The people behind the papers - Junghyun Kim and Sibum Sung

Plants respond to changes in temperature using complex mechanisms, with decreases in temperature inducing vernalisation and high temperatures causing thermo-morphogenesis. A new paper in Development investigates how VIL1, a PHD finger-containing protein, functions in plants during thermo-morphogenesis. To find out more about this research, we spoke with co-first author of the study, Junghyun Kim, and corresponding author Sibum Sung (Associate Professor of Molecular Bioscience at the University of Texas in Austin, USA). Co-first author Yogendra Bordiya was not available to interview, having now moved to a different sector.