Category: Plant Physiology

Sunil Kenchanmane Raju, first author of "DNA methylation signatures of duplicate gene evolution in angiosperms"  Current Position: Postdoc, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University Education:  Ph.D. University of Nebraska – Lincoln Non-scientific Interests: Playing badminton,…

Xiaoyu Weng, first author of “Transcriptome and DNA methylome divergence of inflorescence development between two ecotypes in Panicum hallii” Current Position: Research Associate, University of Texas at Austin, USA Education: Ph.D., Huazhong Agricultural University, China Non-scientific…

Maria Sorkin, first author of "COLD REGULATED GENE 27 and 28 Antagonize the Transcriptional Activity of the RVE8/LNK1/LNK2 Circadian Complex" Current Position: Organism Engineer at Ginkgo Bioworks Education: BA-Kenyon College, PhD-Washington University in St. Louis Non-scientific Interests:…

Chaofan Chen, first author of "Multi-copper oxidases SKU5 and SKS1 coordinate cell wall formation using apoplastic redox-based reactions in roots" Education: Yangzhou university (B.S); Fujian agriculture and forestry university (Ph.D) Non-scientific Interests: Calligraphy，Badminton Brief…

Takatoshi Kiba, first author of "The trans-zeatin-type side-chain modification of cytokinins controls rice growth" Current Position:  Associate Professor (Nagoya University, Japan) Education: PhD in Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya university Non-scientific Interests:  Fishing Brief…

Shugang Hui, first author of "Rice microRNA156/529-SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE7/14/17 modules regulate defenses against bacteria" Current Position: Postdoc, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong…

Hongtao Zhang, first author of "XAP5 CIRCADIAN TIMEKEEPER regulates RNA splicing and the circadian clock by genetically separable pathways" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in Plant Biology, University of California, Davis Education: 2014 - 2018, B.S. in Biological Science, Peking University Non-scientific…

Nicholas Karavolias, first author of "Paralog editing tunes rice stomatal density to maintain photosynthesis and improve drought tolerance" Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, UC Berkeley Education: Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in Agricultural Sciences with a minor in plant breeding. Non-scientific…