Hiroaki Fujii Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated abscisic acid signaling through biochemical reconstitution, testing which molecular components can reproduce a response outside an intact plant.[ref]
Hume Stroud Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated the contribution of non-CG DNA methylation to the epigenetic landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana.[ref]
James E. Watkins Jr Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated desiccation tolerance in tropical fern gametophytes, linking a free-living life stage to ecological and evolutionary differences.[ref]
Javier Gallego-Bartolomé Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated targeted DNA demethylation as a form of epigenome editing in Arabidopsis thaliana.[ref]
Johannes Kromdijk Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated how faster relaxation of photoprotection can improve photosynthesis and crop productivity in fluctuating light.[ref]
Jörn Lämke Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated somatic stress memory, relating transient HSFA2 activity to persistent chromatin changes after heat exposure.[ref]
Kai-Uwe Winter Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who tested the function of a gymnosperm floral-gene relative by expressing it in Arabidopsis thaliana.[ref]
Keiko Sakakibara Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who studied how KNOX2 genes regulate the morphological transition between haploid and diploid generations in land plants.[ref]
Keith Earley Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated histone deacetylation and nucleolar dominance, linking chromatin regulation to selective silencing of parental ribosomal genes.[ref]
Kirsten Bomblies Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who studied hybrid necrosis caused by inappropriate immune activation, connecting plant immunity to incompatibility between genetic backgrounds.[ref]
Figure 1.
Portrait of Kirsten Bomblies
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Kohki Akiyama Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who studied root-derived chemical signals that induce fungal branching during establishment of arbuscular mycorrhiza.[ref]
Laurent Corbesier Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated long-distance flowering signals, including movement of FT protein from tissues in which it is produced.[ref]
Leandro Quadrana Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated epialleles associated with vitamin E accumulation in tomato fruits.[ref]
Leïla Tirichine Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who studied symbiotic signaling, showing that altered kinase regulation can produce spontaneous root nodule development.[ref]
Meilina Ong-Abdullah Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who studied the Karma epiallele and its association with the mantled form of oil palm, connecting DNA methylation to an agricultural phenotype.[ref]
Michael F. Covington Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who studied how the circadian clock changes auxin signaling and growth responses in Arabidopsis thaliana.[ref]
Michael W. Frohlich Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who coauthored a theory connecting the evolutionary origin of the flower to developmental genes and fossil evidence.[ref]
Miguel de Lucas Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated how light and gibberellin regulation converge on the control of cell elongation.[ref]
Min Chen Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated how maternal temperature history, FLOWERING LOCUS T activity and progeny seed dormancy are connected.[ref]
Pedro Crevillén Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A botanist who investigated resetting of the vernalization state between generations, distinguishing within-life memory from epigenetic inheritance.[ref]