Ping Wang, first author of Cotton wall-associated kinase GhWAK7A mediates responses to fungal wilt pathogens by complexing with the chitin sensory receptors Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA Education: Ph.D. and B.S. from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Non-scientific Interests: hiking, reading, […]
Yasser Nehela, first author of Melatonin is involved in citrus response to the pathogen Huanglongbing via modulation of phytohormonal biosynthesis Current Position: Post-doctoral research associate, Citrus Research and Education Center and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, Florida, USA Education: Dec. 2018: Ph.D. in Agriculture Science (Major: Plant pathology), Department of Plant […]
Sébastien Bélanger, first author of Pre-meiotic, 24-nt reproductive phasiRNAs are abundant in anthers of wheat and barley but not rice and maize Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: PhD in Plant Sciences at Université Laval (Québec, Canada) Non-scientific Interests: cooking, collecting insects and reading novels Brief bio: In my […]
Jing Liu, first author of SPIKE1 Activates the GTPase ROP6 to Guide the Polarized Growth of Infection Threads in Lotus japonicus Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, University […]
Kaitong Du, first author of Viral Perturbation of Alternative Splicing of a Host Transcript Benefits Infection Current Position: PhD student in the Plant Virology Lab (2018－), Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: B.Sc. in Plant Protection, China Agricultural University (2012－2016); M.Sc in Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University (2016－2018) Non-scientific Interests: traveling, […]
Andan Zhu, co-first author of Temporal regulation of metabolome and proteome in photosynthetic and photorespiratory pathways contributes to maize heterosis Current Position: Professor, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Ph. D. from Huazhong Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: Basketball, travel Brief bio: I started my academic career at […]
Zhi Li, co-first author of Temporal regulation of metabolome and proteome in photosynthetic and photorespiratory pathways contributes to maize heterosis Current Position: Postdoc in Dr. Z. Jeffrey Chen’s lab at The University of Texas at Austin Education: Ph.D. from China Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: hiking, reading Brief bio: During my PhD study in Dr. Jiansheng […]
María Flores-Tornero, first author of Transcriptomic and Proteomic Insights into Amborella trichopoda Male Gametophyte Functions Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry Department, University of Regensburg Education: BSc. in Biological Sciences, University of Valencia (2010), MSc. in Plant Molecular Biology (2011) and Ph.D in Plant Biotechnology, University of Valencia (2016) Non-scientific […]
Mendel Perkins, first author of Dwarfism of high-monolignol Arabidopsis plants is rescued by ectopic LACCASE overexpression Current Position: PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia in Lacey Samuels lab Education: BSc (Hons) University of Calgary; MSc University of Calgary Non-scientific Interests: music, cycling, hiking Brief bio: My interest in plants was fostered by growing […]