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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Meet the 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐓𝐏𝐉-𝐏𝐒𝐍𝐀 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 🏆
This award recognizes outstanding postdocs and research scientists, with preference for early-career researchers ready to launch independent labs:
💠Ryo Yokoyama @yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social
💠 Boaz Negin
CONGRATULATIONS!

@psna-official.bsky.social
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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 1d

⏰ Just 13 days left to apply!
Great opportunity for Early Career Researchers!
Please, spread the word! 🗣️
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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 9d

📢Announcement!
The call for 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 is now open! 🌟
It is designed to offer support and mentorship to researchers transitioning from post-doctoral scientists to principal investigators

Info: 👉http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/TPJ-fellowships
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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you very much to Editor Martin Balcerowicz (@transcription.bsky.social) for highlighting our work in the September issue of @theplantjournal.bsky.social!

Article: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
Research Highlight: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

@laurierbiology.bsky.social @cspbscbv.bsky.social

Too hot to defend: elevated temperature compromises systemic acquired resistance

Click on the article title to read more.

doi.org

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 9d

𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰
The TPJ Fellow will be expected to:
- contribute ideas for the improvement of TPJ
- help promote new developments of TPJ to the wider community.
- Acknowledge the TPJ Fellowship when speaking at conferences for which they have used the Fellowship funds

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 9d

The 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬:
- £2,000 for conference attendance
- Invitation to TPJ editorial board meeting with a research talk opportunity
- Opportunity to write a TPJ Focused Review
- Mentoring from a TPJ board member

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 9d

𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
See link in first post!

- CV
- Description of current & future research
- Letter of support from the head of institute or previous post-doc supervisor.
- Covering letter outlining your motivation

email documents: Rosie Trice ([email protected]) by 20/10/2025

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 9d

𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

Are you a Principal Investigator leading your own research programme for no more than 3 years?
E.g: faculty positions or independent research fellowships where the fellow is fully independent - i.e. not embedded in a host laboratory.

If so: apply!!

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 9d

📢Announcement!
The call for 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 is now open! 🌟
It is designed to offer support and mentorship to researchers transitioning from post-doctoral scientists to principal investigators

Info: 👉http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/TPJ-fellowships
& in 🧵

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 13d

Metabolites as dynamic regulators of cellular adaptation

The plastidial metabolite 𝐌𝐄𝐜𝐏𝐏 acts as a 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, disrupting a repressor complex & activating CAMTA3 via calcium influx to turn on stress-defense genes

Zeng et al. Dehesh´lab
@ucriverside.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70478

Bimodal retrograde signaling disrupts a suppressor network and activates a key transcriptional activator to direct stress responses

This study reveals how the plastidial metabolite MEcPP functions as an integrator of metabolic and signaling cues, dismantling a transcriptional repressor complex while activating CAMTA3 via calcium ...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 16d

🌟New 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social

🍅🪰 Riboflavin in phloem sap helps wild tomato combat whiteflies

📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

Find the original work by Lissy-Anne M. Denkers et al here:
🔗 bsky.app/profile/thep...

The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Jul 28

🍅🪰

Wild tomato Solanum chmielewskii resists whiteflies via elevated riboflavin levels.
The phloem-mobile mechanism disrupts Bemisia tabaci nymph development.

by Lissy-Anne M. Denkers et al. @uva.nl

📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70363

A phloem‐based defense mechanism linked to elevated riboflavin levels in wild tomato Solanum chmielewskii impedes whitefly nymphal development

Wild tomato Solanum chmielewskii harbors a resistance against the herbivorous pest insect Bemisia tabaci (whitefly) that was linked to elevated concentrations of riboflavin in this tomato species. Th...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 16d

🍅 𝐒𝐥𝐄𝐈𝐍𝟐 links 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 to 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥: it regulates the DNA demethylase SlDML2 via SlALKBH2 and balances fruit growth vs. defense by modulating SlAGO4A/B-driven RdDM
👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70484

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 23d

🌱 BRs are well-known plant hormones, but plants also make other steroids like 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 & 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐬, whose roles are unknown

Körber et al show they reshape roots in angiosperms, independently of BRs—opening new research paths.

📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70459

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 25d

🌾🦠Alfalfa-nodulation-senescence-& miR396b-MsGRF1c module

- Senescence limits alfalfa’s nitrogen-fixing power
- Here: the miR396b-MsGRF1c-MsGS2 pathway regulates nodule senescence via ROS, opening paths to stronger nitrogen fixation & higher yield.

📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70468

The miR396b‐MsGRF1c module positively associates with alfalfa nodule senescence

The senescence of alfalfa nodule severely affects symbiotic nitrogen fixation, whereas the detailed mechanism is yet to be revealed. Here, we report that the miR396b-MsGRF1c-MsGS2 pathway regulates a...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 26d

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
✨RNA-binding proteins orchestrating immunity in plants 🧬🌿🦠
✍️ Marcel Bach-Pages et al

RBPs govern plant immunity, but pathogens hijack them
🔎 This review explores the role of RBPs in defense & how this knowledge could boost resistance

📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70433

RNA‐binding proteins orchestrating immunity in plants

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a central role in plant immunity by controlling the form, function and fate of RNA and are directly targeted by pathogens to promote susceptibility. This review exami...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 27d

The 2nd 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐁𝐢𝐏𝐒) 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 will take place 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧

🗓️ Friday 24 October 2025
🕐 9 am – 5 pm
🗺️ Helix @ University of Leeds
🪙 £25 – General Admission, £15 – Students
🔗 Registration and info: blackinplantscience.org/bips-confere...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 27d

For the 2nd year, TPJ is proud to co-fund with @blackinplantsci to support undergraduate research experiences! 🌱

Meet Hamda Hassan, our 2025 studentship awardee ➡️ blackinplantscience.org/2025/05/21/b...

