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Rosa with a big smile in front of a screen showing the GeminiTeam members at the end of her presentation in the EMBO Member's Meeting

Rosa and other newly elected EMBO members are posing on a stage at the EMBO Member's Meeting 2025

Rosa Lozano-Durán (@geminiteamlab.bsky.social), one of the newly elected EMBO members 2025, has introduced her research at the @embo.org Members' Meeting in Heidelberg.
We are so proud of you!
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Antiviral reverse transcriptases reveal the evolutionary origin of telomerase Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) employ diverse and distinctive mechanisms of cDNA synthesis to protect bacteria against viral infection. However, much of DRT family diversity remains ...

1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?

Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

SALICYLIC ACID SENSOR1 reveals the propagation of an SA hormone surge during plant pathogen advance Salicylic acid (SA) is a key phytohormone that orchestrates immune responses against pathogens, including Pseudomonas syringae bacteria. The timing and extent of SA accumulation are tightly controlled...

FRET sensor for SA developed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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/...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91 Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

Sad news 😔 R.I.P. Jane Goodall! lived an inspiring life & made the world a better place www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

A receptor antagonist counterbalances multiple systemin phytocytokines in tomato Tight regulation of immune activation is crucial for plant health. How plants control the actions of their immunostimulatory phytocytokines is largely…

Check out this new story from the Felix lab, with some contribution from us:
Receptor antagonist prevents hyperactivation of the plant immune system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle - Nature Plants This study presents an extensive single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle that represents ten distinct developmental time points inclusive of six diverse organs.

From a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond!
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A root-based N-hydroxypipecolic acid standby circuit to direct immunity and growth of Arabidopsis shoots - Nature Plants Root microorganisms can trigger the release of immune-stimulating N-hydroxypipecolic acid from Arabidopsis roots by manipulating a standby circuit of its continuous synthesis and immobilization. N-hyd...

A root-based N-hydroxypipecolic acid standby circuit to direct immunity and growth of Arabidopsis shoots www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My first MPMI #2025ISMPMI 😎😍@GeminiTeam
Excited to hear all the amazing science, have great discussions, and connect with friends!

If you’re interested in plant-(Gemini)virus interactions and scRNA-seq, let’s meet on Wednesday, July 16 at poster P-437. #scRNA-seq
(bring me to your poster as well!

Have you ever wondered why virus-infected plants twist, curl, yellow, and/or stop growing? We did—you can read what we found in our latest review: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @gmvalora.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social

This is textbook cell biology material by chin-hang Wu and colleagues . Check it out 👇 #plantsci #plantpath #immunology #NLRbiology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

How to Manage Your Time Effectively as a Researcher | Plantae The role of a researcher encompasses a wide range of demanding and often competing responsibilities, including experimental design, data analysis, manuscript writing, grant preparation, teaching…

#JustIn on Plantae: How to Manage Your Time Effectively as a Researcher. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Gourav Arora, Elisa De Meo and Ved Prakash explore practical time management strategies tailored to the unique challenges of academic research. buff.ly/nYo0K4m

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Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.

How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social‬ @erc.europa.eu‬ 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Broad application of the ALFA tagging technology for in planta nanobody-based imaging and biochemical characterization of plant proteins #resource #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Explore your beloved viruses😎🤩

Congratulations to Jeff Dangl, Jonathan Jones & Brian Staskawicz, winners of the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture! Well done, my friends!
www.youtube.com/live/gU8VBaR...

In our last work that is just out in @newphyt.bsky.social we use a transcription inhibitor to improve the detection of mild drought stress responses in scRNA-seq. Browsable dataset on www.single-cell.be/plant/leaf-drought . Thanks to Ruben Tenorio Berrio and collaborators for the exciting collab!

TIR1-produced cAMP as a second messenger in transcriptional auxin signalling - Nature cAMP produced by the TIR1/AFB receptors of the main endogenous developmental plant hormone auxin acts as a true second messenger, revising the established paradigm of transcriptional auxin signalling.

Paradigm shifting work from the Friml lab - degradation of auxin response repressors is not causal for the transcriptional reprogramming, cAMP signaling is - awesome read! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#plantsci #loveplant #happyplant #poorplant

A single-cell and spatial wheat root atlas with cross-species annotations delineates conserved tissue-specific marker genes and regulators Accurate scRNA-sequencing cluster annotation in less-studied plant species remains a major challenge due to the lack of validated marker genes. Ke et al. provide an orthology-based annotation pipeline...

A single-cell and spatial wheat root atlas with cross-species annotations delineates conserved tissue-specific marker genes and regulators: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...

10 years today! Happy birthday to the GeminiTeam!! ❤️

Concurrent Sessions ​​​Concurrent Sessions​...​Explore Exciting Topics in Plant-Microbe Interaction Research at the 2025 IS-MPMI Congress​​The 2025 IS-MPMI Congress offers an extensive lineup of concurrent sessions showc...

The list of concurrent sessions for IS-MPMI2025 is now available! I am excited to share that I´ll be co-chairing the “Plant-virus Interactions (including Viromes, Evolution & Vectors)” session alongside Murilo Zerbini (UFV). Looking forward to seeing you all there!

www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...