Manuel Balparda, first author of “Two plant glyoxalase systems with different evolutionary origins detoxify diverse reactive carbonyl species” Current Position: Post-Doc Education: Ph.D. in Biology, National University of Rosario, Argentina Non-scientific Interests: Sports, traveling, reading books, and Football Brief bio: As part of my master’s thesis, I studied C4 metabolism in tomato and tobacco plants […]
Zhenpeng Luo, first author of “The small peptide CEP1 and the NIN-like protein NLP1 regulate NRT2.1 to mediate root nodule formation across nitrate concentrations” Current Position: Ph. D. candidate Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). Non-scientific Interests: Playing football, Gardening […]
Zhen Wang, first author of “PHOSPHATE RESPONSE 1 family members act distinctly to regulate transcriptional responses to phosphate starvation” Current Position: The Open University of China, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Medicine, Lecturer Education: 2015.9-2021.6, Tsinghua University, Plant molecular genetics, Ph.D 2011.9-2015.6, Nanjing Agriculture University, Horticulture, B.S. Non-scientific Interests: Knitting, Hiking Brief bio: I started […]
Yanfei Zhang, first author of “Wheat TaSnRK2.10 phosphorylates TaERD15 and TaENO1 and confers drought tolerance when overexpressed in rice” Current Position: Ph D candidate in Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China. Education: Ph D candidate (Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China), Master of Agriculture (Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China), Bachelor of Agriculture (Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China). Non-scientific […]
Sabrina Elena Sanchez, co-first author of “PICLN modulates alternative splicing and light/temperature responses in plants” Current Position: Research Assistant. Fundación Instituto Leloir, CONICET, Bs.As., Argentina Education: PhD. in Biological Sciences. FCEyN, UBA, Argentina, 2011 B.S. in Biological Sciences. FCEyN, UBA, Argentina, 2004 Non-scientific Interests: Travelling, spending time with friends and family, enjoying nature. Brief bio: […]
Julieta Lisa Mateos, co-first author of “PICLN modulates alternative splicing and light/temperature responses in plants” Current Position: Group Leader at the Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE-UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina Education: PhD. in Biological Sciences. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006. M.S. in Biotecnology at Quilmes University, Argentina, 1999 Non-scientific Interests: Travelling, playing […]
Wenjia Xu, co-first author of Endosperm cellularization failure induces a dehydration stress response leading to embryo arrest Current position: Postdoc in Dr. Enrico Magnani lab, INRAE Centre de Versailles-Grignon, France Education: MSc from Northeast Forestry University, China; Ph.D from Université Paris-Saclay/INRAE, France. Academic experience: postdoc in INRAE (Enrico Magnani’s lab), in CAS (Jerome Verdier’s lab) […]
Hikaru Sato, co-first author of Endosperm cellularization failure induces a dehydration stress response leading to embryo arrest Current Position: Project Assistant Professor in Prof. Sachihiro Matsunaga’s lab, Dept. Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan Education: MSc Agriculture (The University of Tokyo); PhD Agriculture (The University of Tokyo) Academic experience: postdoc in the RIKEN institute […]
Sophie Harrington, first author of “A two-gene strategy increases iron and zinc concentrations in wheat flour, improving mineral bioaccessibility” Current Position: Systems Research Scientist, Defra Education: PhD in Plant Sciences, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom Non-scientific Interests: Reading, running, and choral singing. Brief Bio: I carried out my PhD in Prof. Cristobal Uauy’s group at […]