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Ken Shirasu @shirasulab.bsky.social · 21d

Well done, Max! Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants

Plant peptide hormones regulate and induce the parasitic plant specialized organ for connecting to and feeding from the host.

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Bruno Ngou @brunongou.bsky.social · Sep 4

Very happy to share our latest work “Systematic discovery and engineering of synthetic immune receptors in plants” out in @science.org !

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Systematic discovery and engineering of synthetic immune receptors in plants

Plants deploy a diverse array of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which perceive microbe-associated molecular patterns to activate immune responses. Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase subgr...

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Yukihisa Goto @yukihisag.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thanks for your reminder😅
I thought you were joking at first, but of course — I’d be happy to bring some Swiss wine and champagne to celebrate the occasion.🥂

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Yukihisa Goto @yukihisag.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thanks, Yasu😊

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Yasuhiro Kadota @yasukadota.bsky.social · Jul 30

🎉 Our new paper is out in Science Advances!
Plants can detect parasitic nematodes.

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Yukihisa Goto @yukihisag.bsky.social · Jul 29

Chitin Soil Amendment Triggers Systemic Plant Disease Resistance Through Enhanced Pattern‐Triggered Immunity - Makechemu - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Chitin Soil Amendment Triggers Systemic Plant Disease Resistance Through Enhanced Pattern‐Triggered Immunity

Chitin triggers localised and systemic plant immune responses, making it a promising treatment for sustainable disease resistance. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying chitin-induced ...

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Ken Shirasu @shirasulab.bsky.social · Jul 28

Our new work lead by Anuphon. Cryo Structure of CARD1 reveals copper in the ecodomain, required for sensing H202. The phenotype of card1 is same as rbohd, suggesting ROS produced by RBOHD is sensed by CARD1.

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Jul 25

A copper-dependent, redox-based hydrogen peroxide perception in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.22.666036v1

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Jack Rhodes @jackrhodes.bsky.social · May 20

Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 8th-10th September

#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci

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Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025

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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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Bruno Ngou @brunongou.bsky.social · Mar 18

First post on Bluesky!! ☀️

Very happy to share that my main postdoc work ‘Systematic Discovery and Design of Synthetic Immune Receptors in Plants’ is finally out on Biorxiv!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Systematic Discovery and Design of Synthetic Immune Receptors in Plants

Plants deploy a diverse array of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that perceive microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) to activate immune responses. Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase...

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Mar 3

🚨 We’re hiring–please spread the word! 🚨 Our lab at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking for a pre-doc intern to join our research on plant immunity. If you’re a current undergrad/master’s or recent graduate interested in gaining research experience, please apply! tatsuyanobori.com

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · Feb 12

Please spread the word. We're looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) @KamounLab to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution.

Direct inquiries welcome.

Please include a cover letter.

medium.com/@kamounlab/2...

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Ken Shirasu @shirasulab.bsky.social · Feb 10

New! Well done, Max! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants

Parasitic plants initiate rapid de novo organogenesis of a specialized feeding structure called a haustorium upon contact with their hosts. Currently, little is known about the internal signals regula...

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Yasuhiro Kadota @yasukadota.bsky.social · Feb 3

Excited to share our new publication on a novel MAMP peptide conserved across nematodes, insects, and fungal pathogens, along with the RLK essential for its signaling. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis

Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) cause major agricultural losses worldwide, yet the molecular basis of plant immunity against these pathogens remains poorly understood. To investigate how plants recog...

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jan 8

New year, new paper! Now published in @nature.com. We identified and characterised diverse immune cell states in plants under pathogen attack. My postdoc work in the Ecker lab at @salkinstitute.bsky.social. A thread (0/n)
#PlantScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Kentaro K. Shimizu @kkshimizu1.bsky.social · Jan 1

A new open postdoc position in population genomics! Reposting appreciated. Demography of human beings and crop plants. Attached is a group picture during a lab retreat in Lichtenstein. Job description:
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Dec 26

Kadota, fascinated by the strategy of Samurais in Japan, grew into a deep curiosity about the molecular battles between plants and microbes. #WeAreASPB https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/36/12/4932/7828328

Yasuhiro Kadota (he/his) is the First Author of The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 regulates PRR-RBOHD complexes targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto published 21 October 2024. Kadota is a Senior Research Scientist, RIKEN, Japan.
Education background includes: 2010 Post Doc, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK; 2006 Post Doc, RIKEN, Japan (JSPS research fellowship and RIKEN fellowship); 2005 phD Tokyo University of Science. Research interests include Plant immunity, Immune receptor signaling.
Personal interests include Enjoy traveling, visiting old temples and shrines, Sake tasting, pottery art.

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · Dec 16

📣 NEW VACANCY: Postdoctoral Scientist in the Cyril Zipfel group.
🌿 Decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immunity
🌱 Identify & characterise pattern recognition receptors

⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25

www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · Dec 16

📢 NEW VACANCY: Senior Laboratory Technician in the Cyril Zipfel group.

🌱 🛡️ Contribute to fundamental research on plant immunity
🧬 Conduct molecular biology experiments

⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · Dec 16

📣 NEW VACANCY: Predoctoral Internship in the Cyril Zipfel group
For:
▶️ Students considering future PhD studies
▶️ ‘Year-in-industry’ undergrads
🌱🧬 with an interest in plant science research

⏳Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25

www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...

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Jack Rhodes @jackrhodes.bsky.social · Dec 16

Are you interested in receptor kinase signalling and plant immunity?
We have several positions open to join our team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social in Norwich.

#plantscience #mpmi #plantimmunity #sceincejobs

Please get in touch if you have questions

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Plant & Cell Physiology @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social · Nov 27

New report out about Europe beginning its 1st field trial of gene-edited grape vines (see below) 🧬✂️🍇

Find out what happened when the 1st CRISPR tomato 🍅🧬✂️ launched to the Japanese market, prompting govts around the world to re-evaluate GE tech for practical applications...
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Dec 10

Chitin soil amendment triggers systemic plant disease resistance through enhanced pattern-triggered immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.08.627391v1

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Yasuhiro Kadota @yasukadota.bsky.social · Dec 3

Our paper is officially published in The Plant Cell!
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The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 regulates PRR-RBOHD complexes targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto

A bacterial effector exploits a plant receptor kinase, a component of immune receptor complexes, and reduces immune receptor accumulation to desensitize pl

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