Category: Plant Physiology: Author Profiles

Charlotte Gommers, first author of GENOMES UNCOUPLED1-independent retrograde signaling targets the ethylene pathway to repress photomorphogenesis Current Position: Assistant Professor in the department of Plant Physiology at Wageningen University & Research Education: BSc and MSc Biology at Radboud…

Hideki Narukawa, first author of Host-produced ethylene is required for marked cell expansion and endoreduplication in dodder search hyphae Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan Education: Ph.D. in Biology from Department of Developmental…

Dr. Ruiyan Tao, first author of Light-induced basic/helix-loop-helix 64 enhances anthocyanin biosynthesis and undergoes CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1-mediated degradation in pear Current position: Postdoc at Unveristy of Cologne, Germany Education: Ph.D. in Pomology at College of Agriculture…

Maria Betsabe Mantilla-Perez, first author of Towards "smart canopy" sorghum: discovery of the genetic control of leaf angle across layers Current Position: Principal Wheat Breeder at Bayer Crop Science, USA Non-Scientific Interest: travelling, dancing, and outdoor activities. Brief Bio: I am…

John J. Spiekerman, first author of The halophyte seashore paspalum uses adaxial leaf papillae for sodium sequestration Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Georgia Education: Ph.D. University of Georgia (UGA), Plant Biology; B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC),…

Nikita Bhatnagar, first author of Heterotrimeric G-protein interactions are conserved despite regulatory element loss in some plants Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: Ph. D. in Plant Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, South Korea Non-scientific…

Vedrana Marković, first author of EXO70A2 is critical for exocyst complex function in pollen development Current Position:  PhD candidate at the Charles University, Faculty of Science, Prague, Czech Republic Education: Master degree in Molecular Biology and Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University…

Laryssa Halat, first author of Microtubule-associated protein CLASP is translationally regulated in light-dependent root apical meristem growth Current Position: PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia Education: BSc with Honours in Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Francis Xavier University Non-scientific…