Margot Bezrutczyk, first author of Evidence for phloem loading via the abaxial bundle sheath cells in maize leaves Current Position: PhD Student at Heinrich Heine University Education: BS in Neural Science from NYU, MS in Neuroscience from U.C. San Diego Non-scientific Interests: gardening and native plant landscaping, sailing, running Brief bio: I fell in love with plants […]
Kimmo Kivivirta, first author of Transcriptome analysis of gynoecium morphogenesis uncovers the chronology of gene regulatory network activity Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in the research group of Prof. Dr. Annette Becker, Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Plants, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, Justus-Liebig University Gießen, Germany Education: M.Sc. in plant biology and agriculture at University of […]
Ryo Yokoyama, first author of The Entry Reaction of the Plant Shikimate Pathway Is Subjected to Highly-Complex Metabolite-Mediated Regulation Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Education: BA, MS, and Ph.D., Kyoto University, Japan Non-scientific Interests: playing with daughters, Soccer Brief bio: My central scientific interest has been biology of chloroplasts, […]
Maki Hayashi, first author of The quest for the central players governing pollen tube growth and guidance Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen Education: Ph.D. from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Non-scientific Interests: Watching a movie and a YouTube channel, music, reading Brief bio: During the PhD course, […]
Flora Hetherington, first author of Lateral root inhibition in response to K+-deprivation in Arabidopsis is mediated by gibberellin signalling Current Position: Senior Manager, Global Food Security Programme, UKRI Education: BSc in Botany, University of Bristol; PhD, Durham University Non-scientific Interests: hill walking, painting, visiting art exhibitions Brief bio: I studied Botany at the University of Bristol […]
Marcus Griffiths, first author of A multiple ion-uptake phenotyping platform reveals shared mechanisms affecting nutrient uptake by roots Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Root Phenomics lab headed by Dr. Larry York, Noble Research Institute, USA Education: PhD in Plant & Crop Sciences at University of Nottingham, UK. MSc in Molecular Biotechnology at University of […]
Rajeev Gupta, first author of The maize premature senesence2 encodes for PHYTOCHROME-DEPENDENT LATE-FLOWERING and its expression modulation improves agronomic traits under abiotic stresses Current Position: Principal Scientist and Theme Leader for Genomics and Trait Discovery, ICRISAT, INDIA, Falgship Program 5 (Pre-Breeding & Trait Discovery) Leader CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes & Dryland Cereals (CRP-GLDC) […]
Konstantinos Koudounas, co-first author of Alternative splicing creates a pseudo-strictosidine β-D-glucosidase modulating alkaloid synthesis in Catharanthus roseus Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, EA2106 – Biomolecules and Plant Biotechnology, University of Tours, France Education: PhD in Plant Molecular Biology, Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Non-scientific Interests: swimming, travelling, driving, camping and documentaries Brief bio: […]
Inês Carqueijeiro, co-first author of Alternative splicing creates a pseudo-strictosidine β-D-glucosidase modulating alkaloid synthesis in Catharanthus roseus Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tours Education: PhD in Plant Biochemistry at the University of Porto (2013), MS in Plant Biology at University of Porto (2008) and BS in Biology at University of Évora (2005) Non-scientific Interests: international politics, […]