Out First Release in @science.org this week: A large scale analysis of the epigenetics of transposable elements in Arabidopsis shows transgenerational stability www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #PlantScience

Plant Science Research Weekly -- How parasitic plants avoid being parasitized (Science) @shirasulab.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/KEgzFe5 #PlantaePSRW

Congrats, Tatsuya!

In case you missed it, the clocks went back last night in the UK 🕰️ Do you think Chronophage at @corpuscambridge.bsky.social is enjoying the extra hour? 📸 Lloyd Mann

Read PCP Editors Satoko Yoshida and Takayuki Tohge's exciting collaborative work on parasitic plants (below). And watch out for PCP's upcoming special issue on #ParasiticPlants (organised by Satoko Yoshida, Atsushi Okazawa, Thomas Spallek and Kaori Yoneyama) - out next year...!

It’s been 14 years since I uploaded a video on YouTube showing that Striga does not infect other members of the Orobanchaceae family.JSPS Fellow Simon came to Japan and carried out mutant screening to find mechanism and it was 10 years ago that the mutant was finally obtained. A long journey.

Simon's mutant finally published! Well done, Satoko' lab with Harro, Tobimatsu, Tohge collaborations. Glucosylation of endogenous haustorium-inducing factors underpins kin avoidance in parasitic plants | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Orobanche cumana in the USA!

I had the honour of giving a talk at the Biochemical Society conference and finally received the medal. Grateful once again to everyone who made this possible! #BiochemEvent

Pomelo on tatami as the cover of RIKEN Research www.riken.jp/medialibrary...

In Other Journals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We’re delighted to share that our paper has been just accepted in PCP! We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed! t.co/obQyD1rzI1

Rewriting the code of plant immunity go.nature.com/475WgV7

Seeking ghosts www.science.org/content/arti...

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

Lots of hard work from Gabriel Ferreras Garrucho, Chai Hao Chiu and Tania Chancellor @cropscicentre.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social . Let us know what you think!

It's been a busy time in the Paszkowski lab! First, a pre-print on how rice distinguishes friend (AM fungi)🍄 from foe (pathogens)👾: doi.org/10.1101/2025... And second, a review on single-cell omic approaches to understand the spatially and temporally complex AM symbiosis 🔬: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

NEW ARTICLE FROM THE LAB 🎉🍀🧫 Groundbreaking work performed by @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social and all! Please, go have a read! Congrats to making it to the cover!!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Wounding activates the HSFA1 transcription factors to promote cellular reprogramming in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.29.679115v1

Amazing work by the Santiago lab @unil.bsky.social. The malectin-LRR receptor kinase IGP1 senses cello-oligomers to alert the plant immune system & enhance disease resistance. Very nice discovery & mechanism. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

(Part 2) “From my first visit, I was struck by the energy and excitement...It feels like being a graduate student again, chasing curiosity wherever it leads." @hhmi.org Investigator David Stern will join the Stowers Institute in Feb. 2026 from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb

(Part 1) Hear from @hhmi_news Investigator David Stern about his research program and what he's uncovering in the lab. Stern will join the Institute in February 2026, bringing his lab and HHMI appointment to Kansas City. @hhmi.org Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb

It's official! We are moving to Stowers! Very exciting opportunity to expand our studies of insect-plant interactions. We have many opportunities available in biochemistry, development, behavior, genetics, evolution, genomics, AI, and even pest control. Interested in any of these things? Reach out!

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Discovery and engineering of synthetic RLKs (Science) @shirasulab.bsky.social @brunongou.bsky.social @yasukadota.bsky.social @BrunoNgou (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/JlJKjJE #PlantaePSRW

We proudly present a new preprint by Leon Pierdzig et al: Wall teichoic acids, glycopolymers specific to Gram-positive bacteria, trigger defense and cell death in Arabidopsis. Cysteine-rich RLKs act as key components in their perception. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Meet #NASmember Kyoko Nozaki, a pioneer in homogeneous catalysis, polymerization, and CO₂ activation. Her work melds deep mechanism with bold synthesis for sustainable materials and precision chemistry. Read more in a @pubs.acs.org profile: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Well done, Max! Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Happy to share this review on the diversity of resistance in Triticeae. I learned a lot writing it. Heavy lifting by Yinghui Li, Liubov Govta, and @yichangsung.bsky.social with our long-time collaborator Tzion Fahima. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

And now it’s Saskia @SaskiaHogenhout on insect-vectored plant pathogens #SIPaV2025 Saskia is President-elect of the British Society for Plant Pathology @BS_PP

I’m super happy to present the first discoveries of the RIKEN-Cambridge Joint Crop Symbiosis Research Team, based in Japan 🇯🇵 doi.org/10.1101/2025... A thread 👇

#PlantScience Research Weekly Sept 12 plantae.org/plant-scienc.... How RLKs shape the microbiome; Engineering synthetic RLKs; Plastid-localized amino acid transporter; Tunable mechanics of development through cell walls (1/2)

We are pleased to announce that @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social has been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026 by the @bspp.bsky.social. “I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.” buff.ly/VvoR27Q

I finally sat down to read this and WOW! Fantastic work, congratulations to you and the team.

I am very grateful to Michele & Marc, Takehiro & Dohmae-san, Markus, @yasukadota.bsky.social & @shirasulab.bsky.social for their support. Also big thanks to the reviewers and editors for improving our manuscript!

With this approach, we aim to characterize more PRRs against different pathogens & pests in the future.

Very happy to share our latest work “Systematic discovery and engineering of synthetic immune receptors in plants” out in @science.org ! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Excited to announce that our latest paper has just been published in Science! ttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx2508

Game-changing biotech for engineering pathogen-resistant crops | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Beautiful work! Well done, Hanna, Haruko, Kiwamu and Co ! rdcu.be/eD6k4

During Brassicales evolution, plants changed their way to synthesize salicylic acid from PAL pathway to IC pathway. The time of IC pathway evolution nicely matches our previous publication. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The >1000 lipid species found in eukaryotic cells have vital functions. Using a combination of microscopy, spectroscopy and modelling, authors report @nature the first quantitative map of retrograde flux of individual lipids in cells.

📣 Massively proud of this ⬇️ great study, led by the brilliant @mesny.bsky.social surprisingly uncovering that many pathogen effectors stem from ancient antimicrobials 🤯 #EffectorWisdom #EvoMPMI

Out in @science.org The crazy sequence of events from planting maize in dense fields. Density-dependent linalool release triggers release of compounds into the soil affecting microbes and plants. Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #PlantScience

Well done, Akira and Co.!

WIND1 controls cell fate transition through histone acetylation and deacetylation during somatic embryogenesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669221v1

"We resubmitted the paper elsewhere, and for the next 10 years, it was the most cited publication of my career." Dr Juliane Ishida on the importance of perseverance in publishing papers botany.one/2025/08/juli... #Botany #PlantScience 🧪

Here comes the final version. Congratulations Erika, Yasu, Ken, and all others involved! @yasukadota.bsky.social @shirasulab.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Exciting preprint! CryoEM structure of plant ROS & quinone receptor CARD1 (also known as HPCA1) reveals it is a copper dependent redox sensor (and cys residues not essential). CARD1 is a member of LRR-RLK clade VIII-1. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...