Junfei Ma, first author of “A nuclear import pathway exploited by pathogenic noncoding RNAs” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at Mississippi State University, MS, US. Education: Expected to graduate in the Fall of 2022 at Mississippi State University. Non-scientific Interests: Travelling, Cooking. Brief bio: I joined Dr. Ying Wang’s lab at Mississippi State University since 2018 to pursue my Ph.D […]
Emma Tung Corcoran, first author of “Systematic histone H4 replacement in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a role for H4R17 in regulating flowering time” Current Position: Seeking industry positions Education: Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Yale University, Sc.B. in Biology from Brown University Non-scientific Interests: Baking, art, music Brief bio: As an undergraduate at Brown University, I completed […]
Zizhen Liang, first author of “Electron tomography of prolamellar bodies and their transformation into grana thylakoids in cryofixed Arabidopsis cotyledons” Current Position: Post-doctoral Research Associate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Education: Ph.D. in Botany, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University Non-scientific Interests: History and Sports Brief bio: After earning my Ph.D. from Beijing Normal […]
Anna Schulten, first author of “Energy status-promoted growth and development of Arabidopsis require copper deficiency response transcriptional regulator SPL7” Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Caroline Dean at the John Innes Centre, UK Education: PhD in the lab of Prof. Ute Kraemer (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany), B.S. and M.S in Biology (also Ruhr University Bochum, […]
Johan Quilbé, first author of “A mutant-based analysis of the establishment of Nod-independent symbiosis in the legume Aeschynomene evenia“ Current Position: PostDoc Education: PhD Non-scientific Interests: Outdoor activities and martial arts Brief bio: During my PhD I worked on the new model legume Aeschynomene evenia that is able to nodulate without Nod-factors. The whole-genome sequence reveals specific […]
Fangfang Niu, co-first author of “ADP-Ribosylation Factor D1 Modulates Golgi Morphology, Cell Plate Formation and Plant Growth in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Postdoc fellow, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Education: Ph. D, Cell biology, Northwest A&F University M.Sc. Genetics, Northwest A&F University B.Sc., Biotechnology, Lu Dong University Non-scientific […]
Changyang Ji, co-first author of “ADP-Ribosylation Factor D1 Modulates Golgi Morphology, Cell Plate Formation and Plant Growth in Arabidopsis” Current Position: PhD Student, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Education: B.S. in Biotechnology, Sun Yat-sen University Non-scientific Interests: Badminton, Jogging, Movies Brief bio: I completed my B.S. in […]
Laura S. Lopez, first author of “The Arabidopsis T-DNA mutant SALK_008491 carries a 14 kb deletion on chromosome 3 that provides rare insights into the plant response to dynamic light stress” Current Position: 2nd year medical student, Washington State University College of Medicine Education: B.S. Genetics and Cell Biology, Washington State University and MSc. Molecular […]
Lifan Sun, first author of “TOUCH 3 and CALMODULIN 1/4/6 cooperate with calcium-dependent protein kinases to trigger calcium-dependent activation of CAM-BINDING PROTEIN 60-LIKE G and regulate fungal resistance in plants” Current Position: Research Assistant, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Education: Ph. D. candidate, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Non-scientific […]