Excited to follow her journey in plant–microbial interactions!! ✨🍀🦠

Congrats, Hamda! 🎉

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

Two new studies on 𝐄𝐋𝐅𝟑, 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬
Both show SA suppresses warm-temperature growth via the ELF3-PIF4-auxin pathway, linking drought, hormones & plant climate resilience 🌱🔥💧
Chen et al. doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70335
Song et al. doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70466

Salicylic acid reduces ELF3 phase separation and suppresses thermomorphogenic growth in Arabidopsis

We show that SA suppresses thermomorphogenic growth by influencing the ELF3-PIF4-auxin pathway in Arabidopsis. This study provides new insights into hormonal regulation of temperature-responsive grow...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌱Big news
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 with @globalplantgpc.bsky.social to highlight TPJ papers

1st features researchers from our 𝑆𝐼 𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 🌱🧬
🗓️Sept 29 ⏰17:00 CEST
🎙️Hosted by EiC @katherinedenby.bsky.social
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Engineering – Advances, Bottlenecks, and Promise. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

This webinar is the 1st in a series together with "The Plant Journal" Join us for a webinar hosted in collaboration between The Global Plant Council and the "The Plant Journal", exploring the latest ...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Sep 1

New 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by @transcription.bsky.social
🍃The making of a leaf tip: how cell division angles define shape
👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70453

Mathematical modelling + developmental biology to investigate leaf shape formation
Zang et al: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.....

The making of a leaf tip: how cell division angles define shape

Click on the article title to read more.

doi.org

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Aug 29

🦟🌱
Piercing-sucking insects cause huge crop losses

A Cuticle Related Factor (NtCRF):
- strengthens leaf cuticle
- slows insect stylet probing
- boosts resistance—without altering JA/SA pathways.
Overexpressing NtCRF in Arabidopsis ➡️ stronger defense!

👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70440

A GDSL lipase confers resistance to piercing‐sucking insects in tobacco by strengthening leaf cuticle

The discovery of NtCRF-regulated resistance to piercing-sucking insects extends our understanding of the functional roles of the GDSL lipase family.

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Aug 28

PLANT HYBRIDIZATION AND METABOLIC DIVERSITY:

🌱 Zafra-Delgado et al. analyzed >400 naturally occurring hybrids in the field using metabolomics + NMR to get a comprehensive view of their chemistry.
@mpi-ce.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70444

Consequences of interspecific plant hybridization on metabolic diversity in naturally occurring hybrid swarms

Studies on the effect of hybridization on plant chemistry have mainly been conducted with crop plants and artificially created hybrids, and the few studies that have analyzed naturally occurring hybr...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Rubber trees lose lots of mitochondria (60%) when tapped—up to 113 per cell! But they bounce back faster than before, showing an incredible self-repair trick triggered by harvesting

👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70427

Loss and recovery dynamics of mitochondria in laticifer vessels of the rubber tree under repeated latex harvesting

Rubber tree laticifers expel ~113 mitochondria/cell/tapping due to lacking protective mechanisms. Mitochondrial concentration decreases by 60% during latex flow from water influx; however, it rapidly...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Aug 22

🍑,🧬, and NO
Nitric oxide delays apricot senescence by inducing DNA methylation that regulates key genes (ACO, PAL, NCED, MYB21) controlling softening, flavonoids & hormones. A novel epigenetic paradigm for post-harvest preservation & longer shelf life
👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70387

Comprehensive analysis of DNA methylome and transcriptome reveals the epigenetic regulation of nitric oxide treatment in delaying apricot fruit senescence

Nitric oxide (NO) treatment delays apricot fruit senescence by inducing genome-wide DNA methylation changes, which epigenetically regulate key genes (ACO, PAL, NCED, MYB21) controlling softening, fla....

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Aug 18

It does not hurt to double up: 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 🌾x 🌾

Read this nice research highlight
✍️ @gwenkirschner.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70431

Find the original paper by Xi et al 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70297

It does not hurt to double up: the role of translation in inter‐subspecific hybrid rice

Click on the article title to read more.

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞
🌡️🌱Heat disarms plant defenses

Warm temps block key immune signals (NHP & SA), weakening long-term disease resistance.
Understanding this can help breed climate-resilient crops.

by Alyssa Shields, Lingya Yao et al @danvec.bsky.social ´lab
👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70374

Warm temperature suppresses plant systemic acquired resistance by intercepting N‐hydroxypipecolic acid biosynthesis

Elevated temperature impacts plant immunity at the primary infection site, but how it affects immune preparedness for future infections remains unclear. Here we report that warm temperature suppresse...

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