🎉 Check out the latest from Qin Gu’s team at Nanjing Agricultural University: “Keystone Pseudomonas species in the wheat phyllosphere” (Cell Host & Microbe) 👉 www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

We are beyond excited to reveal the full line-up for our Environmental Signaling in Plants summer school 2026! Registration is now open here eps.sites.uu.nl - we look forward to seeing you in Utrecht on 24th-26th August!

Together with a team of great colleagues, we edit a collection titled "Harnessing plant microbiomes to improve performance and mechanistic understanding" nature.com/collections/cg… in the journals @natureportfolio.nature.com @microbiomej.bsky.social . It's open for submission till June 2026.

Finally published! Our new study in Curr Biol @currentbiology.bsky.social analyzes how CYP707A1 promoter variation drives an evolutionary trade-off between stomatal defense and gas exchange across Brassicaceae species. Free-access link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7H93QW8S...

This is also a follow-up of our previous work focusing on seed hull hardness. It’s the teamwork that counts. doi.org/10.1002/advs...

Now online. We uncovered a natural allele of PME58 that is associated with thinner see hulls of Tartary buckwheat by influencing pectin content. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

Now online! A GmNRF5a–GmCERK1–GmCAK1 module mediates chitin/chitosan-triggered immunity. Grateful to be involved, and kudos to first author and friend Dr. Sun Guangzheng, whose continued work has deepened our understanding of oligosaccharide-triggered immunity. doi.org/10.1111/jipb...

Roots: metabolic architects of beneficial microbiome assembly (Melissa Uribe-Acosta, Alberto Pascale, Jiayu Zhou, Ioannis A Stringlis, Corné M J Pieterse) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

A long road to the Cover of Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Super happy to have our work published in one of my favourite journals @newphyt.bsky.social Amazing effort by Jiayu Zhou and colleagues from @utrechtpmi.bsky.social and UvA. You can find it here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @cornepieterse.bsky.social

Our review article on the "Potential and challenges for application of microbiomes in agriculture" is published @theplantcell.bsky.social [1/n] doi.org/10.1093/plce...

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 role of plant receptor-like kinases in sensing extrinsic and host-derived signals and shaping the microbiome. Mini-review by @carahaney.bsky.social and @jumpy-botanist.bsky.social‬ www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

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...

Now online. This work summarizes plant immunity triggered by cell wall–derived molecules from both sides. Happy to be back in immunity and grateful to be involved. Enjoy! www.cell.com/plant-commun...

New OA Article: "A root-based N-hydroxypipecolic acid standby circuit to direct immunity and growth of Arabidopsis shoots" rdcu.be/expzb Root microorganisms can trigger the release of immune-stimulating N-hydroxypipecolic acid from Arabidopsis roots.

Three back-to-back Salicylic Acid biosynthesis papers 1/3 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Love the work! Really nice design. Congrats to @kenichitsuda.bsky.social team. Emergence of isochorismate-based salicylic acid biosynthesis within Brassicales | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Coumarin-facilitated iron transport: an IRT1 independent strategy for iron acquisition in Arabidopsis thaliana #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

A little bit of sunshine after the rain. Nice for field work.

Really nice work from @jellespooren.bsky.social showing that disease-suppressive soils might sometimes be generated in the phyllosphere. Turning the concept of soilborne legacies upside down 🌱🦠 With @cornepieterse.bsky.social @svanwees.bsky.social and others @utrechtpmi.bsky.social

Last week, our latest @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint was released, a joint-venture of @antonkraege.bsky.social & @wolki95.bsky.social and co-directed by @nicksnelders.bsky.social a 🧵

A small contribution, but glad to be part of this great collaboration. Enjoy! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Webinar Alert🌱 Want to learn cutting-edge studies in plant-microbe interaction? Join our webinar "Advances in Plant-Microbe Interactions: Insights from Asia to the World" with @elifecommunity.bsky.social ! 📅 May 19, 2025 | 🕝 JST 14:30–17:20 (UTC+9) 📌Register: u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hoping it grows into something worthwhile.

Thrilled to share my first paper published at Current biology!! We found that the expression level of one single transcription factor converts beneficial root endophyte into pathogenic guy😈 (1/8) www.cell.com/current-biol...

I am happy to introduce this bioRxiv. Stomatal opening is crucial for gas exchange, but it unavoidably offers invasion by pathogens. We found that by coronatine (COR), Pto DC3000 exploits CYP707A1 activation in Arabidopsis thaliana, encoding an enzyme that degrades ABA, for stomatal invasion.

My first ever Plant Cell paper (not first author or senior author though) is now online. Happy to have contributed. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

Promotion confirmed. Grant submitted. Work continues.

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