Zahir Ali, first author of CRISPR/Cas systems versus plant viruses: engineering plant immunity and beyond  Current Position: Research Scientist, Laboratory for Genome Engineering & Synthetic Biology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia  Education: Ph.D.…

Zachary Beamer, first author of Aquaporin Family Lactic Acid Channel NIP2;1 Promotes Plant Survival Under Low Oxygen Stress in Arabidopsis Current Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Education: BSc in Biological Sciences and Chemistry (University of Tennessee,…

Luca Morelli, first author of Light signals generated by vegetation shade facilitate acclimation to low light in shade-avoider plants Current Position: pre-doctoral fellow with prof. Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion at IBMCP research centre in Valencia Education: Master’s degree in Plant and Microbe…

Rameez Arshad, first author of Revealing the architecture of the photosynthetic apparatus in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana  Current Position: PhD candidate, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Palacky University Olomouc, Czechia Education: M.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics Non-scientific…

Simon Strobbe, first author of Metabolic engineering provides insight into the regulation of thiamin biosynthesis in plants Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher  at Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent University Education: PhD in Biology Ghent University; MSc.…

Aoyue Bi, first author of Stress memory gene FaHSP17.8-CII controls thermotolerance via remodeling PSII and ROS signaling in tall fescue   Current Position: PH. D. student in University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Education: 2010-2014…

Jonas Blomme, first author of A molecular toolkit for the green seaweed Ulva mutabilis Current Position: Postdoc in the Phycology Group (Olivier De Clerck; UGent) and Plant Genome Editing Group (Thomas Jacobs; VIB-UGent) Education: B. Sc and M. Sc. in Biology at UGent; PhD in the Systems Biology…

Francesca Resentini, first author of The signatures of organellar calcium and co-first author of Simultaneous imaging of ER and cytosolic Ca2+ dynamics reveals long-distance ER Ca2+ waves in plants Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Biosciences, University of Milan (Italy) Education:…