Topical Advisory Panel

Members

Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Interests: plant genome editing; agrobacterium-mediated transformation; small noncoding RNA; plant-microbe interactions
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Biozentrum der LMU München, Dept. Biologie I-Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münchendisabled, Munich, Germany
Interests: plant organellar gene expression; plant organellar RNA metabolism; plant RNA-binding proteins; abiotic stresses

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1. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Seville. Profesor García González Street 2, 41012 Seville, Spain
2. Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Cordoba (IMIBIC), 14004 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: phytochemicals; phenolic compounds; antioxidant; cancer; chemoprevention; olive oil
Agronomy College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
Interests: plant science; abiotic stress; heat stress; maize; RNA alternative splicing
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Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 850 Lincoln Road, Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7, Canada
Interests: genomics for improving potato processing quality; rapid screening and genome biology of potato tolerance to drought and nitrogen deficiency; characterization and regulation of potato somatic genome; enhancement of somatic variation for selecting new varieties; development of genomic and bioinformatic tools

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Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Interests: photosynthetic heat adaptation; mesophyll conductance; plant morpho-physiological interaction; plant stress physiology
Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong
Interests: cell signaling; epigenetics; post-translational modification proteomics and interactomics; molecular systems biology; biotechnology

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Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (FCA-UNCuyo), Almirante Brown 500, M5528AHB, Chacras de Coria, Mendoza 5507, Argentina
Interests: grape genetics and genomics; plant gene editing; grape climate change adaptation; grapevine intra-varietal diversity; noncoding RNA; anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation

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Department of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec. 1, Jiangou N. Rd., South Dist., Taichung City 40201, Taiwan
Interests: natural product pharmacology; plant-based bioactive; antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanism; metabolic syndrome
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Department of Horticulture and Biotechnology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan
Interests: stress physiology; plant breeding; horticultural biotechnology
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Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, 11529 Taipei, Taiwan
Interests: tissue culture; bamboo; chloroplast; CRISPR; protoplast regeneration
Southern Cross Plant Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
Interests: crop production and quality; sustainable farming; natural product chemistry; pharmacology
The University of Adelaide, Food and Wine, Adelaide, Australia
Interests: Improvement of cereal crops with enhanced stress tolerance, increased grain yield and high grain quality through epigenetics and SMARTER breeding techniques (Small RNA-Mediated Adaptation of Reproductive Targets in Epigenetic Regulation).
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Department of Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Technologies, University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, 119 Calea Aradului, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
Interests: plant physiology; abiotic stress in plants; biodiversity; metabolomics; biomass production; chlorophyll and proline content; active compounds; horticultural crops
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Institute of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Avenida de Los Naranjos Ed.8E, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Interests: plant growth regulation; stomatal regulation; photomorphogenesis; Potassium regulation; phytohormones,gibberellins; arabidopsis
Department of Subtropical Fruit Crops, Institute for Mediterranean and Subtropical Horticulture “La Mayora” (IHSM La Mayora – CSIC – UMA), Av. Dr. Wienberg s/n, Algarrobo-Costa, 29750 Málaga, Spain
Interests: anatomy; physiology; reproductive biology evolution
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1. Head of Biodiversity Change Group, Swiss NSF Ambizione Fellow, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
2. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Botany, Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Interests: biodiversity; ecological networks; plant interactions

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1. Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
2. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW 2753, Australia
Interests: tree ecophysiology; ecophysiology of alpine conifers; drought stress; plant water relations; plant hydraulics; tree mortality and forest decline
Department of Biology Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Interests: circadian rhythms; Brassica; quantitative genetics; plant breeding; molecular assisted breeding; genetics

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Unidad de Biología Integrativa, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán 97205, CP, Mexico
Interests: study the processes that trigger somatic embryogenesis; particularly the role of growth regulators; tools such as transcriptomics; proteomics; CRISPR editing; metabolomics
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Nature Research Centre, Vilniaus Universitetas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: natural product chemistry; phytochemicals; antioxidant activity; bioactivity; chromatography; herbal medicine; antibacterial activity; antibacterials; medicinal plants; medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry
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Biothermodynamics, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
Interests: Natural products; medicinal plants; phytochemistry; metabolite profiling; high-resolution mass spectrometry; downstream processing; liquid–liquid chromatography; centrifugal partition chromatography; countercurrent chromatography; anti-inflammatory; anticancer
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Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Interests: plants; ABA signaling; biotic and abiotic stress tolerance; plant physiology; stomata regulation and development; plant inhibitors; transcriptomics; protein engineering; proteomics; mass spectrometry

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Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Franje Kuhača 18, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: food technology; machine vision; novel foods; food byproducts; mathematical modeling and optimization; image analysis (food, beverage, dairy, plant, and grain crop quality)
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Depto. Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville, Spain
Interests: systematics; evolution; biogeography; cytogenetics; phylogeography; mediterranean; carex; cyperaceae; bipolar; RADseq; HybSeq

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School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongbuk 38541, Republic of Korea
Interests: electrochemistry and materials science; polymers and energy materials; phytochemicals; plant biochemistry; foods
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1. Department of Agriculture and Nutrition, Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, K. Hugues 8, 52440 Poreč, Croatia
2. Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding, Svetošimunska 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: Allium extracts; vegetable production; food chemistry; bioactive properties; volatile compounds; multivariate data analysis; sensory profile; food and nutrition
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Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
Interests: dynamics of trace elements in agricultural environment; hazardous metals; soil remediation; soil chemistry

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College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management at University of Hawaii (UH), 113 Nowelo St, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
Interests: horticulture; hydroponics; nematology and integrated pest management
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