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Recognizing Plant Direct authors: James Patrick Santiago

James Patrick Santiago, first author of Phaseolus vulgaris SUT1.1 is a high affinity sucrose-proton co-transporter Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Plant Resilience Institute and Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University (USA) Education: B.S. Agriculture – University…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Carla S. Santos

Carla S. Santos, first author of A combined physiological and biophysical approach to understand the ligand-dependent efficiency of 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinone Fe-chelates Current Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Zainab ALJbory

Zainab ALJbory, first author of Differential Localization of Hessian Fly Candidate Effectors in Resistant and Susceptible Wheat Plants Current Position: Postdoc. Research Associate Education: B.S. in Plant Protection and M.S. in Entomology from University of Baghdad- Iraq. Ph.D. in Molecular Entomology,…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Geraint Parry

Geraint Parry, first author of Current Status of the Multinational Arabidopsis Community Current Position: GARNet Coordinator, Secretary Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Community, Director Arabidopsis Events UK Education: PhD Plant Science, University of Nottingham Non-scientific Interests:…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Pulkit Kanodia

Pulkit Kanodia, first author of Control of Translation during the Unfolded Protein Response in Maize seedlings: Life without PERKs Current Position: PhD candidate, Miller Lab, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University Education: Bachelor in Engineering with a major in…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Alexandra Jammer

Alexandra Jammer, first author of Early-stage sugar beet taproot development is characterised by three distinct physiological phases Current Position: I currently have two academic part-time jobs, working 75 % as a Lecturer at the University of Graz (Austria), and 25 % as a Postdoc researcher in a project…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Marianne C. Kramer

Marianne C. Kramer, first author of N6-methyladenosine and RNA secondary structure affect transcript stability and protein abundance during systemic salt stress in Arabidopsis Current Position: PhD Candidate in Cell and Molecular Biology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Education: B.S.…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Andries Temme

Andries Temme, first author of Element content and distribution has limited, tolerance metric dependent, impact on salinity tolerance in cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Current Position: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, USA Education: BSc…

Plant Direct Q&A with Judy Brusslan

What does your lab work on? My lab is interested in the regulation of leaf senescence (LS). As leaves sequentially age, they enter a regulated dismantling process that exports nutrients to growing and storage organs. Tell us about the key findings from your recent article in Plant Direct. We…