This week’s edition is guest edited by Arif Ashraf, a PhD student at Iwate University, Japan and Graduate Student Ambassador of ASPB. His research interest is understanding the hormonal interplay in primary root development of Arabidopsis thaliana. He blogs about plant science (http://www.aribidopsis.com/). Arif is available in twitter (@aribidopsis) and Google plus (+Arif). Photosynthesis and […]
South African Women in Science Awards Danielle Roodt, a Plantae Fellow and PhD candidate in the Forest Molecular Genetics (FMG) Programme of the University of Pretoria, was recently awarded a South African Department of Science and Technologies ‘DST-Albertina Sisulu Doctoral Fellowships’. The award, formerly the Department of Science and Technology Doctoral Fellowship, was renamed this year in honor of Mama Albertina Sisulu, a prominent women’s […]
Andrew Elliott, first author of A Cycloheximide-Sensitive Step in Transverse Microtubule Array Patterning Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah Education: PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University Bloomington Non-scientific Interests: Snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking, and concerts Brief bio: My graduate work in the lab of Dr. Sidney Shaw focused on […]
Qin Hu, first author of GhCPK33 negatively regulates defense against Verticillium dahliae by phosphorylating GhOPR3 Current Position: Post-Doctoral position at the National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University (China) Education: PhD in Crop Science, Huazhong Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Traveling, reading and swimming and cooking. Brief bio: During my doctoral studies at Huazhong […]
Byung Ha Lee, first author of Arabidopsis protein kinase D6PKL3 is involved in formation of distinct plasma-membrane aperture domains on the pollen surface Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Molecular Genetics and Center for Applied Plant Sciences, The Ohio State University, United States Education: Ph.D (2012) / M.S. (2008) from the Department of Biology, Kyungpook National […]
Asis Shrestha, first author of An ancestral allele of pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase1 promotes proline accumulation and drought adaptation in cultivated barley Current Position: Doctoral student, Plant Breeding, INRES, University of Bonn, Germany Education: Masters of Science in Agriculture Sciences and Resource Management in Tropics and Sub-tropics, University of Bonn, Germany Non-scientific interests: Traveling, hiking, music and […]
Shumaila Muzammil, first author of An ancestral allele of pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase1 promotes proline accumulation and drought adaptation in cultivated barley Education: Doctorate, University of Bonn, Germany Non-scientific interests: Traveling, reading Brief Bio: I completed my MSc (hons) Agriculture from University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. In 2012, I joined Department of Plant Breeding, University of Bonn […]
Jesús Beltrán, first author of Specialized Plastids Trigger Tissue-specific Signaling for Systemic Stress Response in Plants Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at The Pennsylvania State University Education: BSc in Biology, MPhil in Biology, PhD in Biology-Plant Science Non-scientific Interests: Parks, art, wildlife documentaries Brief bio: My first research experience was at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) […]
Everybody mentors, but usually without much training in how to be an effective mentor. I recommend that you have a look at Beronda Montgomery’s short article, “From Deficits to Possibilities: Mentoring Lessons from Plants on Cultivating Individual Growth through Environmental Assessment and Optimization.” The article makes the simple but effective suggestion that most of us […]