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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · Jul 16

Riyohei Thomas Nakano (@luckystrike1984.bsky.social) is presenting new work about the mechanisms of disease suppressive microbes. Have identified AhcY mutant and looking into downstream effects.
#2025ISMPMI

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · Jul 16

Microbiome session at #2025ISMPMI: @dorruss12.bsky.social kicks off the session.
Using barcoded mutant libraries, he identified bacterial colonization genes.
Among them was an efflux pump family - hypothesize that they help commensals survive glucosinolate breakdown products during plant defense.

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Plant & Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · Jul 16

Read Nakano's latest review in PCP discussing 'Long-Term Consequences of PTI Activation and Its Manipulation by Root-Associated Microbiota'

🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantMicrobiome

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Gözde Merve Türksoy @gozdemerveturksoy.bsky.social · Jul 12

It was lovely to meet and share what we’ve been up to! Happy to be part of Nakano lab alumni! 🤗

Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Jul 12

RTNakano Lab Reunion - it’s always good to see the former members of the lab enjoying their life. Gözde and Zoe are doing their PhD with Stan Kopriva and Bart Thomma, stay tuned for their upcoming work!!

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hey my fellow Germans! I wasn't aware, but there is an AvH-JSPP postdoc fellowship, dedicated to German citizens aiming to do their postdoc in Japan. It covers salary + travel to Japan + startup for your life in Japan. Let me know if you are interested!
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...

JSPS Research Fellowship

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship supports you as a highly qualified postdoc from Germany in conducting your research in Japan – regardless of discipline.

www.humboldt-foundation.de

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Jul 12

RTNakano Lab Reunion - it’s always good to see the former members of the lab enjoying their life. Gözde and Zoe are doing their PhD with Stan Kopriva and Bart Thomma, stay tuned for their upcoming work!!

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Jul 12

Had a great time at MPI-MP Golm - thanks a lot for having me, Marco @incavirus.bsky.social !! Now heading back to Köln to get ready for the IS-MPMI Congress…

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Jul 3

I'm thrilled to have the chance to give a talk at Yang and Paulo's concurrent session at the IS-MPMI Congress@Köln. It was a last-minute change, and I'm not on the online program yet, but I will be there to introduce our current work on host immune manipulation by commensals!

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Jun 6

I’m not really living in Bluesky and only spontaneously visiting. I heard there’s no political BS but only peaceful and productive scientific chats. Now i do see a number of DJT photos on my timeline…

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Jun 6

Oh by the way, did you know that you can you the #EMBO fellowship to do your postdoc? The condition is that you move to Japan from one of the EMBO member countries. Give it a thought! www.embo.org/funding/fell...

Fellowships, grants and career support – Postdoctoral Fellowships – EMBO

Supporting internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers in Europe and around the world

www.embo.org

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hey my fellow Germans! I wasn't aware, but there is an AvH-JSPP postdoc fellowship, dedicated to German citizens aiming to do their postdoc in Japan. It covers salary + travel to Japan + startup for your life in Japan. Let me know if you are interested!
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...

JSPS Research Fellowship

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship supports you as a highly qualified postdoc from Germany in conducting your research in Japan – regardless of discipline.

www.humboldt-foundation.de

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Apr 9

Listening to @incavirus.bsky.social 's inspiring and exciting talk. Vertical transmission of virus is regulated by AGO, while I’m curious about its impact on the fitness of the entire holobiome!

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Apr 8

Already submitted an abstract to IS-MPMI Congress, and now I have registered and paid the registration fee. Wait for me Cologne, I am coming back!!

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Apr 6

So far my best favorite paper in 2025

Beuzón & Ruiz-Albert Lab @type3lab.bsky.social · Apr 3

How Bacteria Outsmart Plants—Then Flee the Scene!

#MicroSky #PlantScience #Pseudomonas

Our new research in Nature Microbiology uncovers the sophisticated teamwork of Pseudomonas syringae, a notorious plant pathogen.

🔗 rdcu.be/egczU

Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection

Nature Microbiology - Single-cell gene expression analysis reveals phenotypic heterogeneity to enable bacterial specialization over the course of plant colonization.

rdcu.be

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Beuzón & Ruiz-Albert Lab @type3lab.bsky.social · Apr 3

And here’s the kicker: this specialization helps bacteria spread! Flagella-equipped bacteria exit the infected tissue, ready to colonize new areas. This coordinated strategy is crucial for the pathogen's success.

