Balakumaran Chandrasekar, co-first author of "Fungi hijack a ubiquitous plant apoplastic endoglucanase to release a ROS scavenging β-glucan decasaccharide to subvert immune responses" Current Position:   Assistant Professor (Plant Biotechnology), Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute…

Alexandra Burgess, co-first author of "A future in 3D: analysing morphology in all dimensions" Current Position: Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Nottingham, UK Education: BA in Biological Sciences, University of Oxford, UK; PhD in Biosciences, University of Nottingham, UK Non-scientific…

Li et al. developed a new tool called LeafNet for segmenting and quantifying stomata and pavement cells. Background: Stomata are microscopic openings in the leaf epidermis that allow for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange between a plant and the atmosphere. The phenotypes of stomata and the surrounding…

Iftikhar Ali, first author of "The poly(A) polymerase PAPS1 mediates pollen maturation by regulating sperm cell differentiation in plants" Current Position: Assistant Professor of Botany, University of Swat, Pakistan Education: Ph.D and Postdoc, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,…

Diego López Márquez, co-first author of "PAMP-triggered genetic reprogramming involves widespread alternative transcription initiation and an immediate transcription factor wave" Current Position: Postdoc at Peter Brodersen`s lab (University of Copenhagen). Education: PhD in Advanced Biotechnology…

Axel Thieffry, co-first author of "PAMP-triggered genetic reprogramming involves widespread alternative transcription initiation and an immediate transcription factor wave" Current Position: Bioinformatics Project Manager, Intomics A/S, Lyngby, Denmark Education: BSc Biotechnics & Medical…

Craig Schenck, first author of "Natural Variation Meets Synthetic Biology: Promiscuous Trichome-Expressed Acyltransferases from Nicotiana" Current Position: Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry University of Missouri Education: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow Michigan State University, Ph.D.…

A. N. M. Rubaiyath Bin Rahman, first author of "The Absorption of Water from Humid Air by Grass Embryos During Germination" Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; M. Sc.…