Improving Outreach In Plant Science- Workshop at ICAR 2021-Virtual Jose Dinneny, Stanford (and former NAASC member) organized this workshop at ICAR 2021-Virtual. The workshop stemmed from his leadership of two NAASC activities on the topic of Outreach in Plant Science that occurred between 2018-2021,…

Lele Shang, co-first author of ''A mutation in a C2H2-type zinc finger transcription factor contributed to the transition towards self-pollination in cultivated tomatoes'' Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Huazhong Agricultural University Education: B.S. in Shandong Agricultural University Non-scientific…

Sonhita Chakraborty, first author of "CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED ION CHANNEL 2 modulates auxin homeostasis and signaling" Current Position: PhD candidate at the Yoshioka lab, Department of Cell & Systems Biology at the University of Toronto Education: MSc in Plant Agriculture (University of Guelph),…

Manuel Jesús Mallén Ponce, first author of "Depletion of m-type thioredoxin impairs photosynthesis, carbon fixation, and oxidative stress in cyanobacteria" Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis Institute (CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla). Education: BSc…

Reinar et al. uncover the effects of allelic variation in short tandem repeats across natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana on gene expression.  By Kjetill Jakobsen1, Melinka Butenko2, and William Reinar1 1Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, Department…

Alicia Abarca, first author of "Family-wide evaluation of RAPID ALKALINIZATION FACTOR peptides" Current position: PhD student at University of Zürich, Switzerland Education: Wageningen University (The Netherlands) MSc Biotechnology, University of Granada (Spain), Bachelor in Biology Non-scientific…

Xiaoyun Song, first author of "CALMODULIN-LIKE 38 and PEP1 RECEPTOR 2 integrate nitrate and brassinosteroid signals to regulate root growth" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Education: M.S. in Pratacultural Science,…

Hortense Moreau, first author of "pH biosensing in the plant apoplast - a focus on root cell elongation" Current position: PhD student in B&PMP lab, INRAE, Montpellier France Education: Master degree in Plant Biology, University of Bordeaux Non-scientific Interests: contemporary art museums,…