Gaochao Cai, first author of "Soil textures rather than root hairs dominate water uptake and soil-plant hydraulics under drought" Current Position: Postdoctoral scientist, Chair of Soil Physics, University of Bayreuth, Germany Education: PhD in Soil hydrology, Forschungszentrum Jülich / University…

Karel Müller, first author of DIOXYGENASE FOR AUXIN OXIDATION 1 catalyzes the oxidation of IAA Amino Acid Conjugates Current Position Scientist, Laboratory of Hormonal Regulations in Plants, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences Education Diploma in genetics and…

Neha Rai, first author of "Perception of solar UV radiation by plants: photoreceptors and mechanisms" Current Position: Post Doc in Prof. Roman Ulm’s lab at the Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Education: Ph.D. in Plant Biology, University of…

Minjie Qian, first author of "Downsizing in plants - UV light induces pronounced morphological changes in the absence of stress" Current Position:  Lecturer, Hainan University, China Education: PhD in Pomology at Zhejiang University, China; joint training PhD in biochemistry at Örebro University,…

Laura Gonçalves Costa Martins, co-first author of "A plant-specific syntaxin-6 protein contributes to the intracytoplasmic route for the begomovirus CabLCV" Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Biotechnological Institute Applied to Agriculture/ Bioagro, Universidade Federal de Viçosa,…

Bianca Castro Gouveia-Mageste, co-first author of "A plant-specific syntaxin-6 protein contributes to the intracytoplasmic route for the begomovirus CabLCV" Current position: Assistant Researcher in the Universidade Federal de Viçosa Education: Ph.D. and M.S. in Genetics and Breeding, B.S. in…

Yuanpeng Xu first author of "Phytophthora sojae apoplastic effector AEP1 mediates sugar uptake by mutarotation of extracellular aldose and is recognized as a MAMP" Current Position: PhD candidate. Wang Yuanchao’s group in Nanjing Agricultural University. Education: 2011-2015, Nanjing Agricultural…

Ji-Yun Kim, first author of "Cellular export of sugars and amino acids: Role in feeding other cells and organisms" Current Position:  Group leader at the Institute of Molecular Physiology, Heinrich Heine University (HHU), Düsseldorf Education: BS/MS/Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at Seoul National…