Our new study in Nature Plants maps how "multi-tasking" enzymes in plants transfer nitrogen, a key step toward improving crop N use efficiency. 🌱 Big thanks to our collaborators from Max Planck, Hokkaido Univ, & MSU, and for support from @NSF and @DOE. Learn more: rdcu.be/eFOFN #PlantMetabolism

The MSU Plant Resilience Institute is excited to launch an open rank tenure-track faculty search! We're seeking creative, collaborative researchers to join the PRI faculty to investigate plant responses to environmental challenges. 🌱 Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista... #PlantSciJobs

WALII Member Marisa Otegui will be speaking this afternoon at the @aspbofficial.bsky.social Conference! Make sure to attend to listen to her talk on "Membrane Remodeling by ESCRT Proteins in Plant Cells." #PlantBio2025

WALII Member Marisa Otegui gave a wonderful presentation this afternoon at the ASPB Conference on "Membrane Remodeling by ESCRT Proteins in Plant Cells." #PlantBio2025

Last week at the ASPB Conference in Milwaukee, WALII member Erin Cushing presented her poster on "Decoding Desiccation Tolerance in Arabidopsis Seeds: Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation During Seed Maturation." #PlantBio2025

🌿 C-SPIRIT member Sue Rhee will speak at the Cutting-Edge Plant Biotechnology workshop in Tashkent, August 25–27. 🧬 On 8/25, she’ll give two talks, one on developing and pitching research projects & one on plant resilience through thermophilic species Learn more: cvent.me/RvLkxR #plantscience

REMINDER: One week left to register!!!

Join us for this 90-minute workshop on FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images! This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET. Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

Two weeks ago, PCA held the Single Cell Approaches in Cell Biology GRC in Portland, Maine. Our 2024 Travel Award Recipient, Virginia Lis Barrera from Argentina, got the chance to attend to network and learn more about single cell approaches. Learn More: www.plantcellatlas.org/2024-awardee...

📣New @natgenet.nature.com The Hartwig group @mpipz.bsky.social and colleagues @hhu.de unveil a scalable way to map plant genomic "switches" - these overlooked regions hold huge promise for crop breeding & climate resilience. 👉http://bit.ly/41BmCwD #plantsci www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📌 C-SPIRIT Institutional Feature 12: University of Alberta C-SPIRIT members support Aim 2 by identifying metabolite structures, linking them to function, and building collaborative databases. We’re lucky to have their expertise in our global center! 🔗 c-spirit.org/research #plantscience

🚨 Less than 1 week left to register for #GLPSC2025! Join us September 12–14 in Lansing, MI for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, and help expand the horizons of #plantscience across the Great Lakes region and beyond! ⏳ Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

A team of plant scientists has made a breakthrough on how potato plants defend themselves against Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea (Sss)—the soilborne pathogen that causes powdery scab, an emerging disease affecting potato crops buff.ly/Fl47OGK via @plantdisease.bsky.social #PlantHealth

Thank you to the #GLPSC2025 organizers, sponsors, and participants, including: @biochambers.bsky.social @templetonfdn.bsky.social, @10xgenomics.bsky.social @alizeemalnoe.bsky.social @adammott.bsky.social @omalley-regulome.bsky.social @msudoeplantlab.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social

🎉 Congrats to C-SPIRIT Member Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) & her colleagues on their new paper in New Phytologist! 🧬They explore metabolic biocondensates that boost efficiency & stress response, aligned with our mission for resilient, sustainable crops 📖: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #plantscience

🎉 Congrats to C‑SPIRIT’s Toshinori Kinoshita and team on their new Nature Plants paper: "Apoplastic metabolomics reveals sugars as mesophyll messengers regulating guard cell ion transport under red light" 🌿 🔗: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #plantscience

Cellular view of metabolism: metabolic biomolecular condensates - Saldivar - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

The Plant Resilience Institute is proud to support the Plant Genomics @ MSU REU program, a collaborative partnership across the MSU Plant Science Community that has trained nearly 300 next-generation STEM leaders! #PlantScience #PlantGenomics #MSUREU

It began with the seedling of an idea, sprouting over the years into a field of research that has touched many lives. The legacy of Arabidopsis remains a prime example of how science often takes the time and care of generations. natsci.msu.edu/news/2025/20...

