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Phil Carella
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Exploring the evolutionary diversity of plant-pathogen interactions
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · Apr 1
Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants

Very happy to share the published version of our work on natural Marchantia-Pseudomonas interactions.

Out now in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants
Robinson et al. identify pathogenic Pseudomonas viridiflava in wild Marchantia polymorpha liverworts and interrogate the mechanisms enabling virulence in non-flowering and flowering plants. Their resu...
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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 5d
How do geminiviruses maximize their limited coding capacity? Our recent preprint uncovers splicing of viral transcripts as one more strategy used by this viral family. We show that RNA splicing is prevalent in the geminivirus TYLCV — and required for infectivity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pervasive splicing in a plant DNA virus
Viruses maximize their limited coding space through strategies that increase transcript and protein diversity. In mammalian viruses, splicing is a well-established mechanism for proteome expansion, ye...
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Katherine Denby 🌱🥬 @katherinedenby.bsky.social · 6d
Fantastic PhD opportunity to join myself, Nicola Patron and @lichmanlab.bsky.social in uncovering the biosynthesis and function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones. 4-year fully-funded combining molecular & engineering biology, & plant pathology.

Deadline Nov 25th

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The biosynthesis and immunity function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones at Gatsby Charitable Foundation on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The biosynthesis and immunity function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones at Gatsby Charitable Foundation, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 16d
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 16d
Amazing resources and a good lesson that bryophytes are not “simple”. BUT nothing surprising here re:immune receptor diversity, functional conservation, or transferability… 👀 academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
The N-terminal domains of NLR immune receptors exhibit structural and functional similarities across divergent plant lineages
Plant immunity mediated by a major class of immune receptors is conserved among flowering and nonflowering plants, and these receptors have domains with si
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Guido Van den Ackerveken @guidopmi.bsky.social · 17d
The latest paper from our work on DMR6. Genetic suppression of growth reduction in the Arabidopsis dmr6_dlo1 mutant. Results of the forward genetics screen by Tijmen van Butselaar💪🏻. Interested… read the paper😄. onlinelibrary.willen.com/doi/10.1111/...
Genetic suppressors of the growth‐immunity trade‐off in the Arabidopsis salicylic acid‐accumulating dmr6 dlo1 mutant
This study reveals genetic factors underlying the salicylic acid (SA)-mediated growth-immunity tradeoff in plants by identifying suppressor mutants with restored growth in the background of the highl...
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Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social · 17d
Our recent paper @newphyt.bsky.social @anajusagasti.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social is featured today in the Sunday Post!
Thanks Sally McDonald for your piece helping to promote and communicate Scotland’s rich fossil heritage
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Page 11 of the Sunday Post. With story 'Fossil find is modern-day Jurassic spark'. The title image is of dinosaurs and below is an image of fossil wood, and a photograph of Anajú Sagasti and Sandy Hetherington
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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 20d
I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 22d
Unfortunately we will only be running the meeting in person. The committee all agreed to keep the meeting offline since it’s a single day, small local community, and mostly ECRs presenting. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 24d
I'm making a collage of Arabidopsis habitats for a seminar. If you have photos to share, such as these iconic ones from @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social & @coevolution.bsky.social, please send to [email protected]. Please let me also know how to attribute them. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 26d
Would be great to have you at the meeting Hiro! No pressure 😎
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 27d
EVENT - 4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025

🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏰ From 9:30 am
📍 @theforumnorwich.bsky.social, Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF

For more info: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge...

💻 Register by 14 NOVEMBER 2025: forms.office.com/e/7xLvVHtbC6

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4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025 | John Innes Centre
General Information Established thanks to the support of the Genetics Society, the Non-Seed Plant Sectional Interest Group brings together UK researchers studying all aspects of plant biology using…
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 26d
Join us for the 4th annual NonSeed Plant Meeting in Norwich this year! @johninnescentre.bsky.social
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Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant SIG @gensocuknonseed.bsky.social · 27d
Registration for #nonseedUK25 is officially open: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge.... If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract by 30th October. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social for acting as local organizer this year 😃
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 28d
EVENT - Calling all teachers, A-level science classes and colleges! Registration is now open for the NBI Accessible Science Talks 2025

