Junfei Ma, first author of "A nuclear import pathway exploited by pathogenic noncoding RNAs" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at Mississippi State University, MS, US. Education: Expected to graduate in the Fall of 2022 at Mississippi State University. Non-scientific Interests: Travelling,…

Emma Tung Corcoran, first author of "Systematic histone H4 replacement in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a role for H4R17 in regulating flowering time" Current Position: Seeking industry positions Education: Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Yale University, Sc.B. in…

Zizhen Liang, first author of "Electron tomography of prolamellar bodies and their transformation into grana thylakoids in cryofixed Arabidopsis cotyledons" Current Position: Post-doctoral Research Associate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Education: Ph.D. in Botany, College of Life Sciences,…

Anna Schulten, first author of "Energy status-promoted growth and development of Arabidopsis require copper deficiency response transcriptional regulator SPL7" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Caroline Dean at the John Innes Centre, UK Education: PhD in the lab of Prof. Ute…

Johan Quilbé, first author of "A mutant-based analysis of the establishment of Nod-independent symbiosis in the legume Aeschynomene evenia" Current Position: PostDoc Education: PhD Non-scientific Interests: Outdoor activities and martial arts Brief bio: During my PhD I worked on the new…

Fangfang Niu, co-first author of "ADP-Ribosylation Factor D1 Modulates Golgi Morphology, Cell Plate Formation and Plant Growth in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Postdoc fellow, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Education: Ph. D, Cell biology, Northwest…

Changyang Ji, co-first author of "ADP-Ribosylation Factor D1 Modulates Golgi Morphology, Cell Plate Formation and Plant Growth in Arabidopsis"  Current Position: PhD Student, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Education: B.S. in Biotechnology, Sun Yat-sen…

By Margot Raffeiner and Frederik Börnke (Leibniz-Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops) Background: Like other organisms, plants defend themselves against pathogens by activating immune responses. One of the first lines of plant immunity is to block the entry of bacteria into the leaf through…