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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 28d

Now we have Chih-hang Wu @IPMBSinica Taiwan 🇹🇼 at #PPATH2025 — Fast and Furious: What happens after helper NLR immune receptors are activated to cause hypersensitive cell death.

See paper doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · Jul 14

Connections are in action in Cologne! At #2025ISMPMI, the poster sessions aren’t just about groundbreaking research—they’re about meeting peers, collaboration, and sharing ideas that move plant-microbe science forward.

Full poster hours here: bit.ly/44LqCvc

#plantscience #networking

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Juan （胡安） @angiopteris.bsky.social · Jul 14

It was an amazing sciences day at #2025ISMPMI!
Right after the “Population, biology, ecology and genomics” session, I had the opportunity to have lunch and discuss about this topic with the co-chair @honour.bsky.social

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Erh-Min Lai-IPMB @erhminlai.bsky.social · Jun 7

Great pleasure hosting @fuquaclay.bsky.social visiting IPMB, Academia Sinica. Enjoy scientific discussion, casual chatting over delicious meals and outing. #Agrobacterium #Taiwan

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Clay Fuqua @fuquaclay.bsky.social · Dec 18

Check out the ASM 10th Conference on Biofilms Bluesky page @asmbiofilms2025.bsky.social

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Alexandra Weisberg @weisbergaj.bsky.social · May 20

Happy to share a new publication on a collaboration with Xindan Wang and @fuquaclay.bsky.social labs. We identified and characterized naturally occurring Agrobacterium strains with fused chromosomes. Did mobile genetic elements play a role in fusion? journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Linear dicentric chromosomes in bacterial natural isolates reveal common constraints for replicon fusion | mBio

Most bacterial genomes are monopartite with a single, circular chromosome. However, some species, like Agrobacterium tumefaciens, carry multiple chromosomes. Emergence of multipartite genomes is often...

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · May 16

Interesting MS on Agrobacterium cooperation and antagonism as well as development of dual binary system that mitigates plant immune antagonism. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Quantitative dissection of Agrobacterium T-DNA expression in single plant cells reveals density-dependent synergy and antagonism - Nature Plants

Alamos et al. show that Agrobacterium engages in density-dependent interactions that dictate transformation efficiency and transgene expression. These findings enable a quantitative model to improve m...

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Erh-Min Lai-IPMB @erhminlai.bsky.social · May 13

Happy to write this News & Views highlighting a groundbreaking study on #Agrobacterium. By combining mathematical modelling with quantitative live-cell imaging, the study uncovered a density-dependent synergistic and antagonistic effect on #AMT

Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · May 12

New OA Article: "Quantitative dissection of Agrobacterium T-DNA expression in single plant cells reveals density-dependent synergy and antagonism" rdcu.be/elJ5z

News & Views: "Cooperation and antagonism in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation" rdcu.be/elJ5F

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Yi-Chang Sung （宋宜璋） @yichangsung.bsky.social · Apr 25

Our Research Briefing on the tandem kinase proteins paper is online now!
Curious about the story behind our TKP paper?
📄 Research Briefing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄 Research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A plant dual-kinase protein traps a pathogen effector to trigger immunity - Nature Genetics

Tandem kinase proteins (TKPs) are key regulators of plant immunity. We found that RWT4, a wheat TKP, confers resistance to the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae by directly recognizing the effector A...

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Ching-Jung Lin @chjlin.bsky.social · May 9

👀 EFR-mediated PTI restricts transient transformation and genome editing, but not T-DNA integration.
This study combines floral stage targeting 🌷, immune evasion 🛡️, and Agrobacterium engineering 🔧 to boost plant genome editing efficiency.
#Agrobacterium
#GenomeEditing
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Floral Stage Optimization and Immune Evasion Enhance Agrobacterium-Mediated Genome Editing in Arabidopsis

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation via floral inoculation (AMT-FI) enables genetic engineering without tissue culture. It is widely used in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, yet its efficiency ...

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · May 9

Nice preprint from Erh-Min Lai's lab. "By integrating floral stage selection, immune evasion, and Agrobacterium engineering, this study provides a practical and versatile platform to advance plant genome engineering." vhttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.07.652770v1

Floral Stage Optimization and Immune Evasion Enhance Agrobacterium-Mediated Genome Editing in Arabidopsis

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation via floral inoculation (AMT-FI) enables genetic engineering without tissue culture. It is widely used in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, yet its efficiency ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · May 9

Tweeps, please spread the word. We're still looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution. Direct inquiries welcome.

Please include a cover letter.

Applicant from US welcome? medium.com/@kamounlab/2...

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