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, 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 […]
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 […]
Kebin Yang, first author of “A regulatory network driving shoot lignification in rapidly growing bamboo” Current Position: Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration/Beijing for Bamboo & Rattan Science and Technology, Institute of Gene Science and Industrialization for Bamboo and Rattan Resources, International Center for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing 100102, China. Education: Doctor student of International […]