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Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Robyn Roberts

Robyn Roberts, first author of Molecular characterization of differences between the tomato immune receptors Flagellin sensing 3 and Flagellin sensing 2 Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute. Starting in August 2020 I will be an Assistant Professor at Colorado State…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Jishan Jiang

Jishan Jiang, first author of Retrograde induction of phyB orchestrates ethylene-auxin hierarchy to regulate growth Current Position: Candidate for a tenure track faculty position, college of Grassland Science and Technology at China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Education: Ph.D; Forage…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Michael Taleski

Michael Taleski, first author of The peptide hormone receptor CEPR1 functions in the reproductive tissue to control seed size and yield Current Position: PhD Candidate in the Djordjevic Lab, Australian National University (ANU), Division of Plant Sciences Education: B Science (Advanced) (Honours),…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Junhua Kong

Junhua Kong, co-first author of METHYLTRANSFERASE1 and ripening modulate vivipary during tomato fruit development Current Position: Research Assistant, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Education: PhD from University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; MSc from Hangzhou…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Weiwei Chen

Weiwei Chen, co-first author of METHYLTRANSFERASE1 and ripening modulate vivipary during tomato fruit development Current Position: Associate Professor, Research Centre for Plant RNA Signaling and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, College…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Mengqin Yao

Mengqin Yao, co-first author of METHYLTRANSFERASE1 and ripening modulate vivipary during tomato fruit development Current Position: MSc student, Research Centre for Plant RNA Signaling and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, College of…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Shinichiro Komaki

Shinichiro Komaki, first author of Functional analysis of the plant chromosomal passenger complex Current Position: Assistant Professor, Division of Biological Science, NAIST, Japan Education: Ph.D., Bioscience, NAIST, Japan Non-scientific Interests: listening to music, finding clover mutants Brief…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Liza Esther Alexander

Liza Esther Alexander, first author of Maize Glossy2 and Glossy2-like Genes Have Overlapping and Distinct Functions in Cuticular Lipid Deposition Current Position: Bioscience Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow, Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University Education:…

Recognizing Plant Physiology authors: Nat Graham

Nat Graham, first author of Plant genome editing and the relevance of off-target changes Current Position: Molecular Biology Scientist at Pairwise – Durham, North Carolina, USA Education: Ph.D. in Biology, University of Missouri - Columbia Non-scientific Interests: brewing beer, cooking, hiking Brief…