Single-cell multi-omic detection of DNA methylation and histone modifications reconstructs the dynamics of epigenomic maintenance www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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

Pleased to share our new article in Cell Host & Microbe, a collaboration with the group of Zhong Wei at NJAU Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly Free share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnTD6t8JE...

✨Redefining epigenetic variation in evolution. Our @NaturePlants paper shows gene body DNA methylation as a major force shaping expression, traits, and adaptation in plants. Synergy with Shahzad @ShahzadZaigham & Zilberman Labs—congrats🎉. rdcu.be/eFRJy @MSU_PRI

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/...

Check out our new pre-print! ✨ We cloned AvrWTK4, the first wheat powdery mildew effector recognised by a tandem kinase protein, and show that an HMA-like integrated domain in WTK4 acts as pathogen decoy. Discover the whole story on bioRxiv ⬇️

Our #research on #drought #recovery, now published with @springernature.com in @natcomms.nature.com: Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation. doi.org/10.1038/s414... Read thread below 👇

Incredibly honoured & excited to be awarded one of the @royalsociety.org's new Faraday Discovery Fellowships - this means SO much, huge thanks to everyone who has contributed, supported, & encouraged. Loads of mycorrhizal research @sheffielduni.bsky.social to come!🤩 royalsociety.org/news/2025/08...

Dogs are humanity's best friend—but how long has it been that way? 🐕 This Science study investigated ancient dog genomes, revealing a complicated genetic legacy that reflects a long, shared history with humans. Learn more on #InternationalDogDay: https://scim.ag/41mQvR6

Further evidence that sugar in the plates changes the plant biology you study. Best to avoid putting sugar in the agar, unless you want to study what sugar in the agar does to plants. This paper uses sugar in the agar to study what sugar does. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #plantresearch

Cool application of microbiome in food science Using metagenomics on Colombian cacao, they mapped how microbes influence chocolate flavors. Then they built a defined microbial consortium that replicates premium chocolate flavors -- validated by trained tasters! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very excited to finally share the main findings from my PhD, now out as a preprint! We developed an epigenetic system to understand how plants remember and forget past infections - a phenomenon known as immune memory 🌱🧬🧠 Highlights below! 1/9 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Have you ever seen a wild hamster?? 😊 #bluesky

Today we report how plant immune preparedness against future infections is negatively intercepted by elevated temperatures! @theplantjournal.bsky.social #OpenAccess This work was initiated by my first MSc student Alyssa Shields. @laurierbiology.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

To make sure that we don’t interact with questionable microbes, at #2025ISMPMI the audience is sterilized by a heavy dose of UV light from above.

see also their very elegant publication #2025ISMPMI www.nature.com/articles/s41...

✨ Paper spotlight ✨ Microbial drivers of root plasticity doi.org/10.1111/nph.... (🧵 1/6) Plant roots have evolved mechanisms to adjust their development within the highly heterogeneous soil matrix, integrating local environmental conditions into their endogenous developmental programs.

Cis-regulatory variation in ISOCHORISMATE SYNTHASE 1 modulates systemic salicylic acid biosynthesis and systemic acquired resistance in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.17.664945v1

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob

VACANCY Optical Microscopy Specialist Come work alongside the plant and microbial scientists at JIC and help us explore the biological frontier at the tissue, cell and subcellular scale!

Hey #2025ISMPMI! 🌱 We ofcourse all aim to do great & successful science! However, it doesn't always work out the way we hope, but we rarely hear about those stories.. So let's change that! Find me at my poster P-102 on Tuesday and let's discuss "failed" science, and what we can still learn from it!

Excited to present at @mpmijournal.bsky.social Can BIR proteins link PTI and ETI? Using AlphaFold & evolutionary insights, we dive into how BIRs balance immunity with CSA1 as a key regulator of cell death & receptor complex homeostasis. P-441 | Mon 14 July | 13:30–15:15 #2025ISMPMI

I will be there present my poster at tomorrow’s poster session. Find me at P-011 where I will tell you about the story of Marchantia BIR protein and how may it help plant fighting against evil bacteria. #2025ISMPMI

Fine me tomorrow at the poster session. I will be at P-011!

And another @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social delegation just arrived in Cologne for the #2025MPMI Niels (P-041), @chia-nan.bsky.social (P-011), Pin-Jou (P-438), Yujing (P-027), Farid (P-063), @raphaelschaal.bsky.social (P-094) and @ericksonlab.bsky.social (P-169)

Super excited to release a huge evolution project on the works for many years: Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... All data available: www.grene-net.org/data #MOILAB @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @hhmi.org 🧵👇

🎉✨ Congratulations for the 70 newly @dfg.de -funded #ClustersOfExcellence ✨🎉 and especially for the 4 #PlantSci 🌿 🧬 🔬 🌱 🍀 clusters Those are (1/5):

📜 Modular mechanisms of immune priming and growth inhibition mediated by plant effector-triggered immunity 🧑‍🔬 Himanshu Chhillar, @dinglab.bsky.social, et al. 📔 Cell Reports 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

We're looking for a postdoc to join the lab to work on cell-to-cell communication via the apoplast. Candidate must be brave, as they will have to lead us (me) away from the plasmodesmata-lands we've inhabited for so long! www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Wow, cAMP production appears to be the key for activating canonical auxin signalling, not AUX/IAA degradation! Also annoying - I need to revise quite a many teaching slides to update auxin signalling 😀 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tomato phytoalexin disrupts bacterial type III secretion system. A widespread plant defense compound disarms bacterial type III injectisome assembly | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Preprint alert: Here we report MMF1 - "a microbiota receptor” - through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. Happy reading... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

"Glutathione triggers leaf-to-leaf, calcium-based plant defense signaling" at @naturecomms.bsky.social rdcu.be/ebmb6

New OA Article: "Co-option and neofunctionalization of stomatal executors for defence against herbivores in Brassicales" rdcu.be/ea2gZ Alliterative-titled News & Views: "Finding factors that enforce the multifaceted functions of FAMA" rdcu.be/ea2he

Arabidopsis REM transcription factors and GDE1 shape the DNA methylation landscape through the recruitment of RNA Polymerase IV transcription complexes. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.21.639493v1

New OA Article: "Conserved immunomodulation and variation in host association by Xanthomonadales commensals in Arabidopsis root microbiota" rdcu.be/eaNsr Immunosuppression is conserved in this bacterial order, probably contributing to their prominence in plant microbiota.

The perfect approach to boiling an egg, researchers found, was cooking it in 100°C water for 2 minutes, then 30°C water for 2 minutes, and repeating for a total of 32 minutes.

1/6 Super excited to share with you our work on Marchantia intra-specific diversity and pan-genomics, just out @naturegenet.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... Everything on the discoveries in the thread by @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social I want to emphasize 5 additional points:

Cool work from Jacobsen and colleagues. Great to finally have published and public ROS1 Chip-Seq data ! #PlantScience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Activation and inhibition mechanisms of a plant helper NLR www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Proteomics Landscape of Pattern Triggered Immunity in the Arabidopsis Leaf Apoplast https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.06.636724v1

Volatile-Mediated Plant Defense Networks: Field Evidence for Isoprene as a Short-Distance Immune Signal https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.03.636237v1