Entries by Mary Williams

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Vadir López-Salmerón

Vadir López-Salmerón, co-first author of A Comprehensive Toolkit for Inducible, Cell Type-Specific Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Developmental Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg. Education: PhD (2013) in Plant Molecular Biology at Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid – Spain. B.Sc. (2007) in Biology at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Ann-Kathrin Schürholz

Ann-Kathrin Schürholz, co-first author of A Comprehensive Toolkit for Inducible, Cell Type-Specific Gene Expression Current Position: PhD Student, Plant Development, Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg. Education: MSc of Molecular Biology, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg Non-scientific Interests: Reading, hiking, ornithology, travelling Brief bio: From the beginning of my studies at the University of Heidelberg, I focused […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Timothy Hearn

Timothy Hearn, first author of BIG regulates dynamic adjustment of circadian period in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge Education: Degrees & Honours: 2011 BSc Hons (Birmingham), 2016 PhD (Cantab), 2017 Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Awards & Prizes: 2016 University of Cambridge HE Woodmann […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Md. Yeasin Prodhan

Md. Yeasin Prodhan, first author of Guard cell salicylic acid signaling is integrated into ABA signaling via the Ca2+/CPK-dependent pathway Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh Education: PhD from Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Japan. MS in Biochemistry, […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: James Campanella

James Campanella, first author of Evidence for exaptation of the Marchantia polymorpha M20D peptidase MpILR1 into the tracheophyte auxin regulatory pathway Current position: James Campanella is a professor of genetics at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. Education: He earned bachelors and master’s degrees in biology at University of Chicago and received his PhD […]

Plants4Kids

By Anna N. Stepanova, North Carolina State University  Young children are curious by nature and their inquisitive minds are like sponges that take in everything that is happening around them.  As a parent, a scientist, and an educator, I feel that my role is to teach children the basic rules of life in a fun […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Katherina Schiessl

Katharina Schiessl, first author of MtNODULE ROOT1 and MtNODULE ROOT2 are essential for indeterminate nodule identity Current position: Research Associate at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, UK Education: PhD, John Innes Centre Non-scientific interests: Sports Brief bio: I am intrigued by the fundamental processes of cell division and cell growth, and how both processes are regulated […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Dandan Qian

Dandan Qian, first author of OsDer1 is an ER-associated protein degradation factor that responds to ER stress in rice Current Position: Research Associate, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Education: PhD in Developmental biology at the Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Non-scientific Interests: Yoga and running. Brief bio: I obtained […]

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Kevin Magne

Kévin Magne, first author of MtNODULE ROOT1 and MtNODULE ROOT2 are essential for Medicago truncatula indeterminate nodule identity Current Position: Post doc, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research Education: Ph.D., Biology, University of Paris-Sud Non-scientific Interests: Motorcycle riding Brief bio: Fascinated by plants since childhood, I lately decided to […]