Gábor Sipka, first author of Light-adapted charge-separated state of photosystem II. Structural and functional dynamics of the closed reaction center Current Position: Research associate in the research group of Prof. Dr. Győző Garab and Dr. Petar H. Lambrev, the Laboratory of Photosynthetic Membranes,…

Sanjay Kumar Singh, first author of BHLH IRIDOID SYNTHESIS 3 is a member of a bHLH gene cluster regulating terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus Current Position: Scientist at the University of Kentucky, USA Education: Ph.D. in plant science, Bose Institute, India Non-scientific…

Jessica Barros, first author of Autophagy is required for lipid homeostasis during dark-induced senescence Current Position: Post Doc, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil Education: PhD in Plant Physiology, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil Non-scientific Interests: dancing, travelling and…

Xinchen Lv, first author of Structural insights into the multivalent binding of the Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS T promoter by the CO-NF-Y master transcription factor complex Current Position: Visiting Student in Dr. Jiamu Du’s Lab at Southern University of Science and Technology Education: PhD…

Tingting Guo, co-first author of The URL1-ROC5-TPL2 transcriptional repressor complex represses the ACL1 gene to modulate leaf rolling in rice Current Position: Instructor, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology Education: Hunan Agricultural…

Jingjing Fang, co-first author of The URL1-ROC5-TPL2 transcriptional repressor complex represses the ACL1 gene to modulate leaf rolling in rice Current Position: Research Associate, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ICS-CAAS) Education:…

This week’s Taproot podcast episode is a conversation with Dr. Tanisha Williams A plant researcher, she was inspired this summer by the simultaneous rise of the pandemic and the civil uprising against police brutality to draw Black botanists together for a social media event called #BlackBotanistsWeek.…

Bolaji Babajide Salam, first author of Sucrose promotes stem branching through cytokinin Current position: Postdoc in Dr. Dani Eshel's lab, Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Institute (ARO), The Volcani Center, Israel Education: PhD jointly at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem…