Here’s me getting excited to be walking among so many extant relatives of the ancient giant ferns in the “jungle” of the Lost Gardens of Heligan. It was such a cool place to visit! #PlantLover #plantbiology #Evolution

I highlighted the new #preprint from Xinnian Dong's lab for @preLights
My #prelights article:

"30-years of searching for the link between local infection and systemic acquired resistance: It’s been ROS all along!"

https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/h2o2-sulfenylates-che-linking-local-infection-to-establishment-of-systemic-acquired-resistance/

#PlantImmunity #PlantBiology #SystemicAcquiredResistance #prelight #PlantSAR #PlantScience

After 6 hr delay, finally at the airport. Looking forward to connecting and learning!! #PlantBio2023 #plantbiology

Another great paper from the Niko Geldner, led by Yan Ma. The flg & SGN pathways activate similar signaling routes & produce similar outputs (MPKs, ROS, lignification), yet, they eventually achieve different things (immunity vs Casparian strip). How is this possible? Where does the specificity come from?
Well, MKKs fine-tune the pathways! 👌
Fantastic #PlantCellBiology !

https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.03.547518

#PlantScience #PlantResearch #CellBiology #CellSignalling #Botany #PlantImmunity #PlantBiology

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A new paper from the Lab of Frank Takken on the #Fusarium oxysporum Avr2 effector is out in the journal Molecular Plant Pathology. They show that Avr2 suppresses BIK1 function by preventing ubiquitination & membrane dissociation. Thus, BIK1 can't activate defense gene expression or RBOHD.

https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13369

#MPMI #PlantImmunity #PlantBiology #PlantScience #Agriculture #PlantResearch #PlantPathology #Botany

#introduction. I am a plant developmental geneticist. The lab addresses a fundamental biological question: how does morphogenesis translate genotype into form? To this end we study signaling at the plasma membrane - cell wall interface and we investigate how mechanical forces influence tissue shape using 3D digital ovules.

Main interests:
#Arabidopsis #CellBiology #cellbio #CellWall #devbio #devbiol #DevelopmentalBiology #EvoDevo #imaging #lignin #MechanoBiology #microscopy #PlantBiology

New publication:
"Three R2R3-MYB transcription factors from banana (Musa acuminata) activate structural anthocyanin biosynthesis genes as part of an MBW complex"

https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06375-2

#PlantBiology #Flavonoids

Some plants send out odor signals to attract their enemies’ enemies.

These stealthy survival tactics could teach us how to curb the widespread use of chemical pesticides in agriculture.

But first, researchers must learn how seemingly helpless flora deploy this masterful strategy.

Science journalist Tim Vernimmen chats with chemical ecologist Ted Turlings

🔗 Read the Q&A: https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2023/natural-pest-control-plants-enlist-enemies-enemies

📸 CREDIT: STEPHEN GODDARD / FLICKR

#science
#entomology
#scicomm
#plantbiology

A week from today I will be in Malaga, Spain for the 2023 Plant Cell Wall Meeting! #xvipcwm #PlantCellWall #Cellulose #PlantBiology

It doesn't cease to amaze me that it sometimes works to make a complex crop plant like the banana resistant against a dangerous pathogen - simply by introducing an Arabidopsis thaliana immunity gene such as EFR. Cool work by Leena Tripathi
from IITA Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, in cooperation with Cyril Zipfel. 👍

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.06.543870v1

#PlantScience #PlantBiotechnology #PlantResearch #PlantBiology #GiveGenesAChance

🤔 Did you know that @AnnBot is managed by a not-for-profit educational charity? The Annals of Botany Company was established to promote plant science worldwide.

#plantresearch #botany #plantbiology (1/4)

Don't miss out on #DevPres later this week, where we will hear from the finalists of Development's Oustanding Paper Prize.

Find out more on @the_node https://thenode.biologists.com/development-presents-outstanding-paper-prize-finalists/development-presents/

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9716740379156/WN_0Neo-njbTQi2atA_vxqX3g

About the Paper Prize: https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/150/7/dev201810/306247/Development-s-Inaugural-Outstanding-Paper-Prize

#devbio #stemcells #plantbiology

Hear ye, hear ye...tomorrow, March 31st, the Arch-florist🌺–
Min Ya (bird app link here https://twitter.com/0_minyaaa)
–will be summoned for an AMA @ 11am PDT/2pm EST in our Discord. Come forth to hear wondrous tales of botanical shenanigans, experimental insights, and photographic artistry. https://discord.gg/s7E6nDxDEn in the salon.

#plantscience #plantbiology #openscience

Sunflowers belong to one of the most successful plant families on Earth, perhaps thanks to their composite flower made of many mini florets.

Stacey Harmer explains how these florets stay in sync and why it’s so important. Listen to the #eLifePodcast 🎧 https://elifesciences.org/podcast/episode85?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic #PlantBiology #CircadianClock

COME COSTRUIRE UNA FINTA MOSCA

Presto e bene, senza sapere cosa si sta facendo e senza aver mai pensato di farlo.

#evolution #plantbiology

https://www.ilfoglio.it/scienza/2023/03/24/news/la-teoria-darwiniana-e-ancora-in-grado-di-spiegare-la-realta-naturale-5096273/

I am looking for motivated candidates to start #pdf #postdoctoral #Research 🧪at the @IRBV_Montreal
@UMontreal Great opportunities in #plantbiology 🌱🦠and #environement #phytotechnologies !

Looks like one of my favourite #PrePrints is now published in Science:

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn4116

#pikobodies #PlantBiology #PlantImmunity #PlantScience

Congrats to Jiorgos Kourelis, Clemence Marchal, et al. from Sophien Kamoun's Lab

Here's also the @preLights article I wrote on the #preprint back in 2021:

https://doi.org/10.1242/prelights.30993

Ars Technica: Unexpected protein interactions needed to build flowers https://arstechnica.com/?p=1919874 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #biochemistry #plantbiology #proteins #Science #Biology #flowers

"