Rong Li

🍀🔬 Unpublished data from the lab!

The power of doing hardcore genetics, development, and cell biology using plant as model system!

In the movie, you will see the primary root tip (magenta arrow) and lateral root (yellow arrow) coiling constantly in the same way over 3 days.

The B-class auxin response factor MpARF2 is essential for meristem organization in free-living plant gametophytes Land plants (embryophytes) are multicellular eukaryotes with a remarkable capacity to grow continuously during their life span. They achieve this by m…

Out today... From Bowman lab, MpARF2 is the first essential transcription factor to be described for meristem maintenance in Marchantia. Glad to have contributed to another paper with Eduardo. #plantsciences #evodevo www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rewriting the code of plant immunity-

New approaches to engineering plant immunity can more broadly protect crops against pathogens and disease, once they get through regulatory hurdles.

@resurrectbio.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Metabolic network divergence: polyamine and ethylene biosynthesis dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum Polyamines are ubiquitously present in all living organisms. In plants, together with phytohormone ethylene, their metabolism plays a crucial role in …

And another one: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The first author is a STARMORPH PhD student from @nowako76.bsky.social lab.

New genomic techniques: Council and Parliament strike deal to boost the competitiveness and sustainability of our food systems Council and Parliament reach provisional deal on a set of rules for new genomic techniques, aiming to improve the competitiveness of European agriculture and support the sustainability of our food sys...

European Council and Parliament agree on relaxing rules for bringing genome-edited plants to the market - a central step for facilitating a science-based management of our current plant systems.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Working model illustrating the role of the PEP2–PEPR2 module in regulating Fe homeostasis and plant growth under Fe deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Danger-associated #peptide modulates #iron #deficiency signaling and root growth in #Arabidopsis

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by Shikha et al.

@santoshsatbhai.bsky.social@WileyPlantSci #PlantScience
This figure was created in BioRender (BioRender.com/ biorender.com/xiunmb0).

Beyond execution: Metacaspases emerge as master switches in plant immunity #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Danger‐associated peptide modulates iron deficiency signaling and root growth in Arabidopsis Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for plants and humans, with plants being a primary dietary Fe source. Fe availability significantly affects plant health, development, and yield. Its deficien...

Happy to share that our new study is now published online in @newphyt.bsky.social
We showed dat the PEP2–PEPR2 signaling module plays a key role in Fe-deficiency responses and root growth in Arabidopsis.
doi.org/10.1111/nph....

New preprint from our lab: Salicylic acid- induced alkalinization of the apoplast requires TMK1 and results in growth attenuation

www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Big thanks to all who contributed @guidogrossmann.bsky.social
@julien-gronnier.bsky.social
@kaltraxhelilaj.bsky.social

New preprint from our lab: Salicylic acid- induced alkalinization of the apoplast requires TMK1 and results in growth attenuation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Big thanks to all who contributed @julien-gronnier.bsky.social @guidogrossmann.bsky.social @kaltraxhelilaj.bsky.social

SpatialProp: tissue perturbation modeling with spatially resolved single-cell transcriptomics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.11.30.691355v1

PlantAMP: A fine-tuned protein large language model for plant antimicrobial peptide prediction #correspondence #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Mol Plant Dec 2025 issue🎉Cover Story: Recognition of a phytocytokine by the DEPR1–SERK2 receptor complex confers multi-pathogen resistance in wheat (Wang et al., 2025). Image by Lijun Wang. cell.com/molecular-pl...

BIN2 phosphorylation of SYP22 is required for stomatal opening and vacuolar fusion in guard cells of Arabidopsis.

#Phosphorylation-mediated regulation of the stability of SYP22 by BIN2 modulates #vacuolar #fusion in guard cells and affects #stomatal #opening.

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by Sun et al.

@WileyPlantSci #PlantScience

A new study from the @maizel-lab.org, @dolfweijers.bsky.social, and @roelandmerks.bsky.social labs starting to unravel a role of SOSEKI proteins in cellular mechanosensing.

Extracellular electron transport in coral-algal symbiosis studied by chlorophyll fluorescence relaxation and ferricyanide reduction https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.26.690407v1

GreenRobust PI Jan Lohmann (@meristemania.bsky.social) receives the Lautenschläger award, the most prestigous price of Heidelberg University acknowledging his scientific achievements. Congratulations!

