Entries by Linda Palmer

Nevedha Ravindran: Plant Physiology First Author

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Nevedha Ravindran, first author of “B-box protein BBX32 integrates light and brassinosteroid signals to inhibit cotyledon opening” Current Position: PhD student at Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, India Education: B.Tech (Agricultural Biotechnology) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Non-scientific Interests: Volleyball, pencil sketching, and […]

Suxing Liu: Plant Physiology First Author

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Suxing Liu, first author of “DIRT/3D: 3D root phenotyping for field-grown maize (Zea mays)” Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate – University of Georgia, Department of Plant Biology Education: PhD (Shanghai University, China) Non-scientific Interests:  Traveling, collecting transformers, car tuning. Brief bio: My background in computer science is an unusual one for a plant science research. […]

Dan Wang: Plant Physiology First Author

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Dan Wang, first author of “Cytotoxic Function of Xylanase VdXyn4 in the Plant Vascular Wilt Pathogen Verticillium dahliae” Current Position:  Post-doctor, Institute of Plant Protection (IPP), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Education: Doctor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Non-scientific Interests: Anime and Reading Brief bio: I first joined the Team of Crop Verticillium wilt of IPP, CAAS […]

We’re just not compatible…. Plant species with different parenting strategies can’t quite coordinate in rearing hybrid babies

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Kinser and colleagues explore the transcriptomic, genomic and epigenomic consequences of mixing two genomes with the same number or twice as many chromosomes in monkeyflower.  By Taliesin Kinser (University of Florida) and Joshua Puzey (College of William and Mary) Background: Flowering plants are an evolutionary success story for many reasons, particularly for their unique sex […]

Chandan Kumar Gautam: Plant Physiology First Author

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Chandan Kumar Gautam, first author of “IRONMAN Tunes Responses to Iron Deficiency in Concert with Environmental pH” Current Position: PhD student (looking for postdoc position) at Academia Sinica and National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Education: B.Tech. Biotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, India Non-scientific Interests: Running, Hiking, Cycling, Farming, Coin collection Brief bio:  My research at the Institute […]

Sajina Bhandari: Plant Physiology First Author

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Sajina Bhandari, first author of “Triacylglycerol remodeling in Physaria fendleri indicates oil accumulation is dynamic and not a metabolic endpoint” Current Position: PhD candidate, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, WA Education: BS in Biotechnology, Purbanchal University, Nepal Non-scientific Interests: Traveling and Cooking Brief bio: I am currently a PhD candidate in […]

Hongxia Zhang: Plant Physiology First Author

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Hongxia Zhang, first author of “Seawater exposure causes hydraulic damage in dying Sitka-spruce trees” Current Position: Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, post-doctoral Education: Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PhD; Inner Mongolia University, bachelor Non-scientific Interests: music, movie, table tennis, table tennis, travelling with my family Brief bio: […]

Nadia Fernández-Jiménez: The Plant Cell First Author

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Nadia Fernández-Jiménez, co-first author of “Defects in meiotic chromosome segregation lead to unreduced male gametes in Arabidopsis SMC5/6 complex mutants” Current Position: PhD student in Department of Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Education: BS in Biology, MS in Genetics and Cell Biology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Non-scientific Interests: […]

Fen Yang: The Plant Cell First Author

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Fen Yang, co-first author of “Defects in meiotic chromosome segregation lead to unreduced male gametes in Arabidopsis SMC5/6 complex mutants” Current Position:  Ph.D. student at the Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Acad Sci and the Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Education: M.Sc. in Shanghai Center […]