Leonie Hacker, first author of “The repair of topoisomerase 2 cleavage complexes in Arabidopsis” Current position: PhD student, Botanical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany Education: B.S. and M.S. in Biology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany Non-scientific interests: Contemporary dancing, traveling, spending time with my friends Brief […]
Danfeng Zhang, co-first author of “Efficient and high-throughput pseudorecombinant-chimeric Cucumber mosaic virus-based VIGS in maize” Current Position: Postdoc at School of Life Sciences in Tsinghua University Education: Ph.D. in College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Music, Basketball, Swimming Brief Bio: During my Ph.D., I developed a multicontrol sterility (MCS) system based […]
Huangai Li, co-first author of “Efficient and high-throughput pseudorecombinant-chimeric Cucumber mosaic virus-based VIGS in maize” Current Position: Postdoc researcher at School of Life Sciences in Tsinghua University (China) Education: Ph.D. in Agriculture at The University of Tokyo (Japan); M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Dalian University of Technology (China); B.Sc. in Biotechnology at China University of […]
Huzefa Ratlamwala, co-first author of “Rapid specialization of counter defenses enables two-spotted spider mite to adapt to novel plant hosts” Current Position: Finance and Data Analytics Education: BSc in Biotechnology, University of Aberdeen. MSc in Molecular Biology, University of Western Ontario Non-scientific Interests: Gardening, traveling, guitar Brief bio: The plant-insect interaction was something I was […]
Kristie Bruinsma, co-first author of “Rapid specialization of counter defenses enables two-spotted spider mite to adapt to novel plant hosts” Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Biology Department, University of Western Ontario Education: BSc, MSc, and PhD in Genetics, University of Western Ontario Non-scientific Interests: gardening, traveling, reading Brief bio: I have been interested in the interaction […]
Golnaz Salehipour-shirazi, co-first author of “Rapid specialization of counter defenses enables two-spotted spider mite to adapt to novel plant hosts” Current Position: IPM Manager, The Cronos Group Education: BSc, Plant Protection, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran MSc, Agricultural Entomology, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran MSc, Biology (Physiology and Biochemistry), University of Western […]
Goodman et al. uncover the roles of ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport) proteins in the exocytosis of plasma membrane and secreted proteins in tapetal cells during pollen development. The Plant Cell (2021) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab132 By Marisa Otegui Background: The development of pollen grains in flowering plants requires the participation of a secretory tissue called […]
Shengbin Liu, first author of “Brachypodium distachyon UNICULME4 and LAXATUM-A are redundantly required for development” Current Position: Research Associate – The third people’s hospital of Chengdu (China) Education : Bachelor of Biological Sciences, Dali University; Master：Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sichuan Agricultural University; PhD：Biology，Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Paris-Saclay, Universite Paris-Saclay Non-scientific Interests: basketball, travel, gardening, botanical […]
Jia Yuan Ye, first author of “STOP1 activates NRT1.1-mediated nitrate uptake to create a favorable rhizopheric pH for plant adaptation to acidity” Current position: PhD student, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University Education: BS, Zhejiang University, China Non-scientific Interests: Traveling and playing badminton Brief Bio: I joined Prof. Chong Wei Jin’s lab in Zhejiang […]