
Rafael Massahiro Yassue: Plant Direct First Author
Rafael Massahiro Yassue, first author of "Genome-wide association analysis of hyperspectral reflectance data to dissect the genetic architecture of growth-related traits in maize under plant growth-promoting bacteria inoculation"
Current Position: Data Scientist at GDM
Education: Ph.D. in Genetics…

Laura Dalle Carbonare: Plant Direct First Author
Laura Dalle Carbonare, first author of "Plant responses to limited aeration: Advances and future challenges"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Education: Ph.D., Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy)
Non-scientific Interests: Reading, Latin dancing and travelling
Brief…

Shintaro Ichikawa: Plant Direct First Author
Shintaro Ichikawa, first author of "Live-cell imaging of the chloroplast outer envelope membrane using fluorescent dyes"
Current Position: Ph.D student, Graduate School of Regional Development and Creativity, Utsunomiya University, Japan
Education: Bachelor of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University,…

Sarathi M. Weraduwage: Plant Direct First Author
Sarathi M. Weraduwage, first author of "Characterization of promoter elements of isoprene-responsive genes, and the ability of isoprene to bind START domain transcription factors"
Current Position: Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Bishop’s University, QC,…

Hila Behar: Plant Direct First Author
Hila Behar, first author of "Populus endo-glucanase 16 localizes to the cell walls of developing tissues"
Current Position: Co-founder at BryoSphere Biotechnologies
Education: B.Sc. Biology, Tel Aviv University (2011-2014); Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia…

Stefanie Böhmer: Plant Direct First Author
Stefanie Böhmer, first author of "Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants deficient for Old Yellow Enzyme 3 exhibit increased photooxidative stress"
Current Position: Post-doc at Photobiotechnology group, Ruhr University Bochum
Education:
B.Sc. Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (2011 – 2014)
M.Sc.…

Rong Guo: Plant Direct First Author
Rong Guo, first author of "The identification of conserved sequence features of co-translationally decayed mRNAs and upstream open reading frames in angiosperm transcriptomes"
Education: BA. in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Boston University
Non-scientific Interests: Playing the…

Raed Ahmad Al Saharin: Plant Direct First Author
Raed Ahmad Al Saharin, first author of "Using CRL3BPM E3 ligase substrate recognition sites as tools to impact plant development and stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana"
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Tafila Technical University)
Education: PhD of Molecular Plant Sciences/ Washington State…

Xiangyan Feng: Plant Direct First Author
Xiangyan Feng, first author of "The limiting effect of genome size on xylem vessel diameter is shifted by environmental pressures in seed plants"
Current Position: PhD at Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Education: My research field is Plant…