Plant Physiology: Author Profiles

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…

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…

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…

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…

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:…

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…

Chenyong Miao, first author of Increased power and accuracy of causal locus identification in time-series genome-wide association in sorghum Current Position: PhD candidate in the Schnable lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Education: Ph.D. in Agronomy (in progress ) at the University…

Matthew Neubauer, first author of Loss of the Arabidopsis Acetyltransferase NAA50 Induces ER Stress and Immune Responses and Suppresses Growth Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University Education: B.S., Biology, Loyola University…