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Shakirah Nakasagga: Plant Direct Author

Shakirah Nakasagga, first author of "Genetic variation in hydrogen cyanide potential of perennial sorghum evaluated by colorimetry" Current Position: Instructor, Southeast Missouri State University Education: Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from Texas A & M University Non-scientific Interests: Cooking,…

Bhuvan Pathak: Plant Direct First Author

Bhuvan Pathak, co-first author of "Phenotypic and transcriptomic analysis reveals early stress responses in transgenic rice expressing Arabidopsis DREB1a" Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biological and Life Sciences Division, School of Arts and Sciences, Ahmedabad University, Gujarat, India Education:…

Yasmin Vasques Berchembrock: Plant Direct Author

Yasmin Vasques Berchembrock, co-first author of "Phenotypic and transcriptomic analysis reveals early stress responses in transgenic rice expressing Arabidopsis DREB1a" Current Position: PhD in Genetic and Plant Breeding Education: PhD in Genetic and Plant Breeding and MSc in Genetic and Plant…

Drew Harner: Plant Direct First Author

Drew Harner, first author of "Prolonged phloem feeding by the spotted lanternfly, an invasive planthopper, alters resource allocation and inhibits gas exchange in grapevines" Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA Education: Ph.D. at Penn State University,…

Kevin Cox: Plant Direct First Author

Kevin Cox, first author of "Automated imaging of duckweed growth and development" Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO Education: B.S. from University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO; Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, College…

Shengming Yang: Plant Direct First Author

Shengming Yang, first author of "A SQUAMOSA promoter binding protein-like transcription factor controls crop ideotype for high productivity in barley" Current Position: Research Geneticist in USDA-ARS Education: B.S. from Shandong Agricultural University, China; M.S. from Shandong Agricultural…

Enzo Ariel Perk: Plant Direct First Author

Enzo Ariel Perk, co-first author of "The isothiocyanate sulforaphane induces respiratory burst oxidase homologue D-dependent reactive oxygen species production and regulates expression of stress response genes" Current Position: PhD student in IIB Mar del Plata. Education: PhD student in  Biological…

Bandana Bhusal: Plant Direct First Author

Bandana Bhusal, first author of "Efficient Fluorescence-Based Localization Technique for Real-Time Tracking Endophytes Route in Host-Plants Colonization" Current Position: PhD in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Iowa State University Education: Master’s in Plant Science from Tennessee…