Jessica Wedow, first author of Age-dependent increase in α-tocopherol and phytosterols in maize leaves exposed to elevated ozone pollution Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign;…

Mashael D. Alqahtani, first author of The role of PQL genes in response to salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis and barley Current Position: Assistant Professor Education: PhD in Biosciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia), Msc in Histology, King Abdulaziz University,…

Jun Zhao, co-first author of Functional relationships of three NFU proteins in the biogenesis of chloroplastic iron‐sulfur clusters Current Position: Associate Professor, Northwest A&F University Education: Ph.D. in Biology at Northwest A&F University Non-Scientific Interests: travelling,…

Manasa B. Satyanarayan, co-first author of Functional relationships of three NFU proteins in the biogenesis of chloroplastic iron‐sulfur clusters Current Position: Scientist, Charles River Laboratories, USA Education: MS in Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University, USA Non-scientific…

Sanjay Kumar Singh, first author of BHLH IRIDOID SYNTHESIS 3 is a member of a bHLH gene cluster regulating terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus Current Position: Scientist at the University of Kentucky, USA Education: Ph.D. in plant science, Bose Institute, India Non-scientific…

Anna Sergeeva, first author of Glycerolipid profile differences between perennial and annual stem zones in the perennial model plant Arabis alpina Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Prof. Dr. Petra Bauer, Institute of Botany, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany Education:…

Rajeev Gupta, first author of The maize premature senesence2 encodes for PHYTOCHROME-DEPENDENT LATE-FLOWERING and its expression modulation improves agronomic traits under abiotic stresses Current Position: Principal Scientist and Theme Leader for Genomics and Trait Discovery, ICRISAT, INDIA, Falgship…

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