Ravi Shankar Kumar, first author of “microRNA408 and its encoded peptide regulate sulfur assimilation and arsenic stress response in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Project Associate at CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow India. Education: Ph.D. in Science (2022): CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India Masters in Biotechnology, (2011): Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar […]
Taotao Wang, first author of “Alternative 3′-untranslated regions regulate high salt tolerance of Spartina alterniflora“ Current Position: Shanghai Jiaotong University, College of Life Science and Technology, Research associate. Education: 2016/09-2020/06, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Forest tree genetics and breeding, PhD 2014/09-2016/06, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Master of Forestry 2010/09-2014/06, Henan Polytechnic University, Bachelor […]
Yaxiu Xu, first author of “Exogenous Ca2+ Promotes Transcription Factor Phosphorylation to Suppress Ethylene Biosynthesis in Apple” Current Position: Ph. D. candidate, College of Horticulture, Shenyang Agriculture University, Shenyang, China Education: B.S. (2015) and M.S. (2018) from Shenyang Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Movie and swimming Brief bio: In 2015, I joined the group of Prof. […]
Tao et al. identify the transporter for beta amino acids that induce priming in plants. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac271 By Jurriaan Ton & Chia-Nan Tao, University of Sheffield Background: Specific chemicals can induce long-lasting disease resistance in plants. These chemicals act by mediating a form of immune memory, called ‘priming’, which enables the plant to activate a faster […]
Min Gao, co-first author of “The Flowering Time Regulator FLK Controls Pathogen Defense in Arabidopsis thaliana” Current Position: Associate professor, College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China Education: Ph.D. from Northwest A & F University / College of Horticulture, Yangling, China Non-scientific Interests: traveling, hiking Brief bio: I received my Ph.D degree from the College […]
Matthew L. Fabian. co-first author of “The Flowering Time Regulator FLK Controls Pathogen Defense in Arabidopsis thaliana” Current Position: ORISE Postdoctoral Scholar, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Education: Ph.D., Biological Sciences Non-scientific Interests: playing drums and guitar; ancient history; European travel; veganism Brief bio After leaving a career in business analytics and geographic information […]
Sarathi M. Weraduwage, first author of “Characterization of promoter elements of isoprene-responsive genes, and the ability of isoprene to bind START domain transcription factors” Current Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Bishop’s University, QC, Canada Education: Ph.D. Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada B.Sc. Botany, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka […]
Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, first author of “SMC5/6 complex-mediated SUMOylation stimulates DNA-protein crosslink repair in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic Education: PhD in Botany, MSc in Molecular and Cell Biology, Palacky University, Olomouc, CZE Non-scientific Interests: sports, gardening, exploring craft beer all […]
Jingru Li, first author of “BASIC PENTACYSTEINE2 fine-tunes corm dormancy release in Gladiolus” Education: Ph.D. student in the Department of Ornamental Horticulture at China Agricultural University (since September 2022). Non-scientific Interests: Gourmet and traveling Brief bio: My current research interests mainly focus on the dormancy in geophytes in the terms of cis– and trans– regulation. […]