Kristen Van Gelder, co first author of “Respiratory energy demands and scope for demand expansion and destruction” Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher Education: PhD from the University of Guelph, Canada Non-scientific interests: camping, hiking, and kayaking Brief bio: My scientific interests are in plant specialized metabolism, which began by studying floral volatiles and eventually to studying […]
Bryan Leong, co-first author of “Respiratory energy demands and scope for demand expansion and destruction” Current position: NSF post-doctoral fellow in Horticultural Sciences at University of Florida in Andrew Hanson lab Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Michigan State University Non-scientific interests: Reading, camping, brewing, and martial arts Brief bio: I have always been interested in […]
Xintong Liu, first author of “Rose WRKY13 promotes disease protection to Botrytis by enhancing cytokinin content and reducing abscisic acid signaling” Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: PhD from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Non-scientific Interests: Music, cooking, and traveling Brief bio: In September 2016, I started my research under supervision […]
Alexandra E. DeShaw, first author of “The plastomes of Hyalomonas oviformis and Hyalogonium fusiforme evolved dissimilar architectures after the loss of photosynthesis” Current Position: Research Assistant, Mood Disorders Research Group, Nova Scotia Health Authority Education: MSc. in Evolutionary Biology, University of New Brunswick Non-scientific Interests: Painting, baking, reading Brief bio: Intrigued by evolutionary processes, I […]
Weihao Wang, first author of “Current insights into post-transcriptional regulation of fleshy fruit ripening” Current Position: Associate researcher, Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: PhD from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; MSc and BSc from Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China Non-scientific Interests: […]
Erin Louise Baggs, co-first author of “Variation in plant Toll/Interleukin-1 receptor domain protein dependence on ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY 1“ Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher Education: PhD from Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of California Berkeley. Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from University of Bath Non-scientific Interests: Dogs, pottery, skiing, vintage clothes shopping Brief bio: […]
Bennet Reiter, first author of “CGL160-mediated recruitment of the coupling factor CF1 is required for efficient thylakoid ATP synthase assembly, photosynthesis, and chloroplast development in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Medical Writer, Advanced Medical Services Education: Dr. rer. nat. in Biology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Non-scientific Interests: Gardening, Origami Brief bio: I have completed my Master’s degree and […]
Shunsuke Adachi, first author of “The Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis in Flaveria (Asteraceae): Insights from the Flaveria linearis Complex” Current Position: Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan Education: PhD in Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan Non-scientific Interests: Japanese sake […]
Ella Katz, first author of “Genetic variation underlying differential ammonium and nitrate responses in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Prof. Dan Kliebenstein at University of California, Davis. Education: PhD in the lab of Prof. Daniel Chamovitz (Tel Aviv University, Israel), M.S in Plant Sciences, and B.S. in Biotechnology (also Tel Aviv […]