Common names
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Brewer's Yeast
Kept a vial of radium next to her bed as a nightlight.
Who is Marie Currie?
Grew up on a farm with windmills.
Who is Johannes?
Paper presented the first tissue-specific transcriptomic analysis of stress responses in plants.
What is Dinneny et al.
This gene was cloned in the Benfey lab and is necessary for endodermal identity.
What is SHORTROOT?
Arabidopsis thaliana
Mouse-eared Cress
Avoided eating legumes and went so far as to forbid their followers from eating them as well.
Pythagoras
Their first name is actually Ramon.
Who is Jose?
Paper showed that endodermal ABA signaling regulates lateral root growth under salt stress conditions.
What is Duan et al.
The mutant of this gene was named after a poisonous snake and affects cell wall organization.
What is COBRA?
Sequoia sempervirens
Coast Redwood
Recorded many of his best ideas backwards in mirror image cursive.
Leonado Da Vinci
Accidentally gave her mother a t-shirt with Shawn Mendes all over it.
Who is Jenn?
Paper showed that auxin responses in the root tip are organized into a maxima.
Sabatini et al.
The mutant of this gene lacks stamens and carpels.
What is AGAMOUS?
Quercus agrifolia
Coast Live Oak
Poked himself in the eye with a needle on purpose while studying optics.
Sir Issac Newton
Grew up in the third most densely populated country in the world.
Who is Andrea?
First paper to present the complete ABC model of floral patterning for Arabidopsis and Snapdragon
What is Coen and Meyerowitz?
This gene was initially called CARPEL FACTORY, but is now known for its function in cutting double stranded RNAs.
What is DICER-LIKE 1.
Helianthus annuus
Sunflower
When not looking at the starts, kept a pet elk who loved to imbibe just as much as he did.
Tycho Brahe
Is a poet who knows it.
Who is Carin Ragland?
This paper established the floral dip transformation method.
What is Clough and Bent?
KNOTTED