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Are you interested in using synthetic approaches to promote arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis? Then our PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b...

e-Xtra: The Extended Plant Immune System Supplemental Table 1: A symphony of song titles reflecting research milestones that chart the historical progression culminating in the concept of the extended plant immune system. Song titles are listed in order of appearance as headings in the main text (link to Spotify Playlist). • Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones (1981) • Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac (1976) • Ground Control to Major Tom (ISR) – (from “Space Oddity” – David Bowie (1969)) • Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Daft Punk (2001) • Cornerstone - Arctic Monkeys (2009) • Ironic - Alanis Morissette (1995) • The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel (1964) • Live and Let Die – Paul McCartney and Wings (1973) • Going Back to My Roots – Odyssey (1981) • A New Dawn (from “Feeling Good” – Nina Simone (1965) • Message in A Bottle – The Police (1979) • What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger – Kelly Clarkson (2011) • Cry for Help – Rick Astley (1991) • Higher Ground – Stevie Wonder (1973) • Born to Be Wild – Steppenwolf (1968) • With a Little Help from My Friends – The Beatles (1967) • Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen (1975) • Another Brick in the Wall – Pink Floyd (1979) • We Can Work It Out – The Beatles (1965) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3thM9y47O87sFmgZhC3MCq?si=34b7a87f5ac6482d&nd=1&dlsi=2 704f62fbceb4d01

One of the rare cases when going through the supplementary data of a paper ended in delight. 🙂🎵🎸
Milestones in #PlantImmunity via Song titles. 👍

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A text and graphical summary of the review paper by Imaizumi and Ifuku (2025), and a photo and text biography of the first author

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Imaizumi & Ifuku provide a comprehensive review discussing the structural, functional & evolutionary aspects of PSII in oxyphototrophs

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A fungal root endophyte functionally complements host immunity and mitigates natural immune variation in Arabidopsis Beneficial root-associated microbes can enhance plant resilience by complementing aspects of host immunity. The fungal root endophyte Serendipita indica (Si) is known to promote plant growth and confe...

A fungal root endophyte functionally complements host immunity and mitigates natural immune variation in Arabidopsis

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New Article: "Nitrogen enhances post-drought recovery in wheat by modulating TaSnRK2.10-mediated regulation of TaNLP7" rdcu.be/eEksY

Connection of drought-stress signalling with N response pathways.

Spinning together agricultural and evo-devo research for Gynandropsis gynandra (spider plant) AbstractBackground. Gynandropsis gynandra (Cleomaceae; formerly Cleome gynandra) is a leafy vegetable widely cultivated across Africa, uniquely positioned

See also this one, just came out in @annbot.bsky.social

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Cleomaceae: diversity and potential of a model family for studies on the evolution of photosynthesis The Cleomaceae family integrates floral diversity, physiological plasticity, and the evolution of C4 photosynthesis, serving as an important model to investigate plant adaptation and evolutionary inn...

Cleomaceae are the sister group to the Brassicaceae. In contrast to the Brassicaceae, they contain true C4 photosynthetic species. This indicates that the genetic capacity to evolve C4 is ancestral to the split of Brassicaceae and Cleomaceae.

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Two really cool PhD positions available with Christina Barragan on Plant Pathogen evolution!

Our dept. just moved to a brand new building with great facilities and we have an absolutely amazing team!

Special bumper issue on #Photosynthesis out now!🔆🌿

Read the accompanying editorial by organising editors:

⭐ Jian-Ren Shen
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⭐ Mei Li
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The Penicillin Myth Competing theories seek to explain inconsistencies surrounding Alexander Fleming’s famed discovery.

This is an interesting read on the famous penicillin discovery story; by @kevinsblake.bsky.social for @asimovpress.bsky.social.

Today, students are taught how to properly "sell" their results. Maybe in 100 years, this selling will result in a detective story to uncover the truth...

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Glad to have this finally published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... lots of new data since the #preprint. If you are into selective #autophagy, #evolution, #proteostasis Please have a look!

Volume 66 Issue 11 | Plant and Cell Physiology | Oxford Academic The official journal of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. Publishes original articles reporting significant findings in broad aspects of plant biology.

Harnessing light energy🔆

Special Issue #Photosynthesis out now!

