Entries by Linda Palmer

Dorothea Graus: Plant Physiology First Author

Dorothea Graus, co-first author of “The digestive systems of carnivorous plants” Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Dr. Kenji Fukushima, University of Würzburg, Germany Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Department of Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Würzburg Non-scientific Interests: Reading, gardening, painting and crafting Brief bio: My interest is transport mechanisms in plant membranes; how ions are […]

Aikaterini Koletti: Plant Physiology First Author

Aikaterini Koletti, first author of “Selenium-Binding Protein 1 (SBD1): A stress response regulator in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii“ Current Position: PhD candidate, Dr. Emmanouil Flemetakis lab, Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens Education: M.S., Microbial Biotechnology, Department of Biology, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; B.S., Biology, […]

Asaf Khan: Plant Physiology First Author

Asaf Khan, first author of “Effector-triggered inhibition of nodulation: A rhizobial effector protease targets soybean kinase GmPBS1-1” Current Position: PhD candidate, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, East Campus, 510006 Guangzhou, China. Education: B.S (4-year) in Biotechnology (2013) and MPhil in Plant […]

Mehmet Kılıç: Plant Direct First Author

Mehmet Kılıç, first author of “Gene expression and organization of thylakoid protein complexes in the PSII-less mutant of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803″ Current Position: PhD Student, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, Finland. Education: B.S. in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Eastern Mediterranean University, Turkey; M.S. in Nanobiotechnology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. Non-scientific Interests: […]

Naresh Loudya: The Plant Cell First Author

Naresh Loudya, first author of “Mutations in the chloroplast inner envelope protein TIC100 impair and repair chloroplast protein import and impact retrograde signalling” Current Position:  Post-doctoral Research Associate, Royal Holloway University of London. I am fortunate to be about to join as Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Education:  PhD Biological […]

Thiago Alexandre Moraes: Plant Physiology First Author

Thiago Alexandre Moraes, first author of “The lhy cca1 elf3 mutant paces starch mobilization to dawn despite severely disrupted circadian clock function“ Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Crop Science Centre, Cambridge, UK Education: PhD in Molecular Plant Physiology studying the role of the circadian clock in the regulation of starch turnover in Arabidopsis, Max Planck Institute […]

Cuiping Wan: Plant Physiology First Author

Cuiping Wan, first author of “A serine-rich effector from the stripe rust pathogen targets a Raf-like kinase to suppress host immunity” Current Position: PhD student at College of Plant Protection of Northwest A&F University, China Education: Bachelor degree (College of Plant Protection of Henan Agricultural University); Master degree (College of Plant Protection of Northwest A&F […]

Yu Chen: The Plant Cell First Author

Yu Chen, co-first author of “MOR1/MAP215 acts synergistically with katanin to control cell division and anisotropic cell elongation in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China Education: Bachelor Degree from Hainan University, China Non-scientific Interests: Amateur Astronomy, Road Trip Brief Bio: I love plant biology because it is […]

Xiayan Liu: The Plant Cell First Author

Xiayan Liu, co-first author of “MOR1/MAP215 acts synergistically with katanin to control cell division and anisotropic cell elongation in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Professor, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China Education: B.S. from Fudan University in China; Ph.D. from Iowa State University in USA Non-scientific Interests: Reading, Gourmet Food Brief Bio: After graduating […]