Xiaochang Yin, co-first author of “Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome” Current Position: Postdoc, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China Education: Ph.D., Hainan University, China Non-scientific Interests: travelling Brief bio: During my Ph.D. study, I worked in Professor Xingyu Jiang’s […]
Francisco J. Romero-Campero, co-first author of “Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome” Current Position: Principal Investigator in the Institute for Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (University of Seville – CSIC) Education: Ph.D., Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Department, University of Seville (Spain) Non-scientific […]
Minqi Yang, co-first author of “Binding by the Polycomb complex component BMI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University Education: Bachelor of Science, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China Non-scientific Interests: photographing and […]
Hesham M.B. Sayed, first author of “Biosynthesis of polyprenylated xanthones in Hypericum perforatum roots involves 4-prenyltransferase” Current Position: Assistant lecturer (Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt) Education: PhD from Technical University Braunschweig, Germany; MSc and BSc from Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Egypt. Non-scientific Interests: analyzing football games, playing chess, reading Brief bio: As a pharmacist by […]
Sunil Kenchanmane Raju, first author of “DNA methylation signatures of duplicate gene evolution in angiosperms” Current Position: Postdoc, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University Education: Ph.D. University of Nebraska – Lincoln Non-scientific Interests: Playing badminton, table tennis, and cricket, and cooking traditional Indian cuisine Brief bio: Sunil is currently a postdoc in […]
Xiaoyu Weng, first author of “Transcriptome and DNA methylome divergence of inflorescence development between two ecotypes in Panicum hallii” Current Position: Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin, USA Education: Ph.D., Huazhong Agricultural University, China Non-scientific Interests: photography, music, badminton Brief bio: My Ph.D. studies focused on the cloning of a pleiotropic gene Ghd7, which has […]
Singh et al. reveal how the effector ArPEC25 renders chickpea susceptible to a necrotrophic pathogen by targeting the transcription factor CaβLIM1a and negatively modulating the accumulation of lignin. Shreenivas Kumar Singh, Kamal Kumar, Praveen Kumar Verma Background: Adapted pathogens exploit plants to get nutrition and shelter. Thus, a pathogen must overcome preformed structural barriers and […]
Maria Sorkin, first author of “COLD REGULATED GENE 27 and 28 Antagonize the Transcriptional Activity of the RVE8/LNK1/LNK2 Circadian Complex” Current Position: Organism Engineer at Ginkgo Bioworks Education: BA-Kenyon College, PhD-Washington University in St. Louis Non-scientific Interests: Running, watercolor painting, exploring Boston on foot and through food Brief bio: Maria is a Pittsburgh native […]
Rafael Massahiro Yassue, first author of “Genome-wide association analysis of hyperspectral reflectance data to dissect the genetic architecture of growth-related traits in maize under plant growth-promoting bacteria inoculation” Current Position: Data Scientist at GDM Education: Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Brazil Non-scientific Interests: Hiking, traveling, and cooking Brief bio: As an Agronomist […]