A co-proteomic view of metabolite-specific interactions in the Botrytis cinerea-Arabidopsis pathosystem https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.05.730517v1

Excited to share two new PNAS papers on Botrytis cinerea—the fungus that spoils nearly everything. Together, these studies explore how the pathogen infects diverse hosts and how plants respond across evolutionary diversity.

🌱 From PNAS: Plant defenses against gray mold rely on shared stress responses but highly species-specific immune networks. (Ritu Singh, Anna Jo Muhich, Cloe Tom, Celine Caseys, Daniel J. Kliebenstein) ▶️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #PlantScience #PlantPathology

We are excited to release the BAT!🦇🚨 We've used this phylogenetic analysis pipeline in our lab for years, and grad Ben Sheppard now presents a Github release and preprint. I run BAT analyses almost daily. It makes exploring gene families routine, customizable, and fun🧵

Excited to share new work from us in the @spicybotrytis.bsky.social lab on Botrytis-legume co-transcriptomics. Similar disease phenotypes between your hosts could be masking a ton of underlying transcriptional plasticity 🌱💥 academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...

Three Botrytis/Eudicot papers accepted. A reevaluation point on a question about generalism started with @katherinedenby.bsky.social 's sabbatical 24 years ago. Continued by a broad team of undergrads to post-docs including @annajomu.bsky.social @ccaseys.bsky.social and more not on bsky.

Ever wondered if diverse plant species respond similarly when infected by the same exact pathogen? Infect different asterids and rosids with the same Botrytis genotypes and teh short answer, quite differently. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @annajomu.bsky.social @ccaseys.bsky.social (1/3)

ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period." Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.

🌱 Daniel Kliebenstein contributed to an article on how structural variants reshape gene expression and traits in Brassica napus, offering insights for evolution, breeding, and genome editing. ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantGenomics #PlantBreeding

Love this. Keep us posted Dowell lab ⚡️❤️

Hi 👋 I’m Anna, a PhD candidate at UC Davis. I work on interactions between plants and Botrytis cinerea with @spicybotrytis.bsky.social. I am interested in what generalist pathogens can tell us about diverse host chemical defenses, and how one pathogen can take them all on 🥊