Nicholas Zoulias, first author of Auxin and pattern formation of the Asteraceae flower head (capitulum) Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Sheffield. Education: PhD in Computational Evolution and Biology, University of Manchester. MRes in Biological Sciences, University of Manchester. BSc in Plant Sciences, University of Manchester. Non—scientific Interests: Running, music, cooking and relaxing […]
Sascha Duttke, first author of Auxin and pattern formation of the Asteraceae flower head (capitulum) Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego Education: 2015 – Ph.D., Biological Sciences University of California, San Diego, 2010 – Diplom, Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany. Brief Bio: Sascha did his PhD […]
Sergio Iacopino, first author of A synthetic oxygen sensor for plants based on animal hypoxia signaling Current Position: PhD candidate at Plantlab, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa Education: 2013 – MSc. In Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Pavia, 2011 – BSc. in Biological Sciences, University of Siena. Non-scientific Interests: Football, […]
Lu Qin, first author of Adaptation of roots to N deficiency revealed by 3-D quantification and proteomic analysis Current Position: Associate Professor in Oil Crops Research, Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China Education: Ph.D. in Plant Nutrition at the State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, […]
Eric Soubeyrand, first author of The Peroxidative Cleavage of Kaempferol Contributes to the Biosynthesis of the Benzenoid Moiety of Ubiquinone in Plants Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, FL. Education: PhD in plant biology; Ecophysiology and functional genomics of grapevine, University of Bordeaux France: M.S. in Plant Biology and Biotechnology University of […]
Xiaoyue Wang, first author of Genetic dissection of Fe-dependent signaling in root developmental responses to phosphate deficiency Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in School of Life Sciences at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Education: B.S., School of Life Sciences at Shandong University, Jinan, China. Non-scientific Interests: Photography, painting, travelling, swimming, and music. Brief bio: After graduating from […]
Rob Schaefer, first author of Integrating co-expression networks with GWAS to prioritize causal genes in maize Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota Education: 2015 – Ph.D., Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology, University of Minnesota, 2010 – B.S., Computer Science, University of Minnesota Non-scientific Interests: Open-source, open-science, yoga, swimming, and long-boarding […]
Real-time tracking is a hugely powerful way to understand the behaviour of single proteins. Cui et al. review the methods and applications of single-particle tracking (SPT) in plant cells. They describe the applications of variable-angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (VA-TIRFM) to visualize fluorescently labeled plasma-membrane proteins. SPT has revealed many interesting and important aspects […]
Carboxysomes are protein-bound microcompartments of cyanobacteria that sequester Rubisco and carbonic anhydrase (which converts bicarbonate to carbon dioxide), thus enhancing Rubisco’s carboxylation efficiency. The carboxysome shell is made up of hexamer, pentamer and trimer modules, with selectively permeable pores in the middle of each module. CcmK3 and CcmK4 are related proteins that contribute to the […]