Timing of transcription controls the selective translation of newly synthesized mRNAs during acute environmental stress Under stress, cells adapt their gene expression programs through changes in transcription and translation. It is unclear how cells determine which mRNAs are translated or repressed. Zedan et al. show that the timing of mRNA production alone determines the selectivity of translation, thereby coupling the processes of transcription and translation.

Online Now: Timing of transcription controls the selective translation of newly synthesized mRNAs during acute environmental stress Online now:

Ethylene modulates cell wall mechanics for root responses to compaction - Nature Soil compaction traps ethylene around roots, which causes transcriptional upregulation of Auxin Response Factor1, resulting in decreased root cortical cell wall thickness and thereby promoting root ra...

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delphine Pott (left) and Marco Incarbone (right) standing in front of a yellow wall and next to a window facade in an office building. Both are smiling.

Great talk by @delphinem-p.bsky.social from @geminiteamlab.bsky.social yesterday: “Hijacking the Plant #Spliceosome” on how alternative splicing drives #viral infection and #tomato fruit development 🍅

Thanks to our host @incavirus.bsky.social for organizing this insightful seminar! 👏

We deeply analyzed barley double stress responses and discovered this:

Logo of "Prospects", the DFG Research Career Series, calendar entries: Thursday, 11 December 2025, 4-5:30 p.m. CET in English

#Prospects for #ECR: Join our online talk on 11 December!
Our Team Research Careers provides an overview of all DFG funding instruments and gives advice on how to prepare your proposal for the review process. The meeting link will be published shortly before start here: sohub.io/e2ad

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social presenting some of the exciting research we do at TSL at the Enterprise Tuesday organised by AIP at Norwich Research Park ✨

This year’s @embo.org Workshop is held at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. Open to 120 participants, it is over-enrolled with 180 attendees! Thank you to the organizers @isabelmonte.bsky.social, Aino Komatsu, @moodytomato.bsky.social, and Liam Dolan for making this event possible. #EMBOplantEvo

We have an amazing opportunity for Early-Career Researchers to join our Board of Directors!

We're looking for someone with experience in leading #OpenScience projects to support and lead eLife in our mission to change research communication.

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Fig. 1.Phytosulfokine biosynthesis pathway. PreproPSK is a ribosome-synthesized precursor peptide composed of an N-terminal signal peptide (lighter-colored bar on the left) and a C-terminal conserved PSK pentapeptide backbone (darker-colored bar on the right). The signal peptide directs preproPSK for secretion into the endoplasmic reticulum, where it is cleaved to form proPSK. In the cis-Golgi apparatus, tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase (TPST) catalyzes the sulfation of two tyrosine residues within the pentapeptide backbone of proPSK. Following secretion into the apoplast, proPSK undergoes proteolytic processing by subtilases (SBTs), yielding the biologically active PSK peptide. Created in BioRender. Wu, C. (2025) https://BioRender.com/pupx8uf.

🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌱

Wu et al. review phytosulfokine (PSK), outlining its biosynthesis, functions & receptor-mediated signaling pathways, highlighting PSK's emerging role in coordinating plant growth, development & environmental adaptability.

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#PlantScience 🧪

Deadline approaching - don't forget to register !

NAASC is happy to share the newly elected:
1- faculty: Anna Dobritsa, Ohio State University, Tomo Kawashima, University of Kentucky, USA
2- early career scholars: Maria Gómez Méndez, UC Riverside, USA Daniela DeLa Mora, CINVESTAV Mexico, Julia Zheku, UBC, Canada!
Thanks to all on the ballot! 💚

When opposites compensate: proton flux crosstalk between envelope antiporters and ATP synthase Photosynthesis underpins life on Earth by converting solar energy into the chemical energy that sustains nearly all food webs. In plants, photons are absor

NEWS & VIEWS: When opposites compensate: proton flux crosstalk between envelope antiporters and ATP synthase (Ritu Singh) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

Honoured that our article is now also accompanied by a commentary article. If you don't have time to read the whole paper, Ng does a great job summarizing!

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