José Antonio Pedroza-García first author of “Maize ATR Safeguards Genome Stability During Kernel Development to Prevent Early Endosperm Endocycle Onset and Cell Death“ Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Biotechnology Institute (IBT), UNAM, Mexico Education: PhD in Plant Molecular Biology, Université Paris-Saclay, France; MSc Biochemistry, UNAM, Mexico; BSc Chemistry, UNAM, Mexico. Non-scientific Interests: Spending time with […]
Yuting Liu, first author of “DWARF53 interacts with transcription factors UB2/UB3/TSH4 to regulate maize tillering and tassel branching“ Current Position: Associate professor, South China Agricultural University, China Education: B.S. in Bioinformatics at Shanxi Agricultural University; M.S. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and molecular Biology at South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China. Non-scientific Interests: hiking, movies, reading […]
Li Qu, first author of “Plant casein kinases phosphorylate and destabilize a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor to promote cell division” Current Position: Postdoc, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Education: Bachelor, School of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China. Ph.D, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), […]
Daoheng Hu, co-first author of “Multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 editing of DNA methyltransferases in rice uncovers a class of non-CG methylation specific for GC-rich regions“ Current Position: Research Assistant at the school of life sciences of Yunnan University, China Education: PhD & Master in Genetics at Wuhan University, China. BSc in Biology at Wuhan University. Non-scientific Interests: […]
Yiming Yu, co-first author of “Multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 editing of DNA methyltransferases in rice uncovers a class of non-CG methylation specific for GC-rich regions“ Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China Education: B.S. and M.S. in Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China Non-scientific Interests: traveling, basketball, and movies Brief bio: During […]
Siamsa M. Doyle, first author of “A network of stress-related genes regulates hypocotyl elongation downstream of selective auxin perception“ Current Position: Researcher Education: PhD in plant science, University College Dublin, Ireland Non-scientific Interests: Singing, dancing lindy hop and hanging out with my little boy. Brief bio: From a young age, I was totally fascinated with […]
Xiaoqian Chu, co-first author of HBI Transcription Factor-Mediated ROS Homeostasis Regulates Nitrate Signal Transduction Current Position: Job hunting Education: PhD in Botany at Shandong University Non-scientific Interests: Reading, Music, Museums Brief bio: I started my PhD study and accepted systematic scientific training in Ming-Yi Bai’s laboratory of Shandong University. Since then, I have focused on the […]
Jia-Gang Wang, co-first author of HBI Transcription Factor-Mediated ROS Homeostasis Regulates Nitrate Signal Transduction Current Position: Shanxi Agricultural University, Professor Education: 2011.09-2016.06, Shandong Agricultural University, Master and Ph.D. in Cell Biology 2007.09-2011.06 Shandong Agricultural University, undergraduate in biotechnology Non-scientific Interests: Rock music, traveling, fishing, gardening Brief bio: I completed my PhD in the State Key […]
Zhiwu Dan, first author of “The metabolomic landscape of rice heterosis highlights pathway biomarkers for predicting complex phenotypes” Current Position: Postdoctoral, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China Education: PhD in Genetics, Wuhan University Non-scientific Interests: gardening, fishing, running Brief bio: I started to investigate the mechanisms of heterosis for rice agronomic traits since 2011 and obtained my PhD […]