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Keshav Dahal, first author of Growth at elevated CO2 requires acclimation of the respiratory chain to support photosynthesis Current Position: Research Scientist-Plant Stress Physiologist, Fredericton Research and Development Centre Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada. Education:…

The Plant Science Research Network (PSRN) was established in August 2015 through the support of a National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network (RCN) award to the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), to further the goals outlined in the 2013…

Vadir López-Salmerón, co-first author of A Comprehensive Toolkit for Inducible, Cell Type-Specific Gene Expression in Arabidopsis Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Developmental Physiology, Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg. Education: PhD (2013) in Plant Molecular Biology at Centro…

Ann-Kathrin Schürholz, co-first author of A Comprehensive Toolkit for Inducible, Cell Type-Specific Gene Expression Current Position: PhD Student, Plant Development, Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg. Education: MSc of Molecular Biology, Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg Non-scientific…

Timothy Hearn, first author of BIG regulates dynamic adjustment of circadian period in Arabidopsis thaliana Current Position: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge Education: Degrees & Honours: 2011 BSc Hons (Birmingham), 2016 PhD (Cantab), 2017…

Md. Yeasin Prodhan, first author of Guard cell salicylic acid signaling is integrated into ABA signaling via the Ca2+/CPK-dependent pathway Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh Education:…

James Campanella, first author of Evidence for exaptation of the Marchantia polymorpha M20D peptidase MpILR1 into the tracheophyte auxin regulatory pathway Current position: James Campanella is a professor of genetics at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. Education: He earned bachelors…

By Anna N. Stepanova, North Carolina State University  Young children are curious by nature and their inquisitive minds are like sponges that take in everything that is happening around them.  As a parent, a scientist, and an educator, I feel that my role is to teach children the basic rules of…