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Building climate-resilient crops: genetic, environmental, and technological strategies for heat and drought stress tolerance This review examines the environmental and genetic factors that contribute to heat and drought stress tolerance in crops. It also assesses the limitations

A new review article from @msupri.bsky.social scientists with collaboration from ag industry colleagues. Building climate-resilient crops: genetic, environmental, and technological strategies for heat and drought stress tolerance url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...

We are now 14 members! Join us!

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Meet the speakers of the very first inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Tuesday, Nov 18! 💧

To Learn More about the symposium: walii.science/virtual-symp...

To Learn More about Dr. Mariana Silva Artur: www.mariana-artur.com

@marianasartur.bsky.social

🎉 Congrats to Daisuke Todaka, Motoaki Seki, Kenji Miura, & colleagues on their new paper in Scientific Reports!

4-CPA & ethanol boost tomato growth, fruit quality, & heat tolerance — advancing C-SPIRIT’s mission for sustainable, resilient agriculture. 🌱🍅

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#plantscience

Upcoming C-SPIRIT team member talk! Director of the Plant Resilience Institute & C-SPIRIT Michigan State University Dr. Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee Talk Title: Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork (C-SPIRIT) Tuesday, October 21st 6:30 - 7:15 pm CT Learn more!

C-SPIRIT’s Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) is giving a keynote at the XXI SMB Plant Biology Congress! 🌱
🗓️ Oct 21 | 6:30-7:15 pm CT
💬 Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork

See more: smbplant.quimica.unam.mx
#PlantScience

I am so excited to have Chris join the PRI. Chris is one of the most creative scientists I know and I can't wait to be able to collaborate and synergize with him and his group at MSU!

Open rank faculty positions available at MSU Plant Resilience Institute. Apply online at: https://tinyurl.com/yy2kvt3n

Only 10 days left to apply to the MSU Plant Resilience Institute for a faculty position.We're looking for 1 junior and 1 senior faculty. Applications submitted after 10/15 cannot be considered. Join us! It's a very collaborative, fun, innovative group of plant biologists. Apply at: lnkd.in/eRyDv_Pi

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@roseamarks.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social @boeynaemssteven.bsky.social @alexholehouse.bsky.social @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social @bobvanburen.bsky.social @jiwasa.bsky.social @shaharsu.bsky.social

NEWS & VIEWS: Turning the knobs: The impact of glutathionylation on starch metabolism (Anna Moseler) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

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This photo does not capture the amazing energy & enthusiasm of @llseedsull.bsky.social's amazing tenure talk today!!! (Although I did manage to get the Capsella cameo & @andreacase.bsky.social's "not a threat I promise" blouse

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Pallavi Singh Lab is looking for two Postdocs to join our team studying how plants balance carbon, water, and resilience in a changing climate.

PlantPlug PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

REVOLUTION PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Deadline: October 15.

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📣 The #PlantBio2026 Program Committee is pleased to announce that the abstract submission portal is now open! plantbiology.aspb.org/submit-a-pro...

The Plant Biology conference is developed for the plant science community, by members of the plant science community—that means YOU!

#plantscience

Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...

A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New Publication! Learn more & read the article! Congratulations to C-SPIRIT Members Daisuke Todaka, Motoaki Seki, and their colleagues on the publication of their article Light photon flux density affects ethanol-mediated drought avoidance in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in Plant Biotechnology!

Congrats to C-SPIRIT members Daisuke Todaka and Motoaki Seki (RIKEN CSRS) and colleagues on their new Plant Biotechnology paper! 🎉

Their study shows ethanol plus sufficient light boosts cassava drought resilience by activating ABA signaling & more. 🌱🌍

🔗 doi.org/10.5511/plan...

#plantscience

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Just under two weeks left to submit an abstract for a contributed talk at the first inaugural WALII Virtual Symposium on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025!

Selected speakers will present 10-12 min. talks followed by 3-5 min. of Q&A.

Visit: walii.science/virtual-symp...

Research Associate-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States Position Summary   We seek to recruit a highly motivated and skilled postdoctoral researcher to investigate how nematodes respond to chemical and environmental cues, with the goal of advancing plant r...

@rheelab.bsky.social at Michigan State University is looking to hire a new postdoc position to work on nematodes for desiccation tolerance and plant-pathogenic nematode interactions on both the WALII and @c-spirit.org grants.

For more information, visit: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...

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The @rheelab.bsky.social at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute is now #hiring a postdoctoral researcher to investigate how #nematodes respond to chemical and environmental cues as part of @c-spirit.org and @waliianhydro.bsky.social. 🪱

Apply now at: careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc... #PlantSciJobs

C-SPIRIT at the 2025 NSF Global Centers Community Building meeting! Picture 1: C-SPIRIT Director Sue Rhee at a lectern, presenting her elevator pitch on C-SPIRIT Picture 2: C-SPIRIT Director Sue Rhee and Aim 5 Lead Kari Sant meeting with leadership from the NSF Global Center Alliance for Socially-acceptable & Actionable Plants (ASAP)

C-SPIRIT was at the NSF Global Centers Community Building Meeting this week! 🌱

Director Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) pitched our mission to boost soil health, crop resilience, & food security, and we connected folks from the ASAP Global Center. 🌍

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And @c-spirit.org, @waliianhydro.bsky.social, @plantcellatlas.bsky.social, @plantmetabolism.bsky.social, @10xgenomics.bsky.social, & @rheelab.bsky.social!

@erincushing.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social @davidlowry.bsky.social @msupri.bsky.social

@roseamarks.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social @alexholehouse.bsky.social @bobvanburen.bsky.social @shaharsu.bsky.social @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social @ascbiology.bsky.social @sicb.bsky.social @faseborg.bsky.social

Pennycress drought trials are off and running! 🌱 On 9/19, C-SPIRIT members Danielle Hoffmann and Briana Hashim, with the help of Paige Smith and Katherine Egeler, planted 96 rows of pennycress MSU. Part of C-SPIRIT’s mission to grow climate-resilient crops! 🌍

#plantscience

Mapping multi-substrate specificity of Arabidopsis aminotransferases Nature Plants - Systematic characterization of Arabidopsis aminotransferase family enzymes uncovered many previously unrecognized activities and revealed their multi-substrate specificity, aspects...

Our new study in Nature Plants maps how "multi-tasking" enzymes in plants transfer nitrogen, a key step toward improving crop N use efficiency. 🌱

Big thanks to our collaborators from Max Planck, Hokkaido Univ, & MSU, and for support from @NSF and @DOE.

Learn more: rdcu.be/eFOFN

#PlantMetabolism

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The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to launch an open rank tenure-track faculty search!

We're seeking creative, collaborative researchers to join the PRI faculty to investigate plant responses to environmental challenges. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

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WALII Member Marisa Otegui will be speaking this afternoon at the @aspbofficial.bsky.social Conference! Make sure to attend to listen to her talk on "Membrane Remodeling by ESCRT Proteins in Plant Cells."

#PlantBio2025

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WALII Member Marisa Otegui gave a wonderful presentation this afternoon at the ASPB Conference on "Membrane Remodeling by ESCRT Proteins in Plant Cells."

#PlantBio2025

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Last week at the ASPB Conference in Milwaukee, WALII member Erin Cushing presented her poster on "Decoding Desiccation Tolerance in Arabidopsis Seeds: Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation During Seed Maturation."

#PlantBio2025

Organizers Barno Rezaeva, Abror Qurbonov and Khurshid Turaqulov

Abror Qurbonov with his hybrid cotton!

An amazing meeting with great talks! And exceptional food!

An amazing meeting at an amazing place! Exceptional food!