Recognizing Plant Physiology first authors: Aigerim Soltabayeva

Aigerim Soltabayeva, first author of Early senescence in the older leaves of low nitrate grown Atxdh1 mutant uncovers a role for purine catabolism in N supply

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Biology Department in the School of Science and Technology at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Education: Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University, Israel

Non-scientific Interests: Tennis, running, painting

Brief bio: I graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Biology with a major in Genetics, under the supervision of Prof. Tatiana Ezhova. I have recently (September 2017) finalized my PhD at Ben-Gurion University (Israel) under the supervision of Prof. Moshe Sagi and continued as a short-term Postdoctoral Fellow (August 2018) in his laboratory, to summarize the papers that are the outcome of my PhD. Currently, I am acting as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Biology Department in the School of Science and Technology, at Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.