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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 1d

Identification of a cleaved aberrant RNA associated with the initiation of transgene silencing (Marianne C Kramer, Thivanka Sandaruwan Ratnayake, Seth A Edwards, Harper L Lowrey, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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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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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 13d

📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: Plant Tissue Culture and Genome Engineering - 2026

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Plant Tissue Culture and Genome Engineering - 2026

(2026) Sun 10 May - Wed 13 [EDT]: We are excited to announce that the International Conference on Plant Tissue Culture & Genome Engineering (PTCGE 2026) will take place from May 10–13, 2026, in Santa…

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Adrian Gibbs @gieck.bsky.social · 16d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life

Scientists used AI to write coherent viral genomes, using them to synthesize bacteriophages capable of killing resistant strains of bacteria.

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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you very much to @theplantjournal.bsky.social for featuring our work on the cover of the latest journal issue! 🌱🧬☀️

Special thanks to the LWDG Waterloo for designing the image!

Cover image: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Hugues Renault @huguesrenault.bsky.social · Sep 5

Abscisic acid signaling regulates primary plasmodesmata density for plant cell-to-cell communication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Abscisic acid signaling regulates primary plasmodesmata density for plant cell-to-cell communication

Abscisic acid reduces primary plasmodesmata density in moss through conserved ABA signaling factors of land plants.

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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 New publication alert 🚨
Tomato Roots Exhibit Development-Specific Responses to Bacterial-Derived Peptides
🔗: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Authors: R Leuschen-Kohl, R Roberts, @danimstevens.bsky.social, N Zhang, S Buchanan, B Pilkey, @gittacoaker.bsky.social , and A Iyer-Pascuzzi.

Tomato Roots Exhibit Development‐Specific Responses to Bacterial‐Derived Peptides

Pattern-triggered immune responses in roots are concentrated in the early differentiating regions in wild and domesticated tomatoes (Solanum pimpinellifolium and S. lycopersicum). Signalling compon...

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Gang Yu @gangyuplant.bsky.social · Sep 1

Inactivation of β-1,3-glucan synthase-like 5 confers broad-spectrum resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae pathotypes in cruciferous plants
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Inactivation of β-1,3-glucan synthase-like 5 confers broad-spectrum resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae pathotypes in cruciferous plants - Nature Genetics

This study implicates GSL5 inactivation in high, broad-spectrum resistance to the clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae in Arabidopsis thaliana, Brassica napus, Brassica oleracea and Brassica rap...

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Natanella Illouz-Eliaz @natanellae.bsky.social · Aug 31

Our #research on #drought #recovery, now published with @springernature.com in @natcomms.nature.com:
Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation - Nature Communications

Post-drought rehydration triggers a preventive immune response in plants, revealing targets to enhance crop resilience by linking drought stress recovery with improved pathogen resistance.

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Barak Rotblat @barakrotblat.bsky.social · Aug 20

Postdoc depression
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Postdoc depression and anxiety rates are rising, finds survey of 872 researchers

The Max Planck Society is good at attracting international postdocs but struggles to retain them, survey finds.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 17

Over 2.5 million Israelis joined today’s anti-Netanyahu protests, organisers estimate. 300,000 are now in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. (Haaretz)

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Neta Shlezinger @shlezingerlab.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 Fungi + viruses + mammalian lungs? Buckle up! Our new paper in
@natmicrobiol.nature.com
uncovers the story of a deadly fungus and its gnarly viral hitchhiker — and how this duo may change how we diagnose & treat fungal disease 🍄🫁🚨 doi.org/10.1038/s415... ⬇️

Aspergillus fumigatus dsRNA virus promotes fungal fitness and pathogenicity in the mammalian host - Nature Microbiology

A mycovirus infecting the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus enhances its stress tolerance and virulence in mice.

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Ziv Spiegelman @zivirus.bsky.social · Aug 13

We're actually doing something quite similar. I would be happy to share our experience

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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · Aug 11

Introducing the 1,000 Flower Collection 🧬🌹

I’m creating 1,000 genetically designed flowers each crafted with new colors, patterns, and shapes.

Here’s how I’m making it happen… and how you can join me on this journey 🧵(1/7)

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Natalia Guayazán Palacios @nataliagupa.bsky.social · Aug 1

I am thrilled to share the 2nd chapter of my PhD with @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social In collaboration with @tiszapatrick we demonstrated that the LRR-RLP INR is the missing molecular link between caterpillar recognition and predatory wasp recruitment in the field. A thread 1/6

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

A plant immune receptor mediates tritrophic interactions by linking caterpillar detection to predator recruitment https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.29.667524v1

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Marcel Dickmanns | 🌿❄️🔬 @madic.bsky.social · Jul 26

New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata.

Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores.

🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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#teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM

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Anne Simon 🧪🌱🐴🦠🍊🇨🇦🇺🇦 @annealiz1.bsky.social · Jul 24

🧪 My agricultural biotech company Silvec, inc is hiring! Check us out at www.silvec.com
We use benign viruses vectors to introduce siRNAs/peptides into plants to control pathogens. Looking for scientist with experience researching spray/other application of viruses to row crops. DM for information!

Silvec Biologics | RNA Therapies for Trees

Silvec Biologics | Protecting, curing and enhancing trees with RNA therapies

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mariebarberon.bsky.social @mariebarberon.bsky.social · Jul 22

Very excited that our work on directional symplastic transport in differentiated root is now published!A developmental switch controls cell-to-cell transport in roots via pectin-linked plasmodesmata changes: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

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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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Jogi Madhuprakash @jmadhuprakash.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 New @biorxivpreprint alert! 🚨
We are thrilled to share our latest findings—building on our earlier work on suppressors of helper NLRs of the NRC family—a Phytophthora infestans L-shaped effector captures resistosome assembly intermediates of tomato NRC3!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · Jul 14

Great presentation by Rosa Lozano-Durán @geminiteamlab.bsky.social focusing on geminivirus peptides (sORFs). Also, an important call at the end to increase plant virology at MPMI; there is much more to explore. #2025ISMPMI

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · Jul 9

Have you ever wondered why virus-infected plants twist, curl, yellow, and/or stop growing? We did—you can read what we found in our latest review: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @gmvalora.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social

Symptom Development in Plant Viral Diseases: What, How, and Why? | Annual Reviews

Plant viruses are obligate intracellular pathogens that hijack host cellular machinery to support their replication and spread. Viral infection induces a variety of structural and physiological change...

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · Jul 9

Kudos Madhu @JMadhuprakash, Mau @mpcontreras4 and the whole team for this beautiful structure and study! 😍 #EffectorWisdom #NLRbiology #PlantSci

Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thrilled to share our latest preprint! This work started during my PhD and was finished together with @jmadhuprakash.bsky.social. We found a Phytophthora infestans L-shaped effector that bridges a host TOL protein to activated NLRs to suppress immunity!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Eoghan King @eoghan-king.bsky.social · Jul 4

Pathogenic fungus exploits the lateral root regulators to induce pluripotency in maize shoots

Biotrophic plant pathogens secrete effector molecules to redirect and exploit endogenous signaling and developmental pathways in their favor. The biotrophic fungus Ustilago maydis causes galls on all ...

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Ari Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · Jul 2

How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social‬ @erc.europa.eu‬ 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature

A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.

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