Xinhua Sun, co-first author of A coevolved EDS1-SAG101-NRG1 module mediates cell death signaling by TIR-domain immune receptors Current Position: PhD student at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (Cologne, Germany) Education: PhD in Botany, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research;…

Viera Kovacova, co-first author of A coevolved EDS1-SAG101-NRG1 module mediates cell death signaling by TIR-domain immune receptors Current Position: Bioinformatician of CRC-1310 at the University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany) Education: MSc from the Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic),…

Dmitry Lapin, co-first author of A coevolved EDS1-SAG101-NRG1 module mediates cell death signaling by TIR-domain immune receptors Current Postition: Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (Cologne, Germany) Education: MSc from Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy…

What does your lab work on? My lab studies the mechanisms of lateral root morphogenesis  in Arabidopsis. We combine molecular genetics, cell biology and microscopy to understand how these new roots are robustly formed. Tell us about the key findings from your recent article in Plant Direct. This…

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What does your lab work on? We combine functional genomics with synthetic biology approaches to study the metabolism of redox-active plant natural products that can harnessed for applications relevant to agriculture and human health.  We are particularly interested in specialized quinones like…

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