Julieta Lisa Mateos, co-first author of "PICLN modulates alternative splicing and light/temperature responses in plants" Current Position: Group Leader at the Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE-UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina Education: PhD. in Biological…

Niehaus et al. explore the nucleotide metabolome of germinating seeds By Markus Niehaus1, Henryk Straube1 and Marco Herde1 1Leibniz Universität Hannover, Department of Molecular Nutrition and Biochemistry of Plants Background: All living organisms, including plants, possess DNA and rely on…

Blankenagel et al. discover a major link between variation in water use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination  By Sonja Blankenagel, Stella Eggels, and Viktoriya Avramova Plant Breeding, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich  Background: Growing crops with high…

Wenjia Xu, co-first author of Endosperm cellularization failure induces a dehydration stress response leading to embryo arrest Current position: Postdoc in Dr. Enrico Magnani lab, INRAE Centre de Versailles-Grignon, France Education: MSc from Northeast Forestry University, China; Ph.D from Université…

Hikaru Sato, co-first author of Endosperm cellularization failure induces a dehydration stress response leading to embryo arrest Current Position: Project Assistant Professor in Prof. Sachihiro Matsunaga’s lab, Dept. Integrated Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan Education: MSc Agriculture…

Sophie Harrington, first author of "A two-gene strategy increases iron and zinc concentrations in wheat flour, improving mineral bioaccessibility" Current Position: Systems Research Scientist, Defra Education: PhD in Plant Sciences, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom Non-scientific Interests:…

Priscila Zonzini Ramos, co-first author of "An open source plant kinase chemogenomics set" Current Position: Research Scientist at the Center for Medicinal Chemistry (Brazil) Education: Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of Campinas (Brazil) Non-scientific Interests: Traveling,…

Maria Florencia Ercoli, co-first author of  "An open source plant kinase chemogenomics set" Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar Education: Ph.D. in Biological Sciences and a B.Sc. in Biotechnology from the National University of Rosario, Argentina Non-scientific Interests: Camping, cooking,…