Lennart Verbraeken, first author of Drought affects the growth rate and duration of maize organs but not the inter-organ coordination of growth Current Position: Predoctoral fellow at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology. Education: M.Sc. in Bioscience Engineering: Agricultural sciences at Ghent University, Belgium. Non-scientific interests: Train travel, hiking, home brewing, languages Brief bio: […]
Matthew Wilson, first author of Ploidy influences wheat mesophyll cell geometry, packing and leaf function Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield Education: BSc (Biology) from the University of Durham, UK; MSc (Crop Improvement) from the University of Nottingham, UK; PhD from the University of Sheffield, UK Non-scientific Interests: […]
Hanna Nishida, co-first author of Different DNA-binding specificities between NLP and NIN transcription factors underlie nitrate-induced control of root nodulation Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) Education: Ph. D, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) Non-scientific Interests: Watching films (B-movie), Good meal […]
Shohei Nosaki, co-first author of Different DNA-binding specificities between NLP and NIN transcription factors underlie nitrate-induced control of root nodulation Current Position: Assistant professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan Education: Ph. D (Agriculture), The University of Tokyo Non-scientific Interests: Arts, Movies and Music Brief bio: In 2014, I joined […]
Matanel Hipsch, first author of Sensing stress responses in potato with whole-plant redox imaging Current Position: M.Sc. student in the Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, under the supervision of Dr. Shilo Rosenwasser. Education: B.Sc. in Plant science and M.Sc. in Plant Sciences at the Robert H. Smith Institute […]
Tobias Schenk, first author of “Light-induced degradation of SPA2 via its N-terminal kinase domain is required for photomorphogenesis” Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Germany Education: PhD in plant science at the Institute for Plant Sciences at the University of Cologne (UoC); M.Sc. in biochemistry at the Institute for […]
Hardik P. Gala, first author of A single cell view of the transcriptome during lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Jennifer Nemhauser @ University of Washington, Department of Biology Education: PhD in Cell biology with Prof. Jyotsna Dhawan @ CSIR-CCMB, India Non-scientific Interests: Traveling, Leisure cooking and playing board […]
Pierre-Mathieu Pélissier, first author of Lateral root formation and nutrients: nitrogen in the spotlight Current Position: PhD fellow – Biochemistry and Biotechnologies, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Gent, Belgium. Education: MSc – Agronomy engineer specialized in plant breeding and biotechnology (Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Bordeaux, France). Non-scientific Interests: Hiking, swimming, gardening Brief bio: I studied […]
Fanli Meng, first author of Genomic editing of intronic enhancers unveils their roles in regulation of tissue-specific gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: Professor, College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University (NEAU), China Education: Ph.D., Genetics at Shenyang Agriculture University, China; Master, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Northeast Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Reading and Cooking. Brief bio: In […]