction, and Plant Physiology. Personal interests include Yoga, Hiking, and Gardening.

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Jul 22

Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Single Cell Technologies. This focus dedicated to the emerging field of plant single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), etc. Submission Deadline: 09/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Mar 14

Call for Papers: 2027 Focus Issue on Specialized Metabolites. This focus issue aims to provide a forum to improve our understanding of plant specialized metabolism. Submission Deadline: 05/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨 Did you know? Publishing in The Plant Cell doesn’t just advance your career—it supports the entire field of plant biology.
We're published by ASPB ‪@aspbofficial.bsky.social‬, a nonprofit devoted to advancing plant science 🌿
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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 1d

Check out the September 2025 issue of The Plant Cell from @ASPB @OxUniPress! academic.oup.com/plcell/issue... #PlantScience

Volume 37 Issue 9 | The Plant Cell | Oxford Academic

The Plant Cell publishes novel research of special significance in plant biology, especially in the areas of cellular biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, development, and evolution.

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Sep 2

IN BRIEF: Sugar, we’re going down: PRC2-mediated epigenetic repression of sucrose metabolism promotes phototrophy during seedling establishment (Rory Osborne) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Sep 3

Natural variation in CHELATASE SUBUNIT I-A increases grain weight and enhances wheat yield (Bo Wei, Yike Liu, Mingjie Lyu, Rui Chen, Jian Ma, Changbin Yin, Ju Huang, Lixin Peng, Zhen Fu, Qilu Song, Fei Lu, Xiangqi Zhang, Yuling Jiao) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Sep 2

The barley m6A demethylase HvALKBH1B undergoes phase separation to enhance immunity to a plant rhabdovirus (Ying Zang , Ji-Hui Qiao , De-Shui Liu , Dong-Min Gao , Xin-Wen Zhang , Tian-Tian Pan , Yi-Zhou Yang , Xian-Bing Wang , Qiang Gao) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Sep 2

Mechanisms, Detection, and Impact of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Plant Functional Evolution (Lee Mariault , Camille Puginier , Jean Keller , Moaine El Baidouri , Pierre-Marc Delaux) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Mechanisms, Detection, and Impact of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Plant Functional Evolution

Abstract. Horizontal gene transfers (HGT) have been observed across the tree of life. While their adaptive importance in bacteria is conspicuous, the occur

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Aug 26

Liu is inspired by plants and the antioxidant mechanisms that help them survive. academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

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Lin Liu (she) is the First Author of ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 promotes root growth by maintaining redox homeostasis and repressing oxidative stress response published 27 January 2025. She is a doctoral candidate. Education background includes: 2021-2024 MsC in College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University；2020 Visiting BSc at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, 2017-2021 BSc in the College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University. Research interests include Antioxidant Mechanism of Plant Roots.
Personal interests include reading and making handicrafts, such as the graduation cap in the picture.

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Aug 25

“When I was a child, I often observed the growth of plants in the garden, from the germination of seeds to the blooming of flowers.” academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

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Jialong Zhang (he/his) is the First Author of The transcription factor SlLBD40 regulates seed germination by inhibiting cell wall remodeling enzymes during endosperm weakening published 17 January 2025. He is a PhD candidate at China Agricultural University.
Education background includes: 2019 Ph.D Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University；2015 BSc Northeast Agricultural University. Research interests include Biological stress and seed germination. Personal interests include playing basketball.

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Jan 29

Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Algae and Aquatic Plants. This Focus Issue welcomes the submission of research articles on photosynthetic organisms found in aquatic or semi-aquatic environments. Submission Deadline: 11/2025. https://academic.oup.com/plphys/pages/plant-physiology-call-for-paper…

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Jul 21

Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Early Land Plant Evolution – Phylogenetics, Paleobotany, and Evo-devo Physiology. Submission Deadline: 03/2026. academic.oup.com/plphys/pages...

