Xiaojuan Wu, first author of “Identification of microRNAs and their target genes related to the accumulation of anthocyanin in purple potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum)” Current Position: PhD student, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China Education: B.E. Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China Non-scientific Interests: reading, cooking Brief bio: After graduation from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University with a […]
Mei Niu, first author of “Rice DWARF AND LOW-TILLERING and the homeodomain protein OSH15 interact to regulate internode elongation via orchestrating brassinosteroid signaling and metabolism” Current Position: Research Assistant in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Education: PhD in Genetics at Nanjing Agricultural University, China Non-scientific Interests: Cycling and Chinese Zither playing Brief Bio: When […]
Zhongfu Yang, first author of “DNA hypermethylation promotes the flowering of orchardgrass during vernalization” Current Position: PhD student, Sichuan Agricultural University Education: Jilin Agricultural University (Bachelor) Non-scientific Interests: Badminton and travel Brief bio: In 2015, I joined professor Xinquan Zhang’s research group in the College of Grassland Science and Technology at Sichuan Agricultural University. Our […]
Xingbo Cai, co-first author of “ERECTA regulates seed size independent of its intracellular domain via MAPK-DA1-UBP15 signaling” Current Position: Ph.D. student, The University of Texas at Austin Education: M.S., Hebei Normal University, China B.S., Hebei Normal University, China Non-scientific Interests: Ping pong and travel Brief bio: From 2013 to 2016, I was a graduate student at […]
Xuedan Wu, co-first author of “ERECTA regulates seed size independently of its intracellular domain via MAPK-DA1-UBP15 signaling” Education: Ph.D., Hebei Normal University China; B.S., HuiHua College of Hebei Normal University, China Non-scientific Interests: Travel, Reading and photography Brief bio: I joined Prof. Wenqiang Tang’s lab at Hebei Normal University in 2014. I am so grateful that Dr. […]
Qing Zhou, first author of “Heat shock-induced failure of meiosis I to meiosis II transition leads to 2n pollen formation in a woody plant” Current Position: PhD candidate, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, China Education: Shenyang Agricultural University (Bachelor), Beijing Forestry University (Master and PhD) Non-scientific Interests: Dancing, singing and watching […]
Zahra Zangishei, co-first author of “Parasitic plant small RNA analyses unveil parasite-specific signatures of microRNA retention, loss, and gain” Current Position: PhD student, Institute of Biological Data Science, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. Education: Msc of Agriculture Biotechnology, Razi University, Iran. Non-scientific Interests: Hiking, reading, and cooking. Brief bio: My passion for discovering unknown led […]
María Luz Annacondia López, co-first author of “Parasitic plant small RNA analyses unveil parasite-specific signatures of microRNA retention, loss, and gain” Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) Education: PhD in Biology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden), MSc and BSc from the University […]
Genevieve Hoopes, first author of “Keeping time in the dark: potato diel and circadian rhythmic gene expression reveals tissue-specific circadian clocks” Current Position: Scientist in the Plant Sciences Group at J.R. Simplot Company in Boise, Idaho, USA Education: PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI, USA); BS in Biochemistry […]