Thorsten Knipfer, first author of Spatiotemporal coupling of vessel cavitation and discharge of stored xylem water in a tree sapling Current Position: Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis Education: PhD Non-scientific Interests: Nature and Sports Brief…

Lili Zhang, first author of SEED CAROTENOID DEFICIENT Functions in Isoprenoid Biosynthesis via the Plastid MEP Pathway Current Position: Technician, State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests in the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Education: 2010.9-…

Yan Bao, first author of A functional unfolded protein response is required for normal vegetative development in Arabidopsis Name: Yan Bao Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher Associate, Michigan State University Education: PhD, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology & Ecology, Chinese…

Yu-Lan Zhang, first author of Protein phosphatase 2A B'α and B'β protect the centromeric cohesion during meiosis I Current Position: Ph.D. student inInstitution of Molecular and Cell Biology, Hebei Normal University, Hebei, China Educations: 2011-2019, Ph. D. Institution of Molecular and Cell Biology,…

Josiah Musembi Mutuku, first author of The structural integrity of lignin is crucial for resistance against Striga hermonthica parasitism in rice Current Position: Plant Molecular Biologist Education: Ph.D. Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Japan Non-scientific Interests: Playing tennis,…

Yijuan Han, First author of A Magnaporthe Chitinase Interacts with a Rice Jacalin-related Lectin to Promote Host Colonization Current Position: Assistant professor, Institute of Oceanology, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China. Education: PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fujian Agriculture…

Elsa Matthus, first author of Phosphate starvation alters abiotic stress-induced cytosolic free calcium increases in Arabidopsis roots Current Position: PhD student, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge (UK) Education: University of Bayreuth, group of Stephan Clemens (B.Sc.), University of Bonn,…

Junsik Choi, first author of Loss of CRWN nuclear proteins induces cell death and salicylic acid defense signaling Current Position: Ph.D. student in Section of Plant Biology at Cornell University Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University (expected May 2019);…