Meet the Cell Press editors
Authors who submit abstracts to the Cell Symposia: Towards sustainable agriculture: Genomics, bioengineering, and smart technologies, will have the opportunity for one-on-one interactions with our Cell Press editors in Sanya, China.
Interested? Book a meeting here.
Yuli Ding, Scientific editor, Developmental Cell
Yuli obtained her Ph.D. in the Botany Department at The University of British Columbia in Canada, working on plant immune signalling and plant defence hormone, salicylic acid. She then moved to the John Innes Centre in UK as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow, investigating fruit development to improve crop yield. Yuli joined Cell Press in 2022 as a scientific editor for the interdisciplinary journal iScience and moved to Developmental Cell in 2024.
Email: y.ding@cell.com
Matthew J. Pavlovich, Editor-in-chief, Trends in Biotechnology
Trends in Biotechnology is all about innovation that integrates biology with cutting-edge technology. Safeguarding and expanding the global food supply is a major challenge that will require solutions from a wide range of disciplines. I am excited to learn from our world-class group of speakers how technologies from omics and bioengineering to robotics and nanotech can come together to promote more resilient and sustainable agriculture.
Yang Yang, Scientific Editor, Cell
At this conference, we will have the opportunity to engage with plant scientists working in genomics, plant-microbe interactions, and stress responses. Additionally, we can learn from leaders in emerging technologies such as single-cell analysis, artificial intelligence, and synthetic biology. I am especially looking forward to fostering in-depth collaboration between industry leaders in agriculture and basic researchers, creating a broader platform for future advancements in plant science and agriculture.
Anne Knowlton, Senior scientific editor, Current Biology
Cell Symposia offer a great opportunity to join discussions with brightest minds in the life sciences, fostering an inspiring environment for cutting-edge research, innovative ideas, and meaningful scientific collaboration. I am looking forward to attending this first-of-its-kind Cell Symposium, which covers topics crucial to feeding our growing population.
Feijie Wu, Scientific editor, Cell Reports
Feijie graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Zhejiang University. She received her Ph.D. degree in Genetics from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and did postdoc at Leister University, United Kingdom. She joined Cell Press in March 2021 as a scientific editor at Cell Reports.
Email: fwu@cell.com
Shanshan Zhang, Scientific editor, One Earth
Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth ignited Shanshan’s concern over environmental issues. After pursuing an MSc in environmental economics and management and a PhD in energy economics at Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Uppsala, Sweden, she became an assistant professor specializing in energy and climate policy at Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China. Shanshan’s ever-growing interest in socio-climate topics and a desire to promote transformative studies to address Earth’s most pressing challenges guided her to an editorial career with One Earth. With a background deeply rooted in social science, she appreciates the importance of societal behavior and recognizes the value of cross-disciplinary research when seeking co-benefits from environmental, economic, and social development.
Email: s.zhang.1@cell.com
X (formerly Twitter): @SShanZhang
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