Category: Plant Physiology

Laura Arribas-Hernández, first author of Occurrence and functions of m6A and other covalent modifications in plant mRNA Current Position:  Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Copenhagen Education: PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen (2015), BS and MS in Biology at Universidad…

The yield of key food crops (i.e., wheat [Triticum aestivum], rice [Oryza sativa], maize [Zea mays], and sorghum [Sorghum biocolor]) relies on their production of seeds, while the propagation of almost all crops is seed-dependent. Seed set in turn relies on the production of flowers containing the male…

Adrien Heymans, first author of GRANAR, a computational tool to better understand the functional importance of monocotyledon root anatomy Current Position: PhD Student at the Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium Education: Master degree in Bioengineering, agricultural sciences, UCLouvain,…

Xue-Rong Zhou, first author of Reorganization of acyl flux through the lipid metabolic network in oil-accumulating tobacco leaves Current Position: Senior Principal Research Scientist Education: Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; M.Sc. in Molecular Genetics, Shanghai…

Duorong Xu, first author of VENOSA4, a human dNTPase SAMHD1 homolog, contributes to chloroplast development and abiotic stress tolerance Current Position: PhD candidate in the group of PD Dr. Tatjana Kleine, Leister lab, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany Education: M.S. in Cell Biology,…

Naomi Cox, first author of A novel upstream regulator of trichome development inhibitors Current Position: PhD Candidate in Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Sheffield, UK and Visiting PhD Scholar at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), The Philippines Education: MBiolSci…

Alecia Biel, first author of A role for plant KASH proteins in regulating stomatal dynamics Current Position: PhD student, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH Education: BS in Biology at Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA Non-scientific Interests: reading sci/fi fantasy novels,…

Weibing Yang, first author of Visualization of Protein Coding, Long Non-coding and Nuclear RNAs by FISH in Sections of Shoot Apical Meristems and Developing Flowers Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, UK Education: Ph.D. in Genetics (Institute…