Andrew Scafaro, first author of A conserved sequence from heat-adapted species improves Rubisco activase thermostability in wheat Current Position: Research Fellow (Postdoc) at The Australian National University Education: Bachelor of Science (Class I Honours) and PhD from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Non-scientific Interests: Reading, movies, fishing, travel Brief bio: During my PhD I studied the heat stress […]
Vítor Amorim-Silva, first author of TTL proteins scaffold brassinosteroid signaling components at the plasma membrane to optimize signal transduction in Arabidopsis Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, IHSM-UMA-CSIC, University of Málaga, Spain Education: PhD in Plant Biology, University of Minho, Portugal Non-scientific Interests: Playing with my kids and spending time with my family. Soccer and jazz. Brief […]
Zhi-Sheng Xu, first author of Changing Carrot Color: Insertions in DcMYB7 Alter the Regulation of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis and Modification Current Position: Associate Professor in College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, China Education: PhD, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, China Non-scientific Interests: swimming, badminton, and reading Brief bio: My master and PhD degree studies were carried out […]
Guifeng Wang, first author of Dek40 Encodes a PBAC4 Protein Required for 20S Proteasome Biogenesis and Seed Development Current Position: Professor for Plant Molecular Genetics, Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crops Science, College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University Education: B.S in Forest Science (2003), College of Forest Resources and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, China; […]
Thiago Batista Moreira, first author of A genome-scale metabolic model of soybean (Glycine max) highlights metabolic fluxes in seedlings Current Position: PhD student at Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Lab, University of Brasília, Brazil Education: M.Sc. in Botany, University of Brasília, Brazil; B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, University of Brasília, Brazil Non-scientific Interests: Percussion, programming, reading, traveling […]
Sam Barnett, co-first author of Dynamic thylakoid stacking is regulated by LHCII phosphorylation but not its interaction with photosystem I Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore Education: PhD in Biophysics, University of Sheffield; MSc Mechanobiology University of Sheffield; BSc Biochemistry and Microbiology University of Sheffield Non-scientific Interests: Football, DnD, reading Brief bio: I completed my undergraduate […]
Will Wood, co-first author of Dynamic thylakoid stacking is regulated by LHCII phosphorylation but not its interaction with photosystem I Current Position: Research Associate at the University of Sheffield Education: PhD in plant photosynthesis at the University of Sheffield (2017); MSc Mechanistic Biology at the University of Sheffield (2013); BSc Cell and Molecular Biology at […]
Gang Chen, co-first author of Transcriptional repression of the APC/C activators CCS52A1/A2 by the Mediator complex subunit MED16 controls endoreduplication and cell growth in Arabidopsis Current Position: Lecturer, College of Life Sciences and Resource Environment, Yichun University, China Education: Postdoctoral fellow, Key Laboratory of Natural Pharmaceutical Active Ingredients in Jiangxi Province; Ph.D. of Plant Genetics, […]
Ni Jiang, first author of Three-dimensional Time-lapse Analysis Reveals Multiscale Relationships in Maize Root Systems with Contrasting Architectures Current Position: Senior Computational Scientist, Topp Laboratory, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, B.S. in Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Non-scientific Interests: movies, […]