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Plant Molecular Biology Research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Matthew Naish
University of Cambridge
2
Rachel Shahan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
3
Shaobo Wei
Institute of Crop Sciences
4
Minliang Wu
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
5
Shuang‐Qin Guo
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
6
Jessica Pérez‐Sancho
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
7
Jun Yu
Nanjing Agricultural University
8
Chang Liu
Northeast Forestry University
9
Rukhsar Parwez
Aligarh Muslim University
10
Huei‐Hsuan Tsai
University of Lausanne

Papers

1
Publication in Nature (2025) [63 citations, W4406956825]
Nature|2025
63 cit.
2
Publication in Science (2025) [52 citations, W4414764111]
Science|2025
52 cit.
3
Publication in Science (2024) [48 citations, W4393928639]
Science|2024
48 cit.
4
Publication in The Plant Cell (2024) [42 citations, W4392688312]
The Plant Cell|2024
42 cit.
5
Florigen‐like protein OsFTL1 promotes flowering without essential florigens Hd3a and RFT1 in rice
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology|2025
6 cit.
6
Loading the Centromere during Embryogenesis: NASP Functions in de Novo CENH3 Deposition
Plant and Cell Physiology|2024
1 cit.
7
Publication in Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (2025) [W4414014961]
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Cornelia Klose
University of Freiburg
2
Yan Xiong
Tisch Hospital
3
Sarah Hodge
Augusta University
4
Jiamu Du
Southern University of Science and Technology
5
Jinpu Jin
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
6
Daphne Ezer
University of York
7
Mirela Domijan
University of Liverpool
8
William Gordon‐Kamm
Corteva (United States)
9
Hongning Tong
Institute of Crop Sciences
10
Uma M. Sachdeva
Harvard University

Papers

1
Bridged Proteolysis Targeting Chimera (PROTAC) Enables Degradation of Undruggable Targets
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
129 cit.
2
Leaf transformation for efficient random integration and targeted genome modification in maize and sorghum
Nature Plants|2023
123 cit.
3
Enhancing rice panicle branching and grain yield through tissue-specific brassinosteroid inhibition
Science|2024
90 cit.
4
Rice DWARF AND LOW-TILLERING and the homeodomain protein OSH15 interact to regulate internode elongation via orchestrating brassinosteroid signaling and metabolism
The Plant Cell|2022
74 cit.
5
Molecular basis of the plant ROS1-mediated active DNA demethylation
Nature Plants|2023
36 cit.
6
The U-box ubiquitin ligase TUD1 promotes brassinosteroid-induced GSK2 degradation in rice
Plant Communications|2022
34 cit.
7
Molecular basis of CONSTANS oligomerization in <i>FLOWERING LOCUS T</i> activation
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology|2022
32 cit.
8
Brassinosteroid-dependent phosphorylation of PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE2 reduces its DNA-binding ability in rice
The Plant Cell|2024
31 cit.
9
Structure and mechanism of the plant RNA polymerase V
Science|2023
28 cit.
10
The divergence of brassinosteroid sensitivity between rice subspecies involves natural variation conferring altered internal auto‐binding of OsBSK2
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology|2022
24 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Jian‐Kang Zhu
Southern University of Science and Technology
2
Elliot M. Meyerowitz
California Institute of Technology
3
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
4
Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki
Tokyo University of Agriculture
5
Kazuo Shinozaki
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
6
Detlef Weigel
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen
7
Nam‐Hai Chua
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
8
Steven E. Jacobsen
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
9
George Coupland
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
10
Andrew F. Bent
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Papers

1
<b>Floral dip: a simplified method for</b><i><b>Agrobacterium</b></i><b>‐mediated transformation of</b><i><b>Arabidopsis thaliana</b></i>
The Plant Journal|1998
22.4k cit.
2
Signals from chloroplasts converge to regulate nuclear gene expression.
PubMed|2007
5.7k cit.
3
Plant salt tolerance
Trends in Plant Science|2001
3.5k cit.
4
The war of the whorls: genetic interactions controlling flower development
Nature|1991
3.1k cit.
5
Two Transcription Factors, DREB1 and DREB2, with an EREBP/AP2 DNA Binding Domain Separate Two Cellular Signal Transduction Pathways in Drought- and Low-Temperature-Responsive Gene Expression, Respectively, in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell|1998
3.1k cit.
6
Gene networks involved in drought stress response and tolerance
Journal of Experimental Botany|2006
2.7k cit.
7
The complete nucleotide sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome: its gene organization and expression
The EMBO Journal|1986
2.4k cit.
8
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana using the floral dip method
Nature Protocols|2006
2.4k cit.
9
Arabidopsis AtMYC2 (bHLH) and AtMYB2 (MYB) Function as Transcriptional Activators in Abscisic Acid Signaling
The Plant Cell|2002
2.4k cit.
10
Shotgun bisulphite sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome reveals DNA methylation patterning
Nature|2008
2.3k cit.

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