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🎉 Congratulations to Rhee Lab member Dr. Evan Saldivar on defending his PhD dissertation "Discovery of novel molecular players in the adaptive response to nitrogen deprivation in two divergent model photoautotrophs" on March 2nd at Stanford Biology!

We are so proud of you, Evan! 👏

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Don't forget to register for the second installment of the Plant Cell Atlas Imaging Workshop Series: Introduction to 2D and 3D Segmentation with MorphoGraphX!

You can learn more and register here: plantcellatlas.org/events

This week, Rhee Lab members Charles, Aidan, Katie, and Barno from Michigan State University joined Glencairn Elementary’s Science Night, sharing hands-on activities about plant growth, chemistry, and molecular models with curious young scientists! 🔬🌱

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An amazing year full of excitement, adventures, travels, and networking. Great people at all levels and places. Looking forward to another exciting year in 2026! A huge thanks to Maricar and Ashley for an amazing job coordinating and promoting C-SPIRIT. I couldn't have asked for a better team!

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute's 2025 Annual Report is now live!

PRI launched our NSF Global Center in January of 2025, and many of our C-SPIRIT members at MSU are a part of PRI, furthering the Institute's discoveries.

Read the report: plantresilience.msu.edu/about/annual...

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Congrats to C-SPIRIT’s Karine Prado, Matt Stata, Charles Hawkins, Sue Rhee as well as their colleagues on their new manuscript! 🌿

The team shows how a desert plant rewires photosynthesis to thrive in extreme heat 🌡️

📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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Plant scientists at the MSU Plant Resilience Institute, including @rheelab.bsky.social, stand ready to meet the challenge of improving global food security. Read more about how MSU is working to build climate-resilient crops: msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/10...

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Photosynthetic acclimation is a key contributor to exponential growth of a desert plant in Death Valley summer Heat waves, now more frequent and longer due to climate change, devastate plant productivity. Although they are rare, thermophilic plants could hold k…

New research out of Death Valley from @rheelab.bsky.social! 🏜️ Learn how one desert plant beats the heat through photosynthetic acclimation in their @currentbiology.bsky.social paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A special shape shift helps a shrub thrive in blistering heat A microscope reveals an algae-like adaptation that might future-proof crop photosynthesis in extreme heat.

From growing smaller leaves to shape-shifting its insides, a desert flowering plant goes all in to flourish in the harshest of conditions. ☀️ Learn how in this @sciencenews.bsky.social story about the remarkable research of Dr. Karine Prado from @rheelab.bsky.social.

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A special shape shift helps a shrub thrive in blistering heat A microscope reveals an algae-like adaptation that might future-proof crop photosynthesis in extreme heat.

Our new paper in Current Biology is getting some media attention: Our Current Biology paper is getting some media attention. Congrats to our senior research associate Karine Prado! Here's a piece from Science News: www.sciencenews.org/article/deat...

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Very exciting discovery from Hatem's lab. Happy to have been a contributor!

Very exciting discovery with @msupri.bsky.social's Hatem Rouached and @msupri.bsky.social's @msubrandizzilab.bsky.social labs

👏 Congrats to C-SPIRIT member Tae-Jin Oh (Sun Moon University) & colleagues on their new Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics paper! They discovered CYP107E41, a novel enzyme advancing green biocatalysis, echoing C-SPIRIT’s mission for sustainable ag.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ab...

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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!

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...

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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
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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!

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

@rheelab.bsky.social @istudytrust.bsky.social @hatem-rouached.bsky.social @bobvanburen.bsky.social @santastic-k.bsky.social @nicolabiologist.bsky.social @wishartnode.bsky.social @oli-wilkins.bsky.social @asherpasha.bsky.social @bar-plantbio.bsky.social @alenzimic10.bsky.social@lichmanlab.bsky.social

@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

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.

📣 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!

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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/...

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...

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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...