Yuanlong Liu, first author of Phased, Secondary, Small  Interfering RNAs (phasiRNAs) in Plants: Their Biogenesis, Genic Sources, and Roles in Stress Responses, Development, and Reproduction Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Horticulture College, South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou,…

Matthias Riediger, first author of Analysis of a photosynthetic cyanobacterium rich in internal membrane systems via gradient profiling by sequencing (Grad-seq) Current Position: Post-Doc, Laboratory of Genetics & Experimental Bioinformatics, Institute of Biology III, University of Freiburg, Germany Education:…

Juan Zhang, co-first author of Interdependent evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters for momilactone production in rice Current Position: Postdoc in China Agriculture University; Incoming Associate Professor in the School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology…

Naoki Kitaoka, co-first author of Interdependent evolution of biosynthetic gene clusters for momilactone production in rice Current Position: Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University Education: PhD, Hokkaido University Non-scientific Interests: Kayaking and jogging Brief bio: I started my…

Dongbo Shi, first author of Tissue-specific transcriptome profiling of the Arabidopsis inflorescence stem reveals local cellular signatures Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Germany Education: PhD in Life Science from Kyoto University…

Akira Yoshinari, first author of Transport-coupled ubiquitination of a borate transporter BOR1 for its boron-dependent degradation Current Position: Postdoc, Institute of Transformative Biomolecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University Education: Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Japan; bachelor degree, Tohoku…

Jiao Zhan, first author of Inverse regulation of light harvesting and photoprotection mediated by a 3' end-derived sRNA in cyanobacteria Current Position:  Assistant researcher, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Education: Ph.D., Genetics, University of Chinese Academy of…

Masaomi Yamamrua, co-first author of Seed-coat Protective Neolignans are Produced by the Dirigent Protein AtDP1 and the Laccase AtLAC5 in Arabidopsis Current Position: Specially appointed assistant professor, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University Education: Ph.D.…