Experimental or "wet lab" biologists look at data, develop a hypothesis to explain it, test the hypothesis, and repeat. Through these approaches, our understanding of life is continually being expanded and refined. A complementary approach involves developing mathematical models to explain observations,…

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Sachiko Toma-Fukai, first author of "Structural insight into the activation of an Arabidopsis organellar C-to-U RNA editing enzyme by active site complementation" Current Position: Associate professor of NARA Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Education: PhD (Science) at Osaka University,…

Zhibo Wang, first author of "A Reverse Chromatin Immunoprecipitation technique based on the CRISPR dCas9 system" Current Position: State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, doctoral candidate Education: Successive postgraduate and doctoral programs of study…

Fathi Berrabah, first author of "Insight into the control of nodule immunity and senescence during Medicago truncatula symbiosis"  Current position: Assistant Professor at the Biology Department of Amar Telidji University (Algeria) Education: PhD in Plant Biology, Paris-Saclay University, France Non-scientific…

Huifang Li, co-first author of “The auxin response factor TaARF15-A1 negatively regulates senescence in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)” Current Position: Job hunting Education Background: 2012.09-2016.06 Henan Agricultural University (Bachelor) 2016.09-       Graduate School of…

Hong Liu, co-first author of “Auxin response factor TaARF15-A1 negatively regulates senescence in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)” Current Position: Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Researcher Education…

Tong Li, first author of "Conserved non-coding sequences and de novo Mutator insertion alleles are imprinted in maize" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Education: Ph.D., China Agricultural…