Ren Ujimatsu
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PhD student @UTokyo/plant pathology/Colletotrichum fungi/pathogen-mutualist continuum she/her
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Great opportunity for Early Career Researchers - Utrecht PhD Summer School 2026!
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EPS Summer School | Universiteit Utrecht
We would like to invite you to join the PhD Summer School that has an attractive program with many expert speakers in the field of environmental signaling in plants. In addition to the invited speaker...
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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® (MPMI)
17 days ago
Get a First Look 🔍: "STT3A Is Required for Recognition of Pathogen-Derived Sphingolipids in Arabidopsis," by Seowon Choi et al.
https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-25-0061-R
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STT3A Is Required for Recognition of Pathogen-Derived Sphingolipids in Arabidopsis | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®
Plants recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) via pattern recognition receptors, leading to the activation of pattern-triggered immunity in response to pathogen attack. Phytophthora infestans ceramide D (Pi-Cer D) is a sphingolipid fro...
https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-25-0061-R
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Novel system to explore plant-fungi interaction and fungus-fungus competition. Colletotrichum rocks!
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Ren Ujimatsu
18 days ago
We’ve built this virtual plant scientist
PlantScience.ai
to grow alongside human researchers🌿. It thinks like an expert, cites like a scholar, and never stops learning. Come and have a chat with it!
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Juan Facundo Morici
about 1 month ago
Spread the word! 🗣️🎙️ Together with
@azulsilva.bsky.social
and Bluesky-less Magdalena Miranda, supported by
@elife.bsky.social
, we’re organizing a webinar bringing together people working in science communication and outreach. Please, feel free to share the flyer with anyone who might be interested!
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Ren Ujimatsu
Kei Hiruma
about 1 month ago
We’re delighted to share that our paper has been just accepted in PCP! We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed!
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https://academic.oup.com/pcp/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/pcp/pcaf126/8277635
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eLife
about 1 month ago
The koji-fungus, Aspergillus oryzae, traditionally used in Japanese brewing, is now widely used to make enzymes. It seems its capacity for enzyme production is thanks to its unique ability to proportionally increase cell volume and nuclear number.
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A long road to the Cover of Science!
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Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu4235
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Klaus Schlaeppi
3 months ago
updated preprint: Intriguingly, Arabidopsis responded with both, improved growth and enhanced defence to a maize-conditioned soil microbiome, and this dual microbiome feedbacks were mediated by priming of the defences. Credits to Katja Stengele et al.!
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Benzoxazinoid-mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defense
Plants modulate their surrounding microbiome via root exudates and this conditioned soil microbiome feeds back on the performance of the next generation of plants. How plants can perceive this altered...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.21.619081v2
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Congrats Fantin🎊 Beautiful work!!
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Kei Hiruma
3 months ago
We have posted our latest preprint. We explore how an endophytic fungus promotes plant growth and fitness under fluctuating nitrogen-limited conditions in both field and laboratory settings, in additively with bacteria attracted to its hyphae. We hope you enjoy it!
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Team Thomma
4 months ago
📣 Happy to see the journal publication 📄 of our work on Starships 🚀 in Verticillium fungi: terrific work led by
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Starship giant transposons dominate plastic genomic regions in a fungal plant pathogen and drive virulence evolution
Nature Communications - Giant transposons, known as ‘Starships’, mediate horizontal gene transfer between fungal genomes. Here, Sato et al. show that Starships occupy genome regions...
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching
4 months ago
Epipactis helleborine, also known as broad leaf helleborine. An orchid with many small green-purple flowers starting to open. Finding wild orchids brings me joy.
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Norio Takeshita
4 months ago
Cell wall remodeling in a fungal pathogen is required for hyphal growth into microspaces.
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This study highlights the critical role of hyphal plasticity and cell wall remodeling in the pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum by genetics and micro-channel devices.
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Ren Ujimatsu
Klaus Schlaeppi
5 months ago
Updated preprint: MMF1 is "a microbiota receptor” through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth.
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A TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in Arabidopsis
Plant performance depends on the soil microbiome. While microbiome feedbacks are well documented, the mechanisms by which plants perceive and mediate these feedbacks remain unclear. We established a f...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.25.640125v2
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching
6 months ago
A single domestication origin of adzuki bean in Japan and the evolution of domestication genes | Science
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Do you love もち (mochi)? If so (or even if you don't), this is an interesting article on the origin of adzuki beans (あずき), source of "red bean paste".
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A single domestication origin of adzuki bean in Japan and the evolution of domestication genes
Adzuki is a central legume in East Asian culinary culture, yet its domestication origin remains debated. Using ~700 accessions across Asia, we show that the initial domestication happened three to fiv...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads2871?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ScienceAdviser&utm_content=distillation&et_rid=49314444&et_cid=5632196
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Next Monday!
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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
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! 📅 May 19, 2025 | 🕝 JST 14:30–17:20 (UTC+9) 📌Register:
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Kenichi Tsuda
6 months ago
An online webinar: Advances in Plant-Microbe Interactions: Insights from Asia to the World on May 19. organized by Ren Ujimatsu, who won a 2024 Ben Barres Spotlight Award from eLife
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Her recent publication
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American Society of Plant Biologists
7 months ago
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Friend or Foe? How fungi switch between helping and harming plants (Current Biology)
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(Summary by Carlos González Sanz)
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Friend or Foe? How fungi switch between helping and harming plants | Plantae
Plants coexist and interact with various microorganisms in the soil environment, including fungi. These associated fungi can not only cause diseases but also establish symbiotic interactions that…
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I love to read the website Plantae, so very honored to be featured! Thank you🙏
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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)
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A fungal transcription factor converts a beneficial root endophyte into an anthracnose leaf pathogen
Endophytic fungi colonize healthy plant tissues without disease. Ujimatsu et al. reveal that the fungal transcription factor CtBOT6 triggers the virulence of a root-associated beneficial endophyte by ...
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00311-2
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It was a great opportunity to share our research! Thank you for organizing!
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Riccardo Baroncelli
9 months ago
Great session at
#ECFG17
today! The
#Colletotrichum
workshop featured excellent talks and discussions on genetics, evolution, and host interactions. Thanks to all speakers and participants for sharing amazing science!
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