Will Hinckley, first author of Gene Expression Changes Occurring at Bolting Time are Associated with Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis Current Position: 1st Year PhD Student Education: BS Cellular/Molecular Biology from California State University, Long Beach Non-scientific Interests: I have always been a big Lord of the Rings fan! I’m also a big Sara Bareilles, Sia, and Bon […]
Roma Mukhopadhyay, co-first author of Measuring the dynamic response of the thylakoid architecture in plant leaves by electron microscopy Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, USA Education: PhD. in Chemistry, New Mexico State University, USA Non-scientific interests: reading, writing poetry, music, art, videography Brief bio: The relationship between structural elements to functional aspects […]
Meng Li, co-first author of Measuring the dynamic response of the thylakoid architecture in plant leaves by electron microscopy Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar in School of Oceanography at University of Washington, Seattle Education: PhD in Biochemistry, Cellular & Molecular Biology with concentration in Energy Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Non-scientific Interests: […]
Maria Betsabe Mantilla-Perez, first author of Towards “smart canopy” sorghum: discovery of the genetic control of leaf angle across layers Current Position: Principal Wheat Breeder at Bayer Crop Science, USA Non-Scientific Interest: travelling, dancing, and outdoor activities. Brief Bio: I am from Ecuador in South America. I got my BS in Biotechnology at Universidad San […]
Susanne Matschi, first author of Structure-function analysis of the maize bulliform cell cuticle and its potential role in dehydration and leaf rolling Current Position: Postdoc at the Leibniz Institute for Plant Biochemistry in Halle/Germany Education: PhD in Biology at Freie Universität Berlin/Germany, Diploma in Biology at Universität Regensburg/Germany Non-scientific Interests: travelling, being outdoors with my […]
Jiajun Wang, first author of Differential Regulation of Arabidopsis PP2C-D1 by SAUR17 and SAUR50 in Apical Hook Development and Cotyledon Opening Current Position: Research assistant at School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University Education: Ph.D. in School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China Non-scientific Interests: swimming and history Brief bio: I joined Xing Wang Deng’s PKU lab […]
HuanJun Li, co-first author of Grass-Specific EPAD1 Is Essential for Pollen Exine Patterning in Rice Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic & Developmental Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Non-scientific Interests: music, cartoon, Chinese traditional literature Brief bio: […]
Yu-Jin Kim, co-first author of Grass-Specific EPAD1 Is Essential for Pollen Exine Patterning in Rice Current Position: Professor, Department of Life Science and Environmental Biochemistry, Pusan National University, (South) Korea Education: Ph.D. from Kyung Hee University Non-scientific Interests: reading a novel, traveling, watching a movie Brief bio: During degree, I have worked for ginseng’s secondary metabolism. With […]
John J. Spiekerman, first author of The halophyte seashore paspalum uses adaxial leaf papillae for sodium sequestration Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Georgia Education: Ph.D. University of Georgia (UGA), Plant Biology; B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Integrative Biology Non-scientific Interests:running, playing guitar/drums, reading sci-fi Brief bio: I became fascinated with plant […]