This was a long time (too long) in the works, but I'm thrilled that it is finally out: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "How evolution repeatedly builds complexity: a case study with C4 photosynthesis in Blepharis (Acanthaceae)" And this was chosen for a cover photo:

We are excited to announce Federica Brandizzi as the next director of the MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory! Brandizzi's lab has contributed many important pieces to the canon of plant research in organelle biology, biofuel research and space biology. natsci.msu.edu/news/2025/20...

Explore adaptation, resilience, and sustainable solutions at #GLPSC2025! 🌱 This session will examine the latest advances in plant adaptation and resilience strategies, focusing on molecular, physiological, and ecological responses to climate stress. Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

Members of PCA Publish A Guide to Elevate Plant Fluorescence Microscopy. Read More Here: www.danforthcenter.org/news/global-...

From molecular mechanisms to ecosystem dynamics, delve into biotic interactions in plant science at #GLPSC2025! 🍃 This session aims to uncover new strategies for enhancing plant health, improving crop productivity, and promoting biodiversity. Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

🌿 New from C-SPIRIT scientists at Sun Moon University! Woo-Haeng Lee & Tae-Jin Oh helped uncover a methyltransferase from Streptomyces that modifies plant polyphenols into bioactive forms. Some even show anti-TB potential! More info: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... #plantscience

📌 C-SPIRIT Institutional Feature #10: Sun Moon University C-SPIRIT members contribute to Aims 1-4 by discovering stress-responsive metabolites, annotating and linking them to function, mapping biosynthetic pathways, & synthesizing compounds for testing & use. 🔗 c-spirit.org/research #plantscience

The Salt Path(way)... Roy et al. have identified a #rice R40 family lectin, Osr40g3, that imparts salt tolerance by decreasing the stability of 14-3-3 protein OsGF14e, which in turn diminishes #GA accumulation to activate expansin protein EG45 📖 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience #AbioticStress

🌿 It’s World Nature Conservation Day! C-SPIRIT brings together researchers from the US, Canada, UK, Japan, & ROK to study how plants/microbes help crops resist stress, & protect soil health. This work supports more sustainable agriculture through natural chemistry. 🔗 c-spirit.org #PlantScience

We had an amazing time yesterday evening with the ~100 MSU #PlantScience researchers, alumni, and collaborators who joined us at the MSU Plant Science Community networking mixer at #PlantBio2025! Thank you to everyone who attended, and enjoy the rest of the conference! 🌿 #GoGreen!

🌱 New C-SPIRIT blogpost! How do plants regulate the production of bioactive compounds during stress? Olivia Wilkins (@oli-wilkins.bsky.social) leads Aim 3 to uncover the genetic control behind it all. 🔗 Read: c-spirit.org/2025/07/30/d... 📎 Learn more: c-spirit.org #plantscience

📰 The July 2025 issue of C-SPIRIT News is live! This month: 🧬 A blog post on Aim 3: Gene & Pathway Discovery 🌍 Global community highlights 📅 Upcoming events 📲 Social media recaps Read it here → qrco.de/bgC6PC Subscribe → forms.gle/MtFfdJoPaeWw... More about us → c-spirit.org #plantscience

📌 C-SPIRIT Institutional Feature #11: National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea Our NAS team works to advance Aims 1, 3, and 4. We’re lucky to have them in our network! 🔗 c-spirit.org/research #PlantScience

C-SPIRIT members Shogo Kuwayama and Kwangchul Shin (Nagoya U) visited MSU last week after #PlantBio2025 🌱 They’re part of both Aims 1 & 3 and will return this fall to join the Rhee Lab. The MSU C-SPIRIT team was thrilled to host them for tours, talks, and delicious food! 🍴 #PlantScience

