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Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Kiran-Kumar Shivaiah

Kiran-Kumar Shivaiah, co-first author of Non-catalytic subunits facilitate quaternary organization of plastidic acetyl-CoA carboxylase Current Position: Research Associate, Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Iowa State University), M.Sc in Biochemistry…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Muhammad Uzair

Muhammad Uzair, first author of PERSISTENT TAPETAL CELL 2 is required for normal tapetal programmed cell death and pollen wall patterning Current Position: Research Assistant (University of Hong Kong) Education: M.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture Biotechnology, Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Laura Arribas-Hernández

Laura Arribas-Hernández, first author of Occurrence and functions of m6A and other covalent modifications in plant mRNA Current Position:  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen Education: PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen (2015), BS and MS in Biology at Universidad…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Adrien Heymans

Adrien Heymans, first author of GRANAR, a computational tool to better understand the functional importance of monocotyledon root anatomy Current Position: PhD Student at the Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium Education: Master degree in Bioengineering, agricultural sciences, UCLouvain,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Xue-Rong Zhou

Xue-Rong Zhou, first author of Reorganization of acyl flux through the lipid metabolic network in oil-accumulating tobacco leaves Current Position: Senior Principal Research Scientist Education: Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; M.Sc. in Molecular Genetics, Shanghai…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Duorong Xu

Duorong Xu, first author of VENOSA4, a human dNTPase SAMHD1 homolog, contributes to chloroplast development and abiotic stress tolerance Current Position: PhD candidate in the group of PD Dr. Tatjana Kleine, Leister lab, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany Education: M.S. in Cell Biology,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Naomi Cox

Naomi Cox, first author of A novel upstream regulator of trichome development inhibitors Current Position: PhD Candidate in Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Sheffield, UK and Visiting PhD Scholar at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), The Philippines Education: MBiolSci…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Alecia Biel

Alecia Biel, first author of A role for plant KASH proteins in regulating stomatal dynamics Current Position: PhD student, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH Education: BS in Biology at Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA Non-scientific Interests: reading sci/fi fantasy novels,…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Weibing Yang

Weibing Yang, first author of Visualization of Protein Coding, Long Non-coding and Nuclear RNAs by FISH in Sections of Shoot Apical Meristems and Developing Flowers Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, UK Education: Ph.D. in Genetics (Institute…