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Beuzón & Ruiz-Albert Lab @type3lab.bsky.social · Apr 3

Individual bacteria specialize, some suppress immunity while others escape early to spread infection before the plant tissue collapses. It's a division of labor!

The study highlights how phenotypic heterogeneity allows pathogens to adapt to host environments dynamically.

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Beuzón & Ruiz-Albert Lab @type3lab.bsky.social · Apr 3

How Bacteria Outsmart Plants—Then Flee the Scene!

#MicroSky #PlantScience #Pseudomonas

Our new research in Nature Microbiology uncovers the sophisticated teamwork of Pseudomonas syringae, a notorious plant pathogen.

🔗 rdcu.be/egczU

Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection

Nature Microbiology - Single-cell gene expression analysis reveals phenotypic heterogeneity to enable bacterial specialization over the course of plant colonization.

rdcu.be

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Plant & Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · Apr 3

@jspp-news.bsky.social

Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Apr 3

So excited to announce that the first JSPP-ASPB joint symposium will take place at #plantbiology2025 in Milwaukee this summer. Five rising stars from Japan and the US will showcase their latest research, facilitating a melting pot for future collaborations. Please drop by and enjoy!!

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Apr 3

A flu lineage has likely gone extinct since 2020 🧵

$A line graph titled "Confirmed cases of influenza B Yamagata" shows weekly confirmed cases of B Yamagata influenza worldwide from various types of influenza surveillance. The vertical axis represents the number of cases, ranging from zero to 5,000, while the horizontal axis covers the years from 2013 to 2025. The graph indicates significant fluctuations in case numbers over the years, with a noticeable peak just below 5,000 cases around 2019, followed by a steep decline. A data source note mentions that only a fraction of potential influenza cases is tested by labs for confirmation and strain identification. The data comes from FluNet, World Health Organization, and is dated 2023. The graph is licensed under CC BY.$

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Dan Kliebenstein @spicybotrytis.bsky.social · Mar 28

Using a new phylogeny of the Brassicaceae (www.cell.com/current-biol... with a ton of papers on glucosinolate occurrence we did a meta analysis across the family authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S.... Chemical diversity changes quickly and doesn’t track phylogenetic relationships. #secmet

Distribution of key glucosinolates with known causal enzymes across the Brassicaceae. Shows rampant presence absence variation that doesn't track phylogeny closely. Suggests lots of independent events.

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Mar 28

Two fantastic positions in #plantscience: A junior AND a senior group leader position at the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), part of @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. Generous core funding, fantastic plant and non-plant colleagues, all in a very livable and beautiful city.
www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/join-us/...

Senior Group Leader Position

www.oeaw.ac.at

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Ka Wai Ma @kawaima.bsky.social · Apr 1

‼️we are pleased to share the first work coming from my lab on biorxiv.

Misregulation of the jasmonate signaling pathway leads to altered plant microbiota interaction and plant stress responses biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Misregulation of the jasmonate signaling pathway leads to altered plant microbiota interaction and plant stress responses

The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana hosts diverse microbial communities collectively known as the microbiota. The plant microbiota is generally taxonomically structured. Some of the members can promo...

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Apr 2

📜 Multilevel analysis of response to plant growth promoting and pathogenic bacteria in Arabidopsis roots and the role of CYP71A27 in this response

🧑‍🔬 Anna Koprivova, Daniela Ristova, Stanislav Kopriva, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#️⃣ #PlantScience

Multilevel analysis of response to plant growth promoting and pathogenic bacteria in Arabidopsis roots and the role of CYP71A27 in this response

Understanding how plants distinguish between commensal and pathogenic microorganisms is one of the major challenges in the plant microbe interaction research. We previously identified a gene encoding ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Kenichi Tsuda @kenichitsuda.bsky.social · Apr 2

I am happy to introduce this bioRxiv. Stomatal opening is crucial for gas exchange, but it unavoidably offers invasion by pathogens. We found that by coronatine (COR), Pto DC3000 exploits CYP707A1 activation in Arabidopsis thaliana, encoding an enzyme that degrades ABA, for stomatal invasion.

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Apr 1

Evolutionary Trade-off Between Stomatal Defense and Gas Exchange in Brassicaceae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.31.646295v1

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Apr 3

this is really cool

T3SS @t3sss.bsky.social · Apr 2

Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pseudomonas syringae subpopulations cooperate by coordinating flagellar and type III secretion spatiotemporal dynamics to facilitate plant infection - Nature Microbiology

Single-cell gene expression analysis reveals phenotypic heterogeneity to enable bacterial specialization over the course of plant colonization.

www.nature.com

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