Qingwen Shen, first author of Dual Activities of Plant cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase and its Roles in Gibberellin Signaling and Salt Stress Current Position: Research assistant in National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, China Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, National Key Laboratory of Crop […]
Peter Crisp, first author of Variation and inheritance of small RNAs in maize inbreds and F1 hybrids Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Springer Lab, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota Education: PhD Plant Science, Pogson Lab, Centre for Plant Energy Biology, Australian National University Non-scientific Interests: Soccer, delicious wine, fly fishing, snow Brief […]
Nischal Karki, first author of Metabolically distinct pools of phosphatidylcholine are involved in trafficking of fatty acids out of and into the chloroplast for membrane production Current Position: Graduate Student, Chemistry, Southern Methodist University Education: B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi Non-scientific Interests: Video games, Binging TVs, and fantasy fiction Brief Bio: I received […]
Lang Pan, first author of Aldo-keto reductase metabolizes glyphosate and confers glyphosate resistance in Echinochloa colona Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, China Education: 2013-2018, Ph.D. student, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, China; 2016-2017, Visiting Ph.D. student, The University of Western Australia, Australia; 2009-2013, B.S. College of Plant […]
Rafael Andrade Buono, co-first author of CRISPR-TSKO: A Technique for Efficient Mutagenesis in Specific Cell Types, Tissues, or Organs in Arabidopsis Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Dr. Moritz Nowack, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Education: PhD in Botany from University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA Non-scientific Interests: macro photography Brief bio: […]
Ward Decaestecker, co-first author of CRISPR-TSKO: A Technique for Efficient Mutagenesis in Specific Cell Types, Tissues, or Organs in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD student in the group of Dr. Thomas Jacobs, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Education: BSc and MSc in Biochemistry and Biotechnology at KU Leuven, Belgium Non-scientific Interests: playing football Brief bio: […]
Batthula Vijaya Lakshmi Vadde, first author of The TCP4 transcription factor directly activates TRICHOMELESS1 and 2 and suppresses trichome initiation Current Position:Postdoctoral Associate, Adrienne Roeder’s Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA Education: PhD in Plant Developmental Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Non-scientific Interests: reading (auto)biographies, photography (nature, portrait, and long exposure), swimming, […]
Jacinta Watkins, first author of A GDSL esterase/lipase catalyzes the esterification of lutein in bread wheat Current Position: PhD candidate, Pogson lab, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Research School of Biology, Australian National University Education: BSc (honours) in plant sciences at the Australian National University and BSc in genetics and […]
Karen Kloth, first author of PECTIN ACETYLESTERASE9 Affects the Transcriptome and Metabolome and Delays Aphid Feeding Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University Education: BSc and MSc in Biology, Phd in genetical genomics of plant-aphid interactions Non-scientific Interests: Outdoor swimming, snorkeling, cross-country skiing, cycling, gardening Brief bio: My early scientific career […]