19 articles on the basics, mechanisms & applications of photosynthesis

With thx to Guest Editors: J-R. Shen, T. Shikanai, M. Li, @mariaermakova.bsky.social @watarusakamoto.bsky.social

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Pangenomic visualization of the genomic organization of all 12 Streptomyces isolates representing each of the four AC groups. Hierarchical clustering is based on orthogroup presence/absence using Euclidean distance and Ward’s linkage method. Colored rings show orthogroup presence/absence per isolate, the outer ring shows the number of contributing genomes, and the second outer ring shows the number of genes present in each orthogroup. The metadata table shows 1) experimental phenotype data (orange) of total siderophore production (SP, halo size on CAS-LB media), growth under osmotic stress (OST, 1.0M sorbitol), and the relative production of four individual siderophores in response to media supplemented with drought- vs. well-watered root tissue (EF1 and EF2, ferrioxamine EF; H, O-methyl desferrioxamine H, D4, derrioxamine D4), and 2) genome analysis data (dark blue), showing the number of gene copies that match with specific COG function search terms related to iron acquisition (iron and Sid, siderophores), carbon resource utilization (G-3-P, glycerol-3-phosphate), and osmotic stress response (ProP, FabG, OmpR, Kdp, Trk). Scale values represent Z-scores, where darker blue indicates more gene copies, and darker orange indicates more siderophore production, more growth under osmotic stress, or a larger halo.

How do root #microbes respond to drought? This study finds that #Streptomyces responses are strain-specific & functionally diverse, with traits & #plant effects varying independently of phylogeny, stressing the need to resolve functional traits at the strain level @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4owtjIT

Enrichment of root-associated Streptomyces strains in response to drought is driven by diverse functional traits and does not predict beneficial effects on plant growth Understanding how root microbes respond to drought is crucial for improving crop resilience. This study finds that Streptomyces responses are strain-specific and functionally diverse, with traits and ...

Enrichment of root-associated Streptomyces strains in response to drought is driven by diverse functional traits and does not predict beneficial effects on plant growth

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Abstract For the past two years, I have been contemplating how best to write this review that not only reflects on a few significant and nostalgic moments in my more than three decades of professional career in the molecular plant-microbe interaction (MPMI) field, but also offers my personal outlook on the future aimed at inspiring young scientists to join this exciting discipline. Rather than a comprehensive overview, I would like to place greater emphasis on the “whys” and the “hows” than the “whats”. I finally decided to use technological advancements critical for the development of our field as a thread to connect the past with the future. Founder's Review

"Leaf It to Science: Uncovering Plant Immune Systems Through Technological Advances Open Access"

Reflections on Career, #PlantScience and #PlantImmunity by Xinnian Dong

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PhD opportunity in our lab - deadline passes on Dec 2nd - don’t miss out!

AI RNA Design for Developing Antiviral Solutions in Sugar Beet (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - AI RNA Design for Developing Antiviral Solutions in Sugar Beet (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

New PhD opportunity available in my lab, in collaboration with Betty Chung (Cambridge), focusing on plant RNA viruses and AI-driven design. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Rather than a static database, we've built an AI plant scientist that could continuously learn new knowledge😃Hope it will help the plant science community!@haopengyu.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @universityofexeter.bsky.social #AIscientist

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November 2025 Research Highlights Role and diversification of plastid ATP synthase Editor’s Choice – Free access! ATP synthase is a universally conserved rotary enzyme that couples proton moti

November Research Highlights 🤩

- featuring select papers from our special issue on #Photosynthesis #PlantScience

- and the #earlycareer first-authors behind the work!

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November Research Highlights - meet the first authors behind the work!

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Kaori Kohzuma @kohzuma.bsky.social
Ko Imaizumi
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Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community!

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Cellular energy sensor SnRK1 suppresses salicylic acid–dependent and –independent defenses and bacterial resistance in Arabidopsis | PNAS In nature, plants cope with various pathogens that compete for cellular resources during infection. It has long been suggested that plant defense a...

Cellular energy sensor SnRK1 suppresses salicylic acid–dependent and –independent defenses and bacterial resistance in Arabidopsis

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Graphical abstract containing text and diagrams to explain how the NMOD database works, including the types of datasets and data sources utilised, and its many functions/applications in plant science.

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Xu et al. present Nicotiana multi-dimensional omics database - NMOD biodb.com.cn/NMOD/index.h..., a user-friendly database integrating tools useful for research into disease resistance mechanisms & molecular breeding in #tobacco

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Photo of a computer Screen showing the title slide of my presentation "A Short(ish) History of Plant Model Research" with the subtitle "120 Years of Arabidopsis Research". Above the slide, a small image of me, the host of the Seminar Series, Carolin Delker, and the official account of the SNP2Prot research consortium is visible.

Six months after leaving Academia, I am back giving a lecture on #PlantScience History as Guest Speaker of the @snp2prot.bsky.social Program @unihalle.bsky.social.

Thank you @carolindelker.bsky.social for inviting & hosting me.
It was a pleasure to talk about Arabidopsis History to the students. 🙂

A new @newphyt.bsky.social Profile, this time on Roberto Solano:

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Interesting as always 👍

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Next generation of 1001 Genomes Plus browser and data download Please indicate all features you would like to see in a browser that displays features of completely sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana genomes

We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.

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Agroinfiltration art by @HsuanPai1 comes to life thanks to Gemini 3 @GeminiApp

Such an honor to be a part of this amazing team!