Sjon Hartman, co-first author of “Ethylene augments root hypoxia tolerance via growth cessation and reactive oxygen species amelioration” Current Position: Junior Professor and Group Leader of Plant Environmental Signalling and Development at CIBSS and the University of Freiburg, Germany Education: BSc, MSc, PhD and postdoc at Plant Ecophysiolgy, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and Rubicon postdoctoral […]
Zeguang Liu, co-first author of “Ethylene augments root hypoxia tolerance via growth cessation and reactive oxygen species amelioration” Current Position: Post-doctoral fellow at Vitamins & Environmental Stress Responses in Plants, BIVEG, University of Geneva, Switzerland Education: PhD at Plant Ecophysiology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Msc, Bsc at Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China Non-scientific Interests: Football, […]
Mohanned Abdalla, first author of “Coupled effects of soil drying and salinity on soil-plant hydraulics“ Current positions: Ph.D. candidate in the Chair of Soil Physics, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Germany. Lecturer at the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, Sudan. Education: BSc. and MSc. in […]
Zhiquan Qiang, first author of “The transcription factor ZmMYB69 represses lignin biosynthesis by activating ZmMYB31/42 expression in maize” Current Position: No academic position Education: Ph.D. candidate in China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Non-scientific Interests: Travelling and cooking Brief bio: I was fortunate enough to join Prof. Ying Fu’s lab at China Agricultural University to pursue my Ph.D. […]
Xinhang Zheng, first author of “Ustilaginoidea virens secretes a family of phosphatases that stabilize the negative immune regulator OsMPK6 and suppress plant immunity” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at China Agricultural University Education: Bachelor’s degree in China Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Watching movies, Reading Brief bio: During my undergraduate study at China Agricultural University, I developed […]
Monica Borghi, first author of “High-energy-level metabolism and transport revealed at the transition from closed to open flowers” Current Position: Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Department of Biology, Logan, UT, USA Education: Ph.D. in Agriculture; Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy Non-scientific Interests: Sport, photography, art Brief bio: I joined USU Biology in August […]
Fanna Maina, first author of “Genome-wide association studies identify putative pleiotropic locus mediating drought tolerance in sorghum” Current Position: Crop Geneticist/Research Scientist at the National Institute of Agronomic Research of Niger INRAN (Niger Republic) Education: Ph.D. in Agronomy (Plant breeding and genetics) Non-scientific Interests: Cooking, Reading, Traveling, Hiking Brief bio: Fanna Maina was born and […]
Vasiliki Michalopoulou, first author of “The host exocyst complex is targeted by a conserved bacterial type-III effector that promotes virulence” Current position: Post-doc, IMBB-FORTH Education: PhD in Microbiology Plant Biotechnology at University of Crete, MSc in Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology at University of Crete, BSc in Biology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Non-scientific interests: […]
Name: Juliene Moreira, first author of “Auxin-driven ecophysiological diversification of leaves in domesticated tomato” Current Position: Researcher; looking for a Postdoc position Education: B.Sc. in Biology at the Federal University of Viçosa-UFV/CRP (2014), M.Sc. in Plant Physiology at the Federal University of Lavras (2016) and PhD in Plant Physiology at the Federal University of Viçosa-UFV […]