🗓️ Tuesday 7 October 2025

💻 Register here: jic.link/NBIAST2025
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Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social · Aug 7
Happy to share the first paper from my lab! We wrote a review on bacterial plant pathogen evolution 🧫 🌱 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @microsky.bsky.social @plantsky.bsky.social
From genes to epidemics: Genomic insights into bacterial plant pathogen emergence
Bacterial phytopathogens are major causal agents of newly emerging plant diseases. The roles of both agricultural practices and the alteration of bact…
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Aug 22
Yesterday I talked* science with modellers, mathematicians, biochemists, cell biologists and geneticists. Sound like your kind of place? Join us!

Applications for a tenure-track or tenured Group Leader ar JIC close Monday.

(*I love chatting - if you come to JIC I *will* stop you in the corridor)
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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Jul 16
GROUP LEADER VACANCY

JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.

If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.
www.jic.ac.uk
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Aug 14
📢 To all molecular mossers 📢

The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Aug 9
VACANCY - We’re recruiting for a visionary group leader to lead fundamental research on Discovery Plant Science as part of our vibrant research community

Successful candidate will be offered a six-year tenure-track position with the opportunity to apply for tenure:

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · Aug 4
Group Leader position available @johninnescentre.bsky.social !

It’s a creative and stimulating environment for plant and/or microbial biology - spanning the full spectrum of fundamental and applied research.

Apply to join us - don’t be shy!
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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · Aug 4
New group leader opportunity at @johninnescentre.bsky.social!

We're looking for interests in (but not limited to) growth and development, environmental / organismal interactions, physiology, signalling, quantitative cell biology, biochemical and modelling approaches.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.
www.jic.ac.uk
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Adam Steinbrenner @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social · Aug 2
How do predatory wasps find their caterpillar prey?

In our new preprint on Biorxiv we show that the host plant's immune system detects herbivory to sound the alarm. 🌱🐛

See thread from @nataliagupa.bsky.social -- a surprising role for a plant PRR in indirect defense against herbivores.
Representative image of a committed attack by Polybia sp and Mischocyttaurus sp on a sentinel fall armyworm caterpillar
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Aug 2
1/3 New preprint led by Shanshan Wang, in collaboration with the Timmermans lab.

Several groups have presented sc/snRNA-seq analyses of Arabidopsis leaves after bacterial infection before. Is there anything left to discover? Turns out: Yes.

#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Jul 30
Before this #PlantBio2025 thread closes: two exciting opportunities now open for early-career plant scientists.
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...
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Varsha Mathur @varshamathur.bsky.social · Jul 30
Check out our new preprint all about Pirsonia, a tiny killer of bloom-forming Coscinodiscus diatoms!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#protistsonsky #marinemicrobes 🌊🔬
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Dan Kliebenstein @spicybotrytis.bsky.social · Jul 29
The first in a coming array of papers looking at the co-transcriptome of 72 Botrytis genotype in 10 different host plants is out. Summary is the pathogen uses a combination of general virulence and host specific plasticity (not new genes) to infect dicots. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Combined generalist and host-specific transcriptional strategies enable host generalism in the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea
How generalist pathogens infect phylogenetically diverse hosts remains a central question in plant-pathogen biology. In particular, the extent to which broad host range is enabled by genetic variation...
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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · Jul 29
Excited this paper is finally published! We focused on the inner concave surface of LRR RKs to expand bacterial flagellin perception in plants. Selection indicates expanded perception is more common than previously thought. Experiments led by @jerrytli.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unlocking expanded flagellin perception through rational receptor engineering - Nature Plants
Receptor kinase FLS2 detects the flg22 epitope of bacterial flagellin. Here the authors identify key residues on FLS2’s concave surface that enable expanded perception of flg22 variants, allowing the ...
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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · Jul 24
Happy to share this short preprint (micropublication) based in part on former BSc student Karen Liu's honours thesis project! @laurierbiology.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Impact of elevated temperature on immunity-related hormone signaling in tomato plants
Molecular mechanisms governing the plant-pathogen-environment "disease triangle" are starting to emerge, although less so in agriculturally important species like tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Here w...
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