Samantha Klasfeld, first author of "Greenscreen: A simple method to remove artifactual signals and enrich for true peaks in genomic datasets including ChIP-seq data" Current Position:   Postdoctoral Fellow Rare Disease Research Unit (RDRU), Pfizer Education: University of Pennsylvania, Perelman…

Samuel Gámez Arcas, first author of "Glucose-6-P/phosphate translocator2 mediates the phosphoglucose-isomerase1-independent response to microbial volatiles" Current position: Researcher in Instituto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis (IBVF-CSIC) Education: Master in molecular genetics and biotechnology,…

Profs. Stanislaw Karpinski and Ron Mittler teams discovered Network Acquired Acclimation. By Magdalena Szechyńska-Hebda, Ron Mittler, and Stanisław Karpiński Background: An injured leaf (e.g., by insect herbivory or excess light) generates electric signals (ES) that spread to tissues, leaves,…

Yannik Müllers, first author of "Stomatal conductance tracks soil-to-leaf hydraulic conductance in faba bean and maize during soil drying" Current Position: PhD candidate at IBG-2, Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany Education: Master’s degree in biophysics at Saarland University,…

Lisha Zhang, first author of "POLLEN WALL ABORTION 1 is essential for pollen wall development in rice" Current Position: Doctor of Crop Genetics and Breeding, Southwest University Education: School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Southwest University/ Doctor of Agriculture; Southwest University…

Liu et al. identify a monocot-specific splicing factor that elucidates a link between splicing and plant development through strigolactone signaling. By Tianzhen Liu, Qibin Lin National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy…

Shengming Yang, first author of "A SQUAMOSA promoter binding protein-like transcription factor controls crop ideotype for high productivity in barley" Current Position: Research Geneticist in USDA-ARS Education: B.S. from Shandong Agricultural University, China; M.S. from Shandong Agricultural…

Abbas El Sahili , co-first author of "Structural basis for proenzyme maturation, substrate recognition, and ligation by a hyperactive peptide asparaginyl ligase" Current Position: Senior Research Fellow Education: Ph.D. at University Paris-Sud XI (Paris Saclay) Non-scientific Interests: Reading,…