Rui Xu: The Plant Cell First Author

Rui Xu, co-first author of “The tomato OST1-VOZ1 module regulates drought-mediated flowering”

Current Position: PhD student, Henan University, China

Education: B.S., Henan Agriculture University, China

M.S., Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, China

Non-scientific Interests: food and animals

Brief bio: During my master’s degree at the Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science (2016-2019), I worked on a research project that aimed to identify the QTL loci associated with salt tolerance in wild rice. I then joined Professor Yingfang Zhu’s research group at Henan University in 2020 for my PhD. My very first project with Professor Zhu was to investigate the underlying mechanism of the tomato SlOST1 -SlVOZ1 module in regulating drought response and flowering. In the future, I hope to study the mechanism of how the tomato SlOST1 kinase regulates its growth and development.

姓名：许睿

职位：河南大学，在读博士研究生

学历：河南农业大学本科，中国农科院作科所硕士，河南大学博士在读

兴趣爱好：美食，小动物

个人简介：

（2016-2019）年硕士期间在中国农科院作科所（杨庆文研究员），主要课题是定位野生稻耐盐的QTL位点；2020年进入河南大学祝英方老师课题组攻读博士学位后，我主要研究番茄激酶SlOST1-SlVOZ1模块调节干旱应答和开花的机制。未来我希望能够继续研究番茄SlOST1激酶在调节生长发育的分子机制。