Hiroaki Adachi, co-first author of NRC4 gene cluster is not essential for bacterial flagellin-triggered immunity Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist, The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, UK Education: BSc, MSc and PhD, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Nagoya University, Japan Non-scientific Interests: tennis, football Brief bio: I first became interested in plant […]
Juan Carlos De la Concepcion, co-first author of NRC4 gene cluster is not essential for bacterial flagellin-triggered immunity Current Position: Post-doc, Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK Education: BSc in Biology, BSc Biochemistry and MSc in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology (University of Sevilla). Rotation PhD in plant and microbial science (John Innes […]
Jane Fudyma, first author of Untargeted metabolomic profiling of Sphagnum fallax reveals novel antimicrobial metabolites Current Position: Research Specialist & Laboratory Manager, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Education: BS (Hons) General Science, Biology/Chemistry Concentrations, 2013 Non-Scientific Interests: Live music, rock climbing, skiing, soccer Brief Bio: I am fascinated by both abiotic and biotic factors in […]
Mengna Zhuo, first author of A Jasmonate-activated MYC2-Dof2.1-MYC2 Transcriptional Loop Promotes Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD student, Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan Education: M.Sc. in Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Japan; B.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine, Zhejiang University, China Non-scientific Interests: Watching movies Brief bio: I am interested in how plants […]
Mayumi Nakano, first author of Next-Generation Sequence Databases: RNA and Genomic Informatics Resources for Plants Current Position: Scientific Manager, Meyers Lab, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: M.A. in Japanese Literature from University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.A. in Comparative Studies in Humanities from Ohio State University, Certificate with Honors in Internet Programming & Development from University of […]
Minoru Ueda, first author of Histone modifications form epigenetic regulatory networks to regulate abiotic stress response Current Position: Researcher Education: B.A. in Genetic Engineering, faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, and Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Non-scientific Interests: fishing, stargazing, watching and playing Rugby football […]
Ken-Der Wang, first author of OXYLIPINS OTHER THAN JASMONIC ACID ARE XYLEM-RESIDENT SIGNALS REGULATING SYSTEMIC RESISTANCE INDUCED BY TRICHODERMA VIRENS IN MAIZE Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr. Charles Kenerley’s lab, at Texas A&M University Education: PhD in Plant Pathology and Microbiology from Texas A&M University, M.Sc. in Biological Science at CSU Fullerton Non-scientific […]
Maria A. Fernandez, first author of RBR-type E3 ligases and the Ub-conjugating enzyme UBC26 regulate ABA receptor levels and signaling Current Position: PhD candidate (FPU fellowship) in Dr. Pedro Rodriguez´s lab, at the Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP-CISC) Education: BSc in Food Science and Technology at the UCAM University (Murcia) and […]
Liana T. Burghardt, co-first author of A ‘Select and Resequence’ approach reveals strain-specific effects of Medicago nodule-specific PLAT-domain genes Current Position: I am a post-doc in the Plant and Microbial Biology department at the University of Minnesota. In Spring 2020, I start my lab as an Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania State University. Education: I received […]