Arkadiusz Zupok, first author of “A photosynthesis operon in the chloroplast genome drives speciation in evening primroses” Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the group of Molecular Enzymology at the University of Potsdam, Germany Education: PhD in Molecular Biology at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology and the University of Potsdam, Germany Non-scientific Interests: traveling, […]
Yunji Shin, first author of Proper protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum is required for attachment of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor in plants Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher in Molecular Breeding Division, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Republic of Korea Education: M.S. in Biology at the Jeonbuk National University; Ph.D. in Molecular Biology […]
Samuel Nonis, first author of Structural and biochemical analyses of concanavalin A circular permutation by jack bean asparaginyl endopeptidase Current Position: PhD thesis under examination and looking for my first post-doc position Education: PhD student in Biochemistry/Structural Biology, Honours in Genetics at The University of Western Australia. Non-scientific Interests: I enjoy the camaraderie in team sports, studying […]
Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang, first author of Root vacuolar sequestration and suberization are prominent responses of Pistacia spp. rootstocks during salinity stress Current Position: PhD student in the Plant Biology Graduate Program at University of California Davis Education: BS in plant biology, University of California Davis, PhD in biomedical sciences, University of California San Diego Non-scientific Interests: tea, […]
Changtian Pan, first author of PIF4 negatively modulates cold tolerance in tomato anthers via temperature-dependent regulation of tapetal cell death Current Position: Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland-College Park Education: Ph.D. in Plant Science, Zhejiang University. B.S. in Horticulture Science, Shandong Agricultural University. Non-scientific Interests: hiking, movies, video games […]
Jiying Li, co-first author of DeepLearnMOR: a deep-learning framework for fluorescence image-based classification of organelle morphology Current Position: Software Engineer, Microsoft Education: M.S. in Computer Science (UC Davis), Ph.D. in Genetics (Michigan State University) Non-scientific Interests: Hiking, snowboarding, reading Brief bio: With background in computer science and biology, I am generally interested in exploring new […]
Jinghao Peng, co-first author of DeepLearnMOR: a deep-learning framework for fluorescence image-based classification of organelle morphology Current Position: MS Student, School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China. Education: B.S. degree, Northeast Normal University Non-scientific Interests: Reading Brief bio: Jinghao Peng got his B.S. degree from Northeast Normal University. He is currently a M.S.student […]
Kurzbauer and colleagues combine genetic, genomic and cytological analyses to reveal the role of ATM during Arabidopsis meiosis. By Marie-Therese Kurzbauer and Peter Schlögelhofer, Department of Chromosome Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Vienna BioCenter Background: ATM is THE protein known to signal DNA damage and elicit repair in all eukaryotes, and is broadly […]
Jesús Pascual, co-first author of ACONITASE 3 is part of the ANAC017 transcription factor-dependent mitochondrial dysfunction response Current Position: Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher, Molecular Plant Biology Unit, University of Turku, Finland. Education: PhD in Biology (University of Oviedo, Spain). Non-scientific Interests: Listening to music, reading, biking. Brief Bio: I did my PhD at the […]