Francisco J. Romero-Campero, co-first author of "Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome" Current Position: Principal Investigator in the Institute for Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (University…

Minqi Yang, co-first author of "Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University Education: Bachelor of ­­­­Science,…

Hesham M.B. Sayed, first author of "Biosynthesis of polyprenylated xanthones in Hypericum perforatum roots involves 4-prenyltransferase" Current Position: Assistant lecturer (Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt) Education:   PhD from Technical University Braunschweig, Germany;…

Sunil Kenchanmane Raju, first author of "DNA methylation signatures of duplicate gene evolution in angiosperms"  Current Position: Postdoc, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University Education:  Ph.D. University of Nebraska – Lincoln Non-scientific Interests: Playing badminton,…

Xiaoyu Weng, first author of “Transcriptome and DNA methylome divergence of inflorescence development between two ecotypes in Panicum hallii” Current Position: Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin, USA Education: Ph.D., Huazhong Agricultural University, China Non-scientific…

Singh et al. reveal how the effector ArPEC25 renders chickpea susceptible to a necrotrophic pathogen by targeting the transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulating the accumulation of lignin.  Shreenivas Kumar Singh, Kamal Kumar, Praveen Kumar Verma Background: Adapted pathogens exploit…

Deciding to do a PhD is not a trivial matter. Whether you are just considering your options, or you are sure that a PhD is what you want, this article will give you a complete view of what to consider before joining a program, what a PhD is really about, and a few insights into life after a PhD. Here,…

Many times, early career researchers go to large national or international conferences and come away with connections with some of the current leading experts in their field. However, it is sometimes difficult to form connections with younger early career researchers who might not be giving a talk…