Plant Physiology

Liza Esther Alexander, first author of Maize Glossy2 and Glossy2-like Genes Have Overlapping and Distinct Functions in Cuticular Lipid Deposition Current Position: Bioscience Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow, Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University Education:…

Nat Graham, first author of Plant genome editing and the relevance of off-target changes Current Position: Molecular Biology Scientist at Pairwise – Durham, North Carolina, USA Education: Ph.D. in Biology, University of Missouri - Columbia Non-scientific Interests: brewing beer, cooking, hiking Brief…

Chenyong Miao, first author of Increased power and accuracy of causal locus identification in time-series genome-wide association in sorghum Current Position: PhD candidate in the Schnable lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Education: Ph.D. in Agronomy (in progress ) at the University…

Matthew Neubauer, first author of Loss of the Arabidopsis Acetyltransferase NAA50 Induces ER Stress and Immune Responses and Suppresses Growth Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University Education: B.S., Biology, Loyola University…

Laura Armbruster, first author of NAA50 is an enzymatically active Nα-acetyltransferase that is crucial for development and regulation of stress responses Current Position: PhD Candidate, Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, Germany Education: M.Sc. in Molecular Biotechnology…

Maxwell Ware, first author of A Chlorophyte alga utilizes alternative electron transport for primary photoprotection Current position: Post-doctoral fellow at Colorado State University Education: M.Sci in Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham (UK); PhD in Biological and Chemical Sciences,…

Nutrient amendment experiments suggest that B12 limits phytoplankton growth in many aquatic ecosystems.  Eukaryotic algae cannot synthesize B12 and must instead obtain it from certain B12-producing prokaryotes. In many algae, B12 is required as a cofactor for the B12-dependent Met synthase enzyme (METH),…

Plant small secreted peptides (SSPs) have emerged as an important class of regulatory molecules involved in plant growth, development, plant-microbe interactions, and stress tolerance. SSPs are typically encoded within preproteins of 100–250 amino acids, that are subsequently processed into shorter…