María del Rosario Ramírez Flores, first author of Inoculation with the mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis modulates the relationship between root growth and nutrient content in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.) Current Position: PhD student, Plant Biotechnology at Center of Research and Advances Studies (CINVESTAV), Mexico Education: M.S. in Plant Biotechnology at Center of Research […]
Puneet Paul, first author of MADS78 and MADS79 are essential regulators of early seed development in rice Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Education: Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Non-scientific Interests: reading non-fiction Brief bio: I obtained my bachelor’s and […]
Shauni McGregor, co-first author of A PXY-Mediated Transcriptional Network Integrates Signaling Mechanisms to Control Vascular Development in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD student and the University of Sheffield Education: BSc in Biological Sciences and MScR in developmental plant genetics from Durham University Non-scientific Interests: music, baking, crafting, and sci-comm Brief-bio: I am a PhD student at […]
Margot Smit, co-first author of A PXY-Mediated Transcriptional Network Integrates Signaling Mechanisms to Control Vascular Development in Arabidopsis Current Position: HHMI postdoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University Department of Biology Education: MSc in Biotechnology and PhD at the Laboratory of Biochemistry at Wageningen University, The Netherlands Non-scientific Interests: Bouldering, board […]
Zhen Wang, co-first author of Two Chloroplast Proteins Negatively Regulate Plant Drought Resistance Through Separate Pathways Current Position: Research Associate, Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academic Sciences; M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Science and […]
Yechun Hong, co-first author of Two Chloroplast Proteins Negatively Regulate Plant Drought Resistance Through Separate Pathways Current position: Ph.D. student, Shanghai center for plant stress biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: B.S., School of life science, Sun Yat-Sen University Non-scientific Interests: Basketball Brief bio: I am interested in how plants cope with abiotic stress during […]
Erika Őszi, first author of E2FB interacts with RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED and regulates cell proliferation during leaf development Current Position: Ph.D. student in the lab of Dr. Zoltán Magyar at the Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungary Education: PhD and MSc in plant biology, BSc in molecular biology at the University of Szeged (Hungary) Other Interests: making […]
Geng Ding, co-first author of Non-catalytic subunits facilitate quaternary organization of plastidic acetyl-CoA carboxylase Current Position: Assistant Scientist, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University Education: Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Non-scientific Interests: Soccer, music, and sci-fi books Brief bio: My destiny with the plant sciences started with my name. […]
Kiran-Kumar Shivaiah, co-first author of Non-catalytic subunits facilitate quaternary organization of plastidic acetyl-CoA carboxylase Current Position: Research Associate, Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Iowa State University), M.Sc in Biochemistry (Bangalore University) Non-scientific interests: Health and fitness, music, art, volunteer work Brief bio: In India, approximately 60% population is dependent on […]