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Li-jie Zhou: Plant Physiology First Author

Li-jie Zhou, co-first author of "Transcription factor CmbHLH16 regulates petal anthocyanin homeostasis under different lights in Chrysanthemum" Current Position: Lecturer, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China. Education: Ph.D. in Agriculture (2018),…

Benjamin Spears: Plant Physiology First Author

Benjamin Spears, first author of "Class I TCP transcription factor AtTCP8 modulates key brassinosteroid-responsive genes" Current Position: Assistant Professor- Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University Education: Postdoctoral associate- University of Missouri, PhD in plant, insect,…

Pedro Humberto Castro: Plant Physiology First Author

Pedro Humberto Castro, first author of "SUMO E3 Ligase SIZ1 connects sumoylation and reactive oxygen species homeostasis processes in Arabidopsis" Current Position: Researcher at the PlantBio group, BIOPOLIS-CIBIO/InBIO, University of Porto, Portugal. Education: Ph.D. in Biology, University of…

Zhongfu Yang: Plant Physiology First Author

Zhongfu Yang, first author of "DNA hypermethylation promotes the flowering of orchardgrass during vernalization" Current Position: PhD student, Sichuan Agricultural University Education: Jilin Agricultural University (Bachelor) Non-scientific Interests: Badminton and travel Brief bio: In…

Qing Zhou: Plant Physiology First Author

Qing Zhou, first author of “Heat shock-induced failure of meiosis I to meiosis II transition leads to 2n pollen formation in a woody plant" Current Position: PhD candidate, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, China Education: Shenyang Agricultural University…

Zahra Zangishei: Plant Physiology First Author

Zahra Zangishei, co-first author of "Parasitic plant small RNA analyses unveil parasite-specific signatures of microRNA retention, loss, and gain" Current Position: PhD student, Institute of Biological Data Science, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany. Education: Msc of Agriculture Biotechnology,…

María Luz Annacondia López: Plant Physiology First Author

María Luz Annacondia López, co-first author of "Parasitic plant small RNA analyses unveil parasite-specific signatures of microRNA retention, loss, and gain" Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen (Denmark) Education:…

About Life and Science: An Interview with Plant Physiology Monitoring Editor Prof. Christian Fankhauser, PhD

By Jathish Ponnu, PhD, Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor Prof. Christian Fankhauser is an eminent photobiologist passionate about phototropism and shade avoidance in plants. He works at the Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland and has served as a Monitoring…

Hongtao Tian: Plant Physiology First Author

Hongtao Tian, first author of “KARRIKIN UPREGULATED F-BOX 1 negatively regulates drought resistance in Arabidopsis” Current Position: State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology Henan University, Postgraduate Laboratory assistant in Zhejiang University School of Medicine, July, 2022, Education:…