
Mehmet Kılıç: Plant Direct First Author
Plant Direct: Author Profiles
Mehmet Kılıç, first author of "Gene expression and organization of thylakoid protein complexes in the PSII-less mutant of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803"
Current Position: PhD Student, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, Finland.
Education: B.S. in Molecular Biology and Genetics,…

Muhammad Numan: Plant Direct First Author
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Muhammad Numan, first author of "Analysis of miRNAs responsive to long-term calcium deficiency in tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter)"
Current Position: PhD student at Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro,…

Nicholas Gladman: Plant Direct First Author
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Nicholas Gladman, first author of "Sorghum Root Epigenetic Landscape During Limiting Phosphorus Conditions"
Current Position: Research Plant Molecular Geneticist, USDA-ARS
Education: Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Non-scientific Interests: Hiking and baking
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Iftikhar Ali: Plant Direct First Author
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Iftikhar Ali, first author of "The poly(A) polymerase PAPS1 mediates pollen maturation by regulating sperm cell differentiation in plants"
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Botany, University of Swat, Pakistan
Education: Ph.D and Postdoc, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,…

David Burks: Plant Direct First Author
Plant Direct: Author Profiles
David Burks, first author of "The Arabidopsis gene co-expression network"
Current Position: Bioinformatics Scientist I, Ambry Genetics
Education: PhD Bioinformatics, University of North Texas; BS Biology, University of North Texas
Non-scientific Interests: Hiking, Vinyl Collection, Video Games,…

Kanae Nishii: Plant Direct First Author
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Kanae Nishii, first author of "The first genome for the Cape Primrose Streptocarpus rexii (Gesneriaceae), a model plant for studying meristem-driven shoot diversity"
Current Position: Laboratory Technician, Research Associate
Education: BSc Agriculture (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology),…

Inyoung Kim: Plant Direct First Author
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Inyoung Kim, co-first author of "The seed-specific transcription factor DPBF2 modulates the fatty acid composition in seeds"
Current Position: Ph.D. student in Prof. Hyun Uk Kim’s Laboratory at the University of Sejong, South Korea
Education: MSc in Bioindustry and Bioresource Engineering and…

Yuko Yamamoto: Plant Direct First Author
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Yuko Yamamoto, first author of "Enhancement of Arabidopsis growth by non–24 hour day–night cycles"
Current Position: Researcher in TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION, Japan
Education: PhD in Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences at Nagoya University (Japan), working at TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION…

Suresh Pokhrel: Plant Direct First Author
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Suresh Pokhrel, first author of "Heat Responsive microRNAs and Phased Small Interfering RNAs in Reproductive Development of Flax"
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Education: Ph.D. in Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences, University…