Wen-Chi Lee, co-first author of Widespread Exon Junction Complex Footprints in the RNA Degradome Mark mRNA Degradation Before Steady-state Translation Current Position: Research assistant, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Education: M.S. and B.S. in Botany at National Taiwan University, Taiwan Non-scientific Interests: movie, reading and hiking Brief bio: I am a senior research assistant in […]
María José Sánchez-Barrena, first author of Recognition and activation of the plant AKT1 potassium channel by the kinase CIPK23 Current Position: Associate Scientist, Department of Crystallography and Structural Biology, Institute “Rocasolano”, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain Education: PhD Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Non-scientific Interests: music, hiking, scuba diving Brief […]
Nitya Subrahmanian, first author of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a plant model system to study mitochondrial complex I dysfunction Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Education: Ph.D. in Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; B.Tech in Biotechnology at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India […]
Tomomi Takeuchi, first author of Chlamydomonas CHT7 is required for an effective quiescent state by regulating nutrient-responsive cell cycle gene expression Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher at Michigan State University Education: BSc in Human Biology; BSc and PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Michigan State University Non-scientific Interests: Yoga, outdoors, books, crafts, and calligraphy Brief […]
Victoria Gastaldi, first author of Class I TCP transcription factors activate the SAUR63 gene subfamily in gibberellin-dependent stamen filament elongation Current Position: PhD student at Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET-UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology Non-scientific Interests: music, traveling, theatre, yoga Brief bio: During my degree studies I was very interested […]
Camilla Ferrari, first author of Expression atlas of Selaginella moellendorffii provides insights into the evolution of vasculature, secondary metabolism and roots Current Position: Postdoctoral scientist, VIB-UGENT Center for Plant System Biology, Ghent Belgium Education: B.Sc. Biological Sciences, University of Pisa, Italy; M.Sc. Plant and Microbe Biotechnologies, University of Pisa; Ph.D. Molecular Plant Physiology, Max Planck Institute of […]
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Xinyu Fu, first author of Failure to Maintain Acetate Homeostasis by Acetate-Activating Enzymes Impacts Plant Development Current Position: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology (Minor: Statistics) from Iowa State University; M.S. and B.S. in Horticulture from South China Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: tech gadgets, music, travelling with […]
Meng Wang, first author of TaANR1-TaBG1 and TaWabi5-TaNRT2s/NARs link ABA metabolism and nitrate acquisition in wheat roots Current Position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Bachelor degree (2006-2010): Shandong University, China; Doctor degree (a master-doctor joint program, 2010-2015): Shandong University, China; Visiting student (2013-2014): The Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology […]