Kangning Li, first author of “The rice transcription factor Nhd1 regulates root growth and nitrogen uptake by activating nitrogen transporters” Current position: PhD student, Nanjing Agricultural University Education: Nanjing Agricultural University Non-scientific interests: Travel Brief bio: In 2016, I joined professor Guohua Xu’s research group in College of Resource and Environmental Sciences at Nanjing Agricultural […]
Athanas Guzha, first author of “Cell wall–localized BETA-XYLOSIDASE4 contributes to immunity of Arabidopsis against Botrytis cinerea“ Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate Education: PhD Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Goettingen Germany (In collaboration with University of British Columbia, Canada). MSc: University of Ghent, Belgium. BSc: Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Non-scientific Interests: Cooking, Travelling, Basketball Brief […]
Kamil Demski, first author of “Phosphatidylcholine:diacylglycerol cholinephosphotransferase’s unique regulation of castor bean oil quality” Current Position: Postdoc at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Education: a PhD in Biological Sciences – Discipline of Biochemistry from Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk Non-scientific Interests: creative writing, foreign languages, novels, comics, […]
Alejandro Torrado Maya, co-first author of “Directing cyanobacterial photosynthesis in a COX knockout mutant via insertion of a heterologous electron sink” Current Position: Distinguished Research Fellow ‘María Zambrano’, (University of Seville, Spain) Education: B.Sc. in Biology, M.Sc. in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology and Ph.D. degree in Biology (University of Seville, Spain) Non-scientific Interests: Videogames, Manga, […]
Hannah Connabeer, co-first author of “Directing cyanobacterial photosynthesis in a cytochrome c oxidase mutant using a heterologous electron sink” Current Position: Final year PhD student at the University of Southampton Education: MSci in Marine Biology (University of Southampton) Non-Scientific Interests: Music, baking, reading, painting, sharks. Brief Bio: When I started my degree at Southampton I […]
Nicholas Gladman, first author of “Sorghum Root Epigenetic Landscape During Limiting Phosphorus Conditions” Current Position: Research Plant Molecular Geneticist, USDA-ARS Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Non-scientific Interests: Hiking and baking Brief bio: I originally worked on Arabidopsis molecular biology in graduate school but promptly shifted to crops when I transitioned to a postdoctoral […]
Harley Gordon, first author of “CRISPR/Cas9 Disruption of UGT71L1 in Poplar Connects Salicinoid and Salicylic Acid Metabolism and Alters Growth and Morphology” Current Position: PhD Candidate, University of Victoria Education: MSc University of Guelph, BSc University of Victoria Non-scientific Interests: Hiking, Climbing, Canoeing, Fighting Climate Change Brief bio: Harley is at home in the forests […]
Hua Wei, first author of “Rice CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED1 transcriptionally regulates ABA signaling to confer multiple abiotic stress tolerance” Current Position: Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Postdoctor Education: Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Doctor Non-scientific Interests: Running Brief bio: Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the main […]
Sagar Sudam Jadhav, co-first author of “A comparative transcriptomics and eQTL approach identifies SlWD40 as a tomato fruit ripening regulator” Current position: Research Associate, Nutritional Improvements of Crops Group, ICGEB, New Delhi, India. Education: PhD, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany; MSc University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India; BSc Agricultural Biotechnology, Dr.PDKV, […]