Entries by Linda Palmer

Lina Cheng: The Plant Cell Author

Lina Cheng, first author of “A SlCLV3-SlWUS module regulates auxin and ethylene homeostasis in low light–induced tomato flower abscission” Current Position: PhD student, Shenyang Agricultural University Education: 2011-2015, Shanxi Agricultural University, Horticulture, Undergraduate. 2015-now, Shenyang Agricultural University, Olericulture, PhD. Non-scientific Interests: Badminton, Tour, See a movie Brief-bio: Four years of undergraduate study have given me […]

Iny Elizebeth Mathew: Plant Physiology First Author

Iny Elizebeth Mathew, first author of “The vacuolar H+/Ca transporter CAX1 participates in submergence and anoxia stress responses” Current Position: Research associate, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Education: PhD in Plant Molecular Biology, National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), India Non-scientific Interests: Singing, Traveling, Cooking Brief bio: Iny Mathew is a postdoctoral researcher […]

Qiuling Wang: The Plant Cell First Author

Qiuling Wang, co-first author of “Type one protein phosphatase regulates fixed-carbon starvation-induced autophagy in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China Education: Ph.D by cooperation of Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lan Zhou University Non-scientific Interests: Calligraphy and Writing Brief bio: I […]

Qianqian Qin: The Plant Cell First Author

Qianqian Qin, co-first author of “Type one protein phosphatase regulates fixed-carbon starvation-induced autophagy in Arabidopsis.” Current Position:Lecturer, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lan Zhou, China Education: Ph.D., Lanzhou University, China Non-scientific Interests: Reading Brief bio: I completed my Ph.D study from School of Life Science, Lanzhou University. After graduation, continued to work in professor […]

Aranzazú Díaz-Ramos: Plant Physiology First Author

Aranzazú Díaz-Ramos, co-first author of “New horizons for building pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in plants to improve yields” Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher in the group of Alistair McCormick, SynthSys & Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh Education: Ph.D. in Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology with Prof. Gareth Jenkins at the […]

Liat Adler: Plant Physiology First Author

Liat Adler, first author of “New horizons for building pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in plants to improve yields” Current Position:   PhD student at the University of Edinburgh Education:   Msci in Biochemistry and a BA in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge Non-scientific Interests:  Exploring the Scottish Highlands through swimming, climbing and walking. When I’m not […]

Bandana Bhusal: Plant Direct First Author

Bandana Bhusal, first author of “Efficient Fluorescence-Based Localization Technique for Real-Time Tracking Endophytes Route in Host-Plants Colonization” Current Position: PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Iowa State University Education: Master’s in Plant Science from Tennessee State University Non-scientific Interests: Travelling, Swimming, Baking, Reading books and Listening to music Brief bio: I completed my undergraduate […]

A new player in eudicot primary cell walls: β-Galactoglucomannan is similar to xyloglucan

Yu et al. find a hemicellulose that has similar function, structure, and biosynthesis to the well-studied hemicellulose xyloglucan  Authors: Li Yu, Yoshihisa Yoshimi, Paul Dupree. Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK. Background: Plant primary cell walls need to be rigid enough to define the plant shape and yet allow cell expansion at the same […]

Won C. Yim: The Plant Cell Author

Won C. Yim, co-first author of “The final piece of the Triangle of U: Evolution of the tetraploid Brassica carinata genome” Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA. Education: Ph. D in Dept. Plant Biotechnology at the Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea Non-scientific Interests: Golf Brief bio: […]