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Liguo Jia: Plant Direct First Author

Liguo Jia, first author of "Potato tuber degradation is regulated by carbohydrate metabolism: Results of transcriptomic analysis" Current Position: Associate professor at College of Agronomy, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Huhhot, China. Education: PhD (Plant Biology) in HongKong Baptist…

Mohammed Abu-Dieyeh: Plant Direct First Author

Mohammed Abu-Dieyeh, first author of "Biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in plant roots and rhizosphere soil from different arid land environment of Qatar" Current Position: Acting Department Head, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Qatar University. Education: B.Sc.…

Kishwar Ali: Plant Direct First Author

Kishwar Ali, first author of "Which factor explains the life-history of Xanthium strumarium L., an aggressive alien invasive plant species, along its altitudinal gradient?" Current Position: Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D., M.S., M.S.c., B.S.c., QTLS Non-scientific Interests: Swimming and…

Bryce Askey: Plant Direct Author Profile

Bryce Askey, first author of "Metabolite profiling reveals organ‐specific flavone accumulation in Scutellaria and identifies a scutellarin isomer isoscutellarein 8‐O‐β‐glucuronopyranoside" Current Position: PhD student at Cornell University Education: B.S. in Horticultural Science (University…

Mai Duy Luu Trinh: Plant Direct First Author

Mai Duy Luu Trinh, first author of "Lack of plastid-encoded Ycf10, a homolog of the nuclear-encoded DLDG1 and the cyanobacterial PxcA, enhances the induction of non-photochemical quenching in tobacco" Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Education: Doctor…

Elena Andrea Pelech: Plant Direct First Author

Elena Andrea Pelech, first author of "Photosynthesis, yield, energy balance, and water-use of intercropped maize and soybean" Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher Education: PhD. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA; BSc University of Essex, UK Non-scientific Interests: Mythology,…

Stephen Deslauriers: Plant Direct First Author

Stephen Deslauriers, first author of "Electrophysiological study of Arabidopsis ABCB4 and PIN2 auxin transporters: Evidence of auxin activation and interaction enhancing auxin selectivity" Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Minnesota Morris Education: B.S. Biology (University…

Meng-Rong Chuang: Plant Direct First Author

Meng-Rong Chuang, first author of "Chloroplast import of an intermembrane space protein is facilitated by translocon components Toc75 and Tic236" Current Position: Research Assistant at Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Education: MS in Institute of…

Linkan Dash: Plant Direct First Author

Linkan Dash, first author of "slim shady is a novel allele of PHYTOCHROME B present in the T-DNA line SALK_015201" Current Position: PhD student of Dr. Dior Kelley, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University Education: Masters and Bachelors in Biology (National…