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢 When you publish in Plant Physiology, you're doing more than sharing research—you’re strengthening the plant science community.
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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 28d

NEWS & VIEWS: Roles of TaWRKY27 in the arms race between wheat and stripe rust (Ritu Singh) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

Roles of TaWRKY27 in the arms race between wheat and stripe rust

Plants and pathogens are engaged in a continuous arms race, with each adopting strategies to outcompete the other. To defend against pathogens, plants have

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 29d

NEWS & VIEWS: From peptides to patterning: Redox control of the master regulator PLT2 in Arabidopsis roots (Anna Moseler, Blanca Jazmin Reyes-Hernández) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

From peptides to patterning: Redox control of the master regulator PLT2 in Arabidopsis roots

Root systems are essential for anchorage and for the uptake of water and nutrients. Their growth is tightly regulated through coordinated processes such as

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Sep 12

NEWS & VIEWS: Conserved language of plant gene regulation (Neeta Lohani) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

Conserved language of plant gene regulation

Imagine your cell as a smart home where genes are like appliances that need to be turned on or off at the right times. This regulation is mediated by trans

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Sep 12

NEWS & VIEWS: On the move, direction matters: Polar localization of OsLsi1 for differential uptake of metalloids in rice (Munkhtsetseg Tsednee) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

On the move, direction matters: Polar localization of OsLsi1 for differential uptake of metalloids in rice

Plants acquire mineral nutrients from soil via plasma membrane–localized transporters. Thereafter, transport occurs across sequential layers of cells, incl

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 28d

An elite RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE3 allele enhances preharvest sprouting resistance in rice (Huazhong Guan, Zhiwei Chen, Shuoxun Wang, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 29d

An N-terminal transport-deficient module of CATION EXCHANGER1 is sufficient to trigger anoxia stress responses (Hormat Shadgou Rhein, Shayan Sarkar, Antonella Gradogna, Gabrielle Durocher, Joachim Scholz-Starke, Jon K Pittman, Kendal D Hirschi) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

An N-terminal transport-deficient module of CATION EXCHANGER1 is sufficient to trigger anoxia stress responses

Expressing a transport-deficient portion of a calcium transporter protein restores stress sensitivity in plants, revealing a signaling role independent of

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 29d

The endocycle regulators SIM and CCS52A1 control Arabidopsis root hair cell ploidy and expansion (Lei Li (李磊), Klaus Herburger, Ilse Vercauteren, Duncan Coleman, Qian Wang, Steven Maere, Jefri Heyman, Lieven De Veylder) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

The endocycle regulators SIM and CCS52A1 control Arabidopsis root hair cell ploidy and expansion

SIAMESE (SIM) and CELL CYCLE SWITCH 52 A1 (CCS52A1) control Arabidopsis root hair cell volume by controlling endoreplication.

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 29d

Developing a highly efficient transgenic approach to generate sheepgrass germplasm with enhanced biomass yield and salt tolerance (Haixia Zhao, Xiping Jiang, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

Developing a highly efficient transgenic approach to generate sheepgrass germplasm with enhanced biomass yield and salt tolerance

Extensive genotypic screening approach and refined techniques for Agrobacterium infection and regenerative differentiation in embryonic callus lead to the

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Sep 15

A machine learning–based tool for predicting transcription factor–target gene interactions in soybean (Xueai Zhu, Baoyi Zhang, Long Yang, Junxian Huang, Fang Huang, Hongsheng Zhang, Qingxin Song, Ji Huang) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

A machine learning–based tool for predicting transcription factor–target gene interactions in soybean

A soybean TF-target prediction tool based on gene co-expression and machine learning.

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Sep 15

Clonal strains of the fresh-market potato cultivar Russet Norkotah changed the domestication gene CDF1 (Kirk Richard Amundson, Maria Isabel Vales, Isabelle Jocelyn DeMarco, Weier Guo, Isabelle Marie Henry, Luca Comai) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience