By Mária Šimášková, Norbert Brugière, and Moritz K. Nowack VIB Center of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium; Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa, US Mária Šimášková and colleagues increase seed yield in maize by modulating the activity of the transcription factor KIL1 Background: Flowers are receptive to pollination during a limited window of time. This fertile period […]
Yang and Zhao et al. examine the control of seed germination at the chromatin level. Zhe Wu and Deyue Yang, Key Laboratory of Molecular Design for Plant Cell Factory of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, […]
Minsoo Yoon, the first author of “A conserved glutamate residue in RPM1-INTERACTING PROTEIN4 is ADP-ribosylated by the Pseudomonas effector AvrRpm2 to activate RPM1-mediated plant resistance” Current Position: Scientist, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland, New Zealand Education: Ph.D., University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Non-scientific Interests: Music, travel, food, and […]
Jiaxi Yong, first author of “Clay nanoparticles efficiently deliver small interfering RNA to intact plant leaf cells” Current Position: PhD candidate in Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, the University of Queensland, Australia Education: PhD candidate (University of Queensland, Australia), M.Eng (China University of Petroleum, China), Bs.Eng (Tianjin University, China) Non-scientific Interests: Badminton, Cooking Brief […]
Ka Zhang, first author of “Transcription factor WRKY28 curbs WRKY33-mediated resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Brassica napus“ Current Position: Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, research associate Education: Huazhong Agricultural University, Crop genetics and breeding, PhD Non-scientific Interests: basketball, singing Brief bio: Under the guidance of Prof. Tingdong Fu and Prof. Jinxing Tu, […]
Nargis Parvin Laha, first author of “INOSITOL (1,3,4) TRIPHOSPHATE 5/6 KINASE1-Dependent Inositol Polyphosphates Regulate Auxin Responses in Arabidopsis” Current Position: DBT-Ramalingaswami Re-Entry Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Education: PhD, Biology, Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich, Germany M.Sc Botany, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India B.Sc Botany (Life Science), Visva-Bharati […]
Kevin Cox, first author of “Automated imaging of duckweed growth and development” Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO Education: B.S. from University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Non-scientific Interests: Spending time with family, Playing/watching sports, Streaming video games […]
Samantha Klasfeld, first author of “Greenscreen: A simple method to remove artifactual signals and enrich for true peaks in genomic datasets including ChIP-seq data” Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow Rare Disease Research Unit (RDRU), Pfizer Education: University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; Doctor of Philosophy in Genomics and Computational Biology, 2015-2021 Cornell University, […]
Samuel Gámez Arcas, first author of “Glucose-6-P/phosphate translocator2 mediates the phosphoglucose-isomerase1-independent response to microbial volatiles” Current position: Researcher in Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF-CSIC) Education: Master in molecular genetics and biotechnology, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain (2016-2017). Degree in Biology, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain (2013-2017). Non-Scientific Interests: Music, sports, and videogames. Brief bio: My […]