Jose C. Tovar, first author of “Heat stress changes mineral nutrient concentrations in Chenopodium quinoa seed” Current Position: Research Scientist and USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri Education: PhD in Molecular Biosciences from Arkansas State University (Jonesboro, Arkansas), MS in Plant Breeding and BS in Biology from the […]
Dongbei Guo, co-first author of “CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSER OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES 5 is an RNA-binding protein controlling plant immunity via RNA processing complex” Current Position: M.S. candidate, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, China Education: B.S. in Bioengineering, Xihua University, China Non-scientific Interests: playing badminton, swimming Brief bio: In high school, the scientific knowledge in […]
Yuan Guo, co-first author of “CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSER OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES 5 is an RNA-binding protein controlling plant immunity via RNA processing complex” Current Position: Engineer in Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd, China Education: M.S. in Botany, Shanghai Normal University, China; B.S. in Chemical Biology, Hengyang Normal University, China Non-scientific Interests: Travelling, Shopping Brief bio: Since joined […]
Shun Peng, co-first author of “CONSTITUTIVE EXPRESSER OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES 5 is an RNA-binding protein controlling plant immunity via RNA processing complex” Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, China Education: M.S. in botany, Shanghai Normal University, China; B.S. in Biological Science, Anqing Normal University, China Non-scientific Interests: Playing badminton, Travelling, […]
Choun-Sea Lin, first author of “DNA-free CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing of wild tetraploid tomato Solanum peruvianum using protoplast regeneration” Current Position: Research Specialist, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Education: BS, 1990, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan; PhD, 1998, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. Non-scientific Interests: travel, sports. Brief bio: As a young horticulture enthusiast, I completed my […]
Jingfei Guo, first author of “Asian corn borer damage is affected by rind penetration strength of corn stalks in a spatiotemporally dependent manner” Current Position: Associate research fellow at Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IPP, CAAS), China. Education: Ph.D in Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control from Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences […]
Margot Raffeiner, first author of “The Xanthomonas type-III effector XopS stabilizes CaWRKY40a to regulate defense responses and stomatal immunity in pepper (Capsicum annuum)” Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher in Dr. Suayb Üstün’s research group at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, Germany. Education: PhD in Plant Functional Biology at University of Potsdam […]
Fabienne Gehrke, first author of “Non-homologous end joining as key to CRISPR/Cas-mediated plant chromosome engineering” Current position: PhD student, Botanical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany Education: B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany Non-scientific interests: scuba diving, hiking, reading and Commitment in “foodsharing […]
Yoko Hasegawa, first author of “The TGN/EE SNARE protein SYP61 and the ubiquitin ligase ATL31 cooperatively regulate plant responses to carbon/nitrogen conditions in Arabidopsis” Current Position: Ph.D. student in Hokkaido University, Japan Education: Bachelor and Master in Hokkaido University, Japan Non-scientific Interests: Reading, hot springs (onsen), Japanese Sake Brief bio: I have always loved living […]