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Brian St. Aubin: Plant Direct First Author

Brian St. Aubin, first author of “Regulatory dynamics distinguishing desiccation tolerance strategies within resurrection grasses” Current Position: Computational Biologist, Pairwise Education: PhD in the lab of Prof. Gregg Howe (Michigan State University), B.S. in Genetics and Plant Biology…

Leonard Blaschek: The Plant Cell First Author

Leonard Blaschek, first author of "Different combinations of laccase paralogs nonredundantly control the amount and composition of lignin in specific cell types and cell wall layers in Arabidopsis" Current Position: EMBO postdoctoral fellow at Copenhagen University Education: BSc Biology, Greifswald…

Ot Pasques: Plant Physiology First Author

Ot Pasques, first author of “Physiological mechanisms underlying extreme longevity in mountain pine trees” Current Position: PhD at the University of Barcelona on longevity and adaptability of high mountain species in different threatened ecosystems Education: BSc in Biotechnology and MSc in…

Structure-based RNA transport into the nucleus

Junfei Ma, Shachinthaka D. Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage and Ying Wang (Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University) Background: During the course of evolution, eukaryotic cells gained a nuclear envelope to protect their genomes. However, to coordinate diverse biological processes,…

Abir Igamberdiev: Plant Physiology Author

Abir Igamberdiev, first author of “Mitochondria in photosynthetic cells: Coordinating redox control and energy balance” Current Position: Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Education: PhD and Doctor of Science (habilitation) in Plant Physiology…

Guang-Qi He: Plant Physiology First Author

Guang-Qi He, first author of "Dissection of the Pearl of Csaba pedigree identifies key genomic segments related to early-ripening in grape" Current Position: Master student in College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology Education: Bachelor of Horticulture,…

Katelyn H McKown: The Plant Cell First Author

Katelyn H McKown, first author of "Expanded roles and divergent regulation of FAMA in Brachypodium and Arabidopsis stomatal development" Current Position: Lecturer in the Civic, Liberal, and Global Education program at Stanford University Education: B.S. with honors in Biology (Stanford University),…

Zi-Wen Ren: Plant Physiology First Author

Zi-Wen Ren, first author of "Fast X-ray fluorescence microscopy (µ-XRF) provides a high-throughput phenotyping platform for element distribution in seeds" Current Position: PhD candidate in Agricultural Resources and Environment, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural…