Entries by Linda Palmer

Hikaru Sato: The Plant Cell First Author

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: Plant Physiology First Author

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 […]

Priscila Zonzini Ramos: Plant Direct First Author

Priscila Zonzini Ramos, co-first author of “An open source plant kinase chemogenomics set” Current Position: Research Scientist at the Center for Medicinal Chemistry (Brazil) Education: Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of Campinas (Brazil) Non-scientific Interests: Traveling, hiking, eating, and cooking Brief Bio: After obtaining my Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology, […]

Maria Florencia Ercoli: Plant Direct First Author

Maria Florencia Ercoli, co-first author of  “An open source plant kinase chemogenomics set” Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar Education: Ph.D. in Biological Sciences and a B.Sc. in Biotechnology from the National University of Rosario, Argentina Non-scientific Interests: Camping, cooking, watercolor painting, and gardening. Brief Bio: During my Ph.D. I studied regulatory networks controlling Arabidopsis root development […]

Rashmi Jain: Plant Direct First Author

Rashmi Jain, co-first author of “An open source plant kinase chemogenomics set” Current Position: Associate Specialist Education: Master’s in Bioinformatics Non-scientific Interests: Hiking, cooking, gardening Brief bio: I am an Associate Specialist at UC Davis from New Delhi, India. While doing my undergraduate course in Biology I also joined the diploma in computer science, burned […]

Yuhong Li: The Plant Cell First Author

Yuhong Li, first author of “Arabidopsis EXECUTER1 interacts with WRKY transcription factors to mediate plastid-to-nucleus singlet oxygen signaling” Current Position: Post-doc Education: Ph.D. in Developmental Biology Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading, cooking, listening music Brief bio: I joined Dr. Rongcheng Lin’s laboratory at IBCAS since 2014 to pursue my […]

Xiaona Wang: Plant Physiology First Author

Xiaona Wang, first author of “Multiple-omics analysis reveals the mechanism of bHLH130 responding to low nitrogen stress of apple rootstock”  Current Position: PhD candidate, College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University Education: Bachelor Degree of Qingdao Agricultural University; China Agricultural University (Master and doctorate) Non-scientific Interests: Mountain climbing, play badminton Brief bio: In 2018, I graduated […]

Anna Olek: Plant Physiology First Author

Anna Olek, first author of “Essential amino acids in the Plant-Conserved and Class-Specific Regions of cellulose synthases” Current Position:  Recently retired Education: Anna Olek received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1977 from Kraków University of Technology, Poland, and she received her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering a year later at the same institution. Non-scientific Interests: […]

María Fernanda Gómez Méndez

María Fernanda Gómez Méndez, first author of “Ice plant root plasma membrane aquaporins are regulated by clathrin-coated vesicles in response to salt stress” Current Position: Lab assistant in Dr. Dahesh Lab at UC Riverside Education: BCs in Morelos State Autonomous University, Mexico. Master degree and PhD candidate at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Non-scientific […]