Yasuhito Sakuraba, first author of Multilayered regulation of membrane-bound ONAC054 is essential for abscisic acid-induced leaf senescence in rice Current Position: Professor (Assistant), Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan Education: Ph.D. in Life Science, Hokkaido University, Japan Non-scientific Interests: marathon, photography Brief bio: I am interested in how plant leaves become yellow during […]
Qi Li, first author of Perception of damaged self in plants Current Position: Postdoc at University of Florida Education: BS and PhD in Shandong Agricultural University Non-scientific Interests: music, running, hiking Brief bio: I am a postdoctoral associated at University of Florida, supervised by Prof. Zhonglin Mou. The review paper published here focuses on damage-associated […]
Kyaw Aung, first author of Pathogenic bacteria target plant plasmodesmata to colonize and invade surrounding tissues Current Position: Assistant Professor Education: PhD in Plant Biology from Michigan State University, MS and BS in Horticulture from National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Non-scientific Interests: Creating and maintaining a balanced life by trying new things. Brief bio: Growing up […]
Cindy M. Munoz, first author of Dimensionless Numbers to Study Cell Wall Deformation of Stiff Mutants of Phycomyces blakesleeanus Current Position: Faculty in Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Design, and Computing, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado Education: PhD in Engineering and Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado MSc in […]
Wengui Lin, co-first author of Analysis of Soybean Long Non-coding RNAs Reveals a Subset of Small Peptide-Coding Transcripts Current Position: PhD candidate Education: 2011 – 2015 Northeastern University, Bachelor degree; 2015 – Present The Chinese University of Hong Kong, PhD candidate Non-scientific Interests: sports, video games Brief bio: I graduated from Northeastern University (China) as […]
Xiao Lin, co-first author of Analysis of Soybean Long Non-coding RNAs Reveals a Subset of Small Peptide-Coding Transcripts Current Position: PhD candidate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Education: PhD in Biochemistry (2020), The Chinese University of Hong Kong Non-scientific Interests: Our daily lives are heavily relied on plastic products nowadays, parts of which may […]
Ignacio Lescano, first author of Arabidopsis thaliana Ureide Permease 5 (AtUPS5) connects cell compartments involved in Ureide metabolism Current Position: Postdoc in the Plant biology laboratory, CIQUIBIC-CONICET (Argentina) Education: Degree in Biology and Ph.D. in Biology (National University of Córdoba, Argentina) Non-scientific Interests: Crossfit, music, guitar Brief bio: During the undergraduate course of Plant Physiology […]
Christopher John Till, first author of The Arabidopsis thaliana N‐recognin E3 ligase PROTEOLYSIS1 influences the immune response Current Position: Scientist at Azotic technologies Ltd Education: PhD in Biosciences, Department of Plant and Crop Sciences, Sutton Bonington, University of Nottingham. BSc (Hons) in Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Crop Sciences, Sutton Bonington, University of Nottingham Non-scientific […]
Brendan O’Leary, first author of Metabolite regulatory interactions control plant respiratory metabolism via Target of Rapamycin (TOR) kinase activation Current Position: Postdoc, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Education: PhD Plant Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada Non-scientific Interests: the great outdoors, history podcasts, running, climbing, […]