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Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Shivani Upadhyaya

Shivani Upadhyaya, first author of Reciprocal regulation of photosynthesis and mitochondrial respiration by TOR kinase in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Current Position: Graduate Student, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India Education: M.Sc in Bioinformatics Non-Scientific…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Renesh Bedre

Renesh Bedre, first author of GenFam: A web application and database for gene family-based classification and functional enrichment analysis Current Position: Assistant Research Scientist in Kranthi Mandadi laboratory at Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Weslaco, Texas Education:…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Nooshin Omranian

Nooshin Omranian, co-first author of Plasticity in metabolism underpins local responses to nitrogen in Arabidopsis thaliana populations Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIMP), Potsdam, Germany Education: Ph. D. degree in Systems…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Prashant Pandey

Prashant Pandey, co-first author of Plasticity in metabolism underpins local responses to nitrogen in Arabidopsis thaliana populations Current Position: Assistant Research Officer, The National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon Education: Ph. D. at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology,…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Ze-Hua Guo

Ze-Hua Guo, first author of Arabidopsis cytosolic acyl-CoA-binding proteins function in determining seed oil composition Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China  Education: PhD in Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong,…

Recognizing Plant Direct first authors: Archana Kumari Srivastava

Archana Kumari Srivastava, first author of MYC2 Regulates ARR16, a Component of Cytokinin Signaling Pathways, in Arabidopsis Seedling Development Current Position: Research Associate in Medical Research Department, Healthcare Division, Research & Development at Emami Ltd., India Education: Ph.D.…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Jane Fudyma

Jane Fudyma, first author of Untargeted metabolomic profiling of Sphagnum fallax reveals novel antimicrobial metabolites Current Position: Research Specialist & Laboratory Manager, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Education: BS (Hons) General Science, Biology/Chemistry Concentrations, 2013 Non-Scientific…

Recognizing Plant Direct first authors: Wei Xu

Wei Xu, first author of Genomic analysis reveals rich genetic variation and potential targets of selection during domestication of castor bean from perennial woody tree to annual semi-woody crop Current Position: Associate Professor of plant molecular biology at Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB), Chinese…

Recognizing Plant Direct first authors: Andre O. Hudson

Andre O. Hudson, co-first author of The Arabidopsis thaliana gene annotated by the locus tag At3g08860 encodes alanine aminotransferase Current Position: Professor/Head-Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences Education: BS, Biology-Virginia Union University, PhD-Plant Biology/Pathology-Rutgers…