Elia Lacchini, co-first author of A Seed-Specific Regulator of Triterpene Saponin Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula Current Position: Postdoctoral scientist, VIB-UGENT Center for Plant System Biology, Ghent Belgium Education: B.Sc. Crops and Plant Sciences, University of Milan, Italy; M.Sc. Plant, Food and Environmental Biotechnology, University of Milan, Italy; Ph.D. Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Milan, […]
Bianca Ribeiro, co-first author of A Seed-Specific Regulator of Triterpene Saponin Biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven, Belgium Education: PhD in Biochemistry and Biotechnology at Ghent University, Belgium; MSc in Genetics and Plant Breeding at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil and B.S. in Biological Sciences at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil […]
Adrien Burlacot, first author of Membrane inlet mass spectrometry at the crossroads of photosynthesis, biofuel and climate research Current Position: Post Doc, Biosciences and Biotechnology Institute of Aix-Marseille Education: PhD in Plant Science, Aix-Marseille University Non-scientific Interests: hiking, biking, kayaking, restoring old objects Brief bio: Despite an early fascination on how plants transform sun energy […]
Justine Sucher, first author of Phylotranscriptomics of the Pentapetalae reveals frequent regulatory variation in local plant responses to the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow in Syngenta Education: PhD in molecular biology at UZH (Zürich University), Zürich, Switzerland; MSc in plant biotechnology at Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Non-scientific interests: travelling and discovering […]
Isha Kalra, first author of Chlamydomonas sp. UWO 241 exhibits high cyclic electron flow and rewired metabolism under high salinity Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Microbiology Department, Miami University Education: B.E. (Hons.) Electronics and Instrumentation + MSc. (Hons.) Biological Science from BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, India (2008-2013) Non-scientific Interests: hiking, baking, travelling Brief bio: […]
Xixi Zhang, first author of Arabidopsis Flippases Cooperate with ARF GTPase Exchange Factors to Regulate the Trafficking and Polarity of PIN Auxin Transporters Current Position: Predoctoral visiting scientist in Prof. Jiří Friml’s lab at Institute of Science and Technology, Austria (IST Austria); PhD candidate in the lab of Assoc. Prof. Christian Luschnig at BOKU University, […]
Yinghui Li, first author of Exogenous sodium diethyldithiocarbamate, a Jasmonic acid biosynthesis inhibitor, induced resistance to powdery mildew in wheat Current Position: post-doctoral researcher Education: PhD and Master, College of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Non-scientific interests: table tennis, volleyball, hiking and literature Brief bio: Because of my inherent interest in agriculture, I studied crop genetics and breeding […]
Cécile SÖZEN, first author of Wounding and insect feeding trigger two independent MAPK pathways with distinct regulation and kinetics Current Position: Currently unemployed, looking for a postdoc position in Plant or Marine biology in Maine (USA) Education: PhD in the “Stress signaling” group led by Dr. Jean Colcombet at the Institute of Plant Sciences of […]
Jian Wu, first author of Spatiotemporal restriction of FUSCA3 by class I BPCs promotes ovule development and coordinates embryo and endosperm growth Current Position: Assistant professor, Department of ornamental horticulture, China Agricultural University (since May 2019) Education: PhD in ornamental horticulture at China Agricultural University (2016) Non-scientific Interests: hiking and travelling Brief bio: My research mainly […]