Join us at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, featuring talks from rising plant scientists across disciplines, 200+ poster presentations, & professional development opportunities! #GLPSC2025 #PlantScience 📅 Sept 12–14, 2025 in Lansing, MI ⏳ Register by Aug 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

👏 Congrats to Gaurav Moghe (Cornell) and co-authors on their new article "Advances in analyzing and engineering plant metabolic diversity" in Applications in Plant Sciences. Their work connects directly to C-SPIRIT’s focus on plant chemistry & sustainability 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #plantscience

🌱 C-SPIRIT in the news! Motoaki Seki’s team found that ethanol can help plants grow even in extreme heat. This simple & accessible approach supports C-SPIRIT’s mission to create sustainable farming solutions through global teamwork. Full story: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... #PlantScience

SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌡️🍇❄️ The response of grapevines to cold and heat stress occurs at physiological and molecular levels. Hybrid breeding, grafting, and genetic engineering techniques have improved grape tolerance to temperature stress - Guo et al 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

‼️ Updated Schedule! Dr. Rhee's 1st talk (How to come up with & pitch research projects) will now be on Tues. 8/26 at 2:15 PM WT. Her 2nd talk (Understanding plant resilience against climate change through the lens of a thermophilic plant) will be on 8/26 at 4:15 PM WT. Learn more: cvent.me/RvLkxR

C-SPIRIT at the Single-Cell GRC! 🌱 Sue Rhee (Director, Michigan State University), Olivia Wilkins (Canada Team Lead & Aim 3 Lead, University of Manitoba), and Nicola Patron (Aim 4 Lead, University of Cambridge) represented our global center at this cutting-edge plant science gathering #plantscience

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Leaf senescence mapped through Arabidopsis single-nucleus RNA-Seq atlas (Cell) (Summary by Elise Krespan) buff.ly/TsNLtDr #PlantaePSRW

@uhriglab.bsky.social and my new Viewpoint is now published in @newphyt.bsky.social on behalf of the Plant Cell Atlas! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣VACANCY: Join an exciting new research group with Tatsuya Nobori Advance cutting-edge technologies to explore fundamental principles underlying plant-microbe interactions at the single-cell & spatial level. 📍Norwich, UK Salary: £36,333 - 43,155 ➡️ www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...

Sign up! Registration closes soon for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference @rheelab.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social

Boots on the ground, science in action! 👩‍🌾 PRI Germplasm Curator Paige joined researchers in the @rheelab.bsky.social this week to begin fieldwork on pennycress – a humble "weed" with big potential for pollinators, soil health, & even biofuels! #Pennycress #PlantResilience #PlantScience #AgResearch

We are excited to announce the PCA Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images! This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET. Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V @radinbio.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social

Congrats to Sean Robertson, Asher Pasha, Nick Provart, & Olivia Wilkins on their article "Growth-limiting drought increases sensitivity of Asian rice (Oryza sativa) leaves to heat shock through physiological & spatially distinct transcriptomic responses"! Read: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... #PlantScience

🚨 A postdoc position is open in the Wilkins Lab (@oli-wilkins.bsky.social) at @umanitoba.bsky.social! Join C-SPIRIT, a global research center advancing sustainable agriculture through plant & microbe science! (c-spirit.org) 📬 Apply here: viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/DEFAULT.ASPX... #PlantScience

🎉 Congrats to C-SPIRIT members Tomasz Czechowski, Benjamin Lichman, & Ian Graham (UYork) on their new paper "Evolution of linear triterpenoid biosynthesis within the Euphorbia genus"! 🧬 📖 Read: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #plantscience

Congrats to C-SPIRIT members Tomasz Czechowski and Ian Graham (UYork) on their new paper "Identification of BAHD-acyltransferase enzymes involved in ingenane diterpenoid biosynthesis" They mapped key enzymes for biosynthesis of the bioactive compound ingenol-3-angelate. 📖: doi.org/10.1111/nph....