Archive: May, 2022

Jutta Baldauf, first author of "Single-parent expression complementation contributes to phenotypic heterosis in maize hybrids" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Crop Functional Genomics lab, INRES, University of Bonn, Germany Education: PhD in Genetics, University of Bonn, Germany;…

Kangning Li, first author of "The rice transcription factor Nhd1 regulates root growth and nitrogen uptake by activating nitrogen transporters" Current position: PhD student, Nanjing Agricultural University Education: Nanjing Agricultural University Non-scientific interests: Travel Brief…

Athanas Guzha, first author of "Cell wall–localized BETA-XYLOSIDASE4 contributes to immunity of Arabidopsis against Botrytis cinerea" Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate Education: PhD Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Goettingen Germany (In collaboration with University…

Kamil Demski, first author of "Phosphatidylcholine:diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase’s unique regulation of castor bean oil quality" Current Position: Postdoc at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Education: a PhD in Biological Sciences - Discipline of Biochemistry from Intercollegiate…

Alejandro Torrado Maya, co-first author of "Directing cyanobacterial photosynthesis in a COX knockout mutant via insertion of a heterologous electron sink" Current Position: Distinguished Research Fellow ‘María Zambrano’, (University of Seville, Spain) Education: B.Sc. in Biology, M.Sc. in…

Hannah Connabeer, co-first author of "Directing cyanobacterial photosynthesis in a cytochrome c oxidase mutant using a heterologous electron sink" Current Position: Final year PhD student at the University of Southampton Education: MSci in Marine Biology (University of Southampton) Non-Scientific…

Nicholas Gladman, first author of "Sorghum Root Epigenetic Landscape During Limiting Phosphorus Conditions" Current Position: Research Plant Molecular Geneticist, USDA-ARS Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Non-scientific Interests: Hiking and baking Brief bio: …

Harley Gordon, first author of "CRISPR/Cas9 Disruption of UGT71L1 in Poplar Connects Salicinoid and Salicylic Acid Metabolism and Alters Growth and Morphology" Current Position: PhD Candidate, University of Victoria Education: MSc University of Guelph, BSc University of Victoria Non-scientific…