Entries by Linda Palmer

Rong Guo: Plant Direct First Author

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 […]

Shreenivas Kumar Singh: The Plant Cell First Author

Shreenivas Kumar Singh, first author of “The nuclear effector ArPEC25 from the necrotrophic fungus Ascochyta rabiei targets the chickpea transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulates lignin biosynthesis, increasing host susceptibility” Current Position: Postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Prof. Emmanuelle Graciet at Maynooth University, Ireland. Education: Ph.D. at National Institute of Plant Genome Research, […]

Guy Sobol: Plant Physiology First Author

Guy Sobol, first author of “Tomato receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase Fir1 is involved in flagellin signaling and pre-invasion immunity“ Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at the School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Israel, under the supervision of Prof. Guido Sessa. Education: M.Sc. in Plant Sciences at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and B.Sc. in Life […]

Tianci Zhang: Plant Physiology First Author

Tianci Zhang, co-first author of “The transcription factor PbrbZIP52 positively affects pear pollen tube longevity by promoting callose synthesis” Education: 2020.09-, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (Master) Non-scientific Interests: basketball Brief bio: I am a student of Agronomy and Seed Industry in College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, and I am very fortunate to join […]

Jing Shao: Plant Physiology First Author

Jing Shao, co-first author of “The transcription factor PbrbZIP52 positively affects pear pollen tube longevity by promoting callose synthesis”  Education: 2006.09-201.06 Jilin Agricultural University (Bachelor) 2010.09-2013.06 Nanjing Agricultural University (Master) Non-scientific Interests: Volleyball, cooking Brief bio: In 2010,I received my bachelor degree in Horticulture from Jilin Agricultural University, and then admitted to study for a master degree […]

Binxu Wen: Plant Physiology First Author

Binxu Wen, co-first author of “The transcription factor PbrbZIP52 positively affects pear pollen tube longevity by promoting callose synthesis” Education:  2016.09-2020.06,Minnan Normal University(Bachelor) 2020.09-, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (Master) Non-scientific Interests: Singing and running Brief bio: In 2020, I was fortunate to join the research group of Jianqing Chen from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. […]

Zhongheng Xia: Plant Physiology First Author

Zhongheng Xia, co-first author of “The transcription factor PbrbZIP52 positively affects pear pollen tube longevity by promoting callose synthesis” Education: 2019.09-, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (Bachelor) Non-scientific Interests: Photography, calligraphy and painting, soccer Brief bio: In 2019, I entered the Horticulture Academy, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University and began my study under the supervision of Mr. […]

Yuan Zhang: Plant Physiology First Author

Yuan Zhang, first author of “Cyanobacterial Photosystem II reaction center design in tobacco chloroplasts increases biomass in low light” Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) and The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) Education: Ph.D. in Microbiology and Biochemistry at Rutgers University, B.S. in Marine Biology at Shandong University, China. Non-scientific Interests: Reading […]

Kenya Tanaka: Plant Physiology First Author

Kenya Tanaka, first author of “Dark accumulation of downstream glycolytic intermediates initiates robust photosynthesis in cyanobacteria” Current Position: Assistant professor Education: Ph.D. in science, Osaka University, Japan Non-scientific interests: Anime, Alcohol, Mah-jongg, Baseball Brief bio: My current research question is “to what extent and how intracellular redox state is maintained in a photosynthetic organism”. While […]