Jason Gardiner, first author of “CRISPR-CAS mediated transcriptional control and epi-mutagenesis” Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Steven E. Jacobsen’s Laboratory at the University of California Los Angeles Education: Ph.D. specializing in Plant Biology, University of Alberta, Canada; B.Sc. specializing in Plant Biology, University of Alberta, Canada Non-scientific Interests: Running, weight lifting, guitar, 3D design, […]
Katherine M. Murphy, first author of “Shielding the oil reserves: the scutellum as a source of chemical defenses” Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology from UC Davis, B.S. in Chemistry from Stanford University Non-scientific Interests: teaching group exercise and crafting Brief bio: Katie Murphy is an NSF […]
Mendel Lane Perkins, first author of “Monolignol export by diffusion down a polymerization-induced concentration gradient” Current Position: PhD Candidate, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Education: MSc in Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada BSc (hons) in Botany, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada Non-scientific Interests: playing music, cycling, […]
Misato Kawai, first author of “Regulation of ammonium acquisition and use in Oryza longistaminata ramets under nitrogen source heterogeneity” Current Position: Admatechs Co. Ltd. R&D division Education: Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University Non-scientific Interests: A hobby of mine is brass band music. I belong to a band for business people, and I play the […]
Laxman Adhikari, first author of “Genetic Characterization and Curation of Diploid A-Genome Wheat Species” Current Position: Post-doc Fellow at Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). Education: M.S in Plant and Soil Sciences (Oklahoma State University, USA); Ph.D. in Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics (IPBGG, The University of […]
Hua Qin, first author of “Orchestration of ethylene and gibberellin signals determines primary root elongation in rice” Current Position: Assistant Investigator, Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) Education: Postdoc and Ph.D., (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) in Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and B.Sc. (Biological Engineering) in Yangtze […]
Yang Ou, first author of “Essential roles of SERKs in the ROOT MERISTEM GROWTH FACTOR-mediated signaling pathway” Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, China Education: Ph.D, College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, China; B.S., College of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, China Non-scientific Interests: Basketball, Chinese chess, Running Brief bio: I was born […]
Sanghun Lee, first author of “Broad spectrum fungal resistance in sorghum is conferred through the complex regulation of an immune receptor gene embedded in a natural antisense transcript” Current Position: Research Associate of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University, USA Education: BS in Agricultural Biology, Chungbuk National University, South Korea; MS and PhD in […]
Wenhan Cao, first author of “Correlation of Vacuole Morphology with Stomatal Lineage Development by Whole-Cell Electron Tomography” Current Position: Research Associate at School of Life Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Education: Ph.D. in Cell & Molecular Biology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong; M.S. and B.S from Beijing Normal […]