Jiaqi Wang, first author of “A common whole-genome paleotetraploidization in Cucurbitales” Current Position: Master degree candidate, School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology (NCST), Tangshan, Hebei, China Education: B.S. in Bioinformatics, NCST Non-scientific…

Amy Ny Aina Aritsara, first author of "Divergent leaf and fine root “pressure-volume relationships” across habitats with varying water availability" Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Guangxi University, China Education: Ph.D. in Ecology Non-Scientific Interests: Music, walking, riding,…

Nicolas Reynoud, first author of "The cutin polymer matrix undergoes a fine architectural tuning from early tomato fruit development to ripening" Current Position: PhD student in Plant biochemistry,  French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Nantes, France. Education: Master in plant…

Zheni Xie, first author of "STRONG STAYGREEN inhibits DNA binding of PvNAP transcription factors during leaf senescence in switchgrass"  Current Position: Looking for a job Education background: 2010.09-2014.06 Hebei Agricultural University (Bachelor ); 2014.09-2021.12 Nanjing Agricultural…

Jiajia He, first author of “ECERIFERUM1-6A is required for the synthesis of cuticular wax alkanes and promotes drought tolerance in wheat” Current Position: Master Student, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China Education: Northwest A&F University (Bachelor); Northwest A&F University…

Hui Tian, first author of “Fungal dual-domain LysM effectors undergo chitin-induced intermolecular, and not intramolecular, dimerization” Current Position: Post-doctoral researcher, University of Cologne, Germany Education:  MSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nanjing Agricultural University,…

Jie He, first author of “The trans-Golgi-localized protein BICAT3 regulates manganese allocation and matrix polysaccharide biosynthesis” Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg,…

Pavol Vadovič, co-first author of "Knockout of MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3 causes barley root resistance against Fusarium graminearu" Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic. Education: Ph.D.…