the microbiota of cocoa fermentation is key to the desirable attributes of fine chocolate… www.nature.com/articles/s41...

functional overlap among organ microbiota doesn’t seem to apply for trees as what we usually see in other relatively smaller plants; the internal tissues of trees are so anoxic, nutritionally restrictive, and antimicrobial-rich analogous to mammalian stomach… www.nature.com/articles/s41...

even the sight of sick people elicits immune responses as an anticipation for a possible infection… www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We present MetaFlowTrain, an easy-to-build, highly parallelized, and cost-effective fluidic system for studying microbial exometabolites and their roles in modulating microbe–microbe–host interactions. Kudos to @chesneau-g.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social Give it a try: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Finally! Im so excited to present to culmination of many years of work from the fantastic Defeng Shen and some great collaborators. For details, I have made a digested thread below, but if you are more interested feel free to reach out (and read the paper of course). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

viral coat protein is perceived by RBRL, enhancing its ligase activity to ubiquitinate NINJA3 for degradation leading to de-repression of JA signalling for antiviral defense in rice www.nature.com/articles/s41...

immune-modulation of host plants is requisite for terrestrial predominance of Xanthomonodales strains www.nature.com/articles/s41...

the mycorrhizal highways moves in waves with trade interests at the forefront flowing dynamically in both ways within hyphae. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... gut microbiota represses lncRNA Snhg9 expression in the intestine to reconfigure lipid metabolism abetting diet-induced obesity in mice.

cancer cells transfer ROS-resistant defective mitochondria to immune cells rendering it dysfunctional, senescent, and memory deficient to evade immunity… www.nature.com/articles/s41...

expanded bioluminescence spectrum for simultaneous imaging of cellular processes, even with just a smartphone www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The siderophore coelichelin from Streptomyces sp. sensitizes the competitor Bacillus subtilis to phage predation via iron-sequestration resulting to inhibition of Spo0A activation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

sequence-to-ecology study of Pseudomonas siderophores reveal microbial iron heist: non-pathogenic strains are iron altruists while pathogenic strains are selfish iron hoarders. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New year, new paper! Now published in @nature.com. We identified and characterised diverse immune cell states in plants under pathogen attack. My postdoc work in the Ecker lab at @salkinstitute.bsky.social. A thread (0/n) #PlantScience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... Here we review the mechanistic relevance of innate immunity in orchestrating plant-microbiota dialogues and discuss the pluses and perils of microbiota. Also, we highlighted the role of host immunity in regulating the potentially pathogenic microbiota members.