Category: Plant Physiology

Yuval Milrad, first author of Bi-directional electron transfer between H2 and NADPH mitigates the response to light fluctuations in green algae Current Position: Post-Doc position in the 'Yacoby Lab for Renewable Energy Studies' at Tel-Aviv University. Education: PhD in Biotechnology from Tel-Aviv…

Aleksandr Gavrin, first author of Soybean Yellow Stripe-like 7 is a symbiosome membrane peptide transporter important for nitrogen fixation Current Position: Postdoctoral research associate, Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, UK. Education: PhD in Plant Molecular Biology, Wageningen University,…

Qianqian Guo, Transcription-associated metabolomic adjustments in maize occur during combined drought and cold stress In this paper, we characterize transcriptome and metabolite profiles of maize plants under single and combined drought and cold stresses, and reveal an ABA-dependent maize acclimation…

Joel Masanga first author of Physiological and ecological warnings that dodders pose an exigent threat to farmlands in Eastern Africa Current position; PhD Candidate in Prof. Steven Runo’s group, and Lab Manager (Plant Transformation Laboratory) at the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and…

Martin Bouda, first author of Xylem network connectivity and embolism spread in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences Education: PhD Yale University, School of the Environment, New Haven, CT; BA University of Pennsylvania,…

Jay Wason, first author of Xylem network connectivity and embolism spread in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Current Position: Assistant Professor at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources Education: PhD State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse,…

Xi Gu, first author of Plasma Membrane Phylloquinone Biosynthesis in Nonphotosynthetic Parasitic Plants Current Position: Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at Bayer Crop Science, Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Education: Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, M.S. in Statistics, The University of Georgia,…

Huajin Sheng, first author of YSL3-mediated copper distribution is required for fertility, seed size and protein accumulation in Brachypodium Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Global Institute for Food Security, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Education: Ph.D. in Botany, Triticeae Research…