Antonella Ferela, first author of “Interplay among ZF-HD and GRF transcription factors during Arabidopsis leaf development” Current Position: Data Analyst, Iowa State University, United States. Education: PhD in Biological Science and BS in Biotechnology, National University of Rosario, Argentina. Non-scientific Interests: hiking, running, and spending time with family and friends. Brief bio: Since a young […]
Hila Behar, first author of “Populus endo-glucanase 16 localizes to the cell walls of developing tissues” Current Position: Co-founder at BryoSphere Biotechnologies Education: B.Sc. Biology, Tel Aviv University (2011-2014); Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia (2015-2021) Non-scientific Interests: Reading, watching movies, hiking, playing Dungeons & Dragons Brief bio: I joined Prof. Harry […]
Nam V. Hoang, first author of “The Gynandropsis gynandra genome provides insights into whole-genome duplications and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in Cleomaceae” Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Wageningen University, The Netherlands Education: PhD in Plant Genomics at The University of Queensland, Australia; MSc in Genetics Resources Technology at Kyushu University, Japan; and BSc in […]
Mao Suganami, first author of “Effective use of legacy data in a GWAS improves the credibility of QTL detection in rice” Current Position: Assistant Professor at Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Fermentation Sciences, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan Education: PhD in Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Non-scientific Interests: Mandolin […]
Stefanie Böhmer, first author of “Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants deficient for Old Yellow Enzyme 3 exhibit increased photooxidative stress” Current Position: Post-doc at Photobiotechnology group, Ruhr University Bochum Education: B.Sc. Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (2011 – 2014) M.Sc. Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (2014 – 2016) Ph.D. (Dr. rer nat.) Photobiotechnology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany […]
Linhan Sun, first author of “Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots” Name: Linhan Sun Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, The Pennsylvania State University, USA Education: B.S. in Horticultural Science in July 2015, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China; Ph.D. in Plant Biology in December 2022, The Pennsylvania State University, […]
Ihsan Muhammad, first author of “Melatonin priming enhances maize seedling drought tolerance by regulating the antioxidant defense system” Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher at Guangxi University, Guangxi, China Education: Ph.D. in Physical Geography (Soil Science), College of Urban and Environmental Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, China Non-scientific Interests: Running, Cricket, Reading, Hiking Brief bio: As part of my Ph.D. thesis, I […]
Derui Liu, co-first author of “BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE1 internalization can occur independent of ligand binding” Current Position: Professor at College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, China Education: PhD at CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Non-scientific Interests: Traveling & Cooking Brief bio: […]
Rong Guo, first author of “The identification of conserved sequence features of co-translationally decayed mRNAs and upstream open reading frames in angiosperm transcriptomes” Education: BA. in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Boston University Non-scientific Interests: Playing the piano, Reading, Traveling Brief bio: During my undergraduate years, I studied the interaction between Wolbachia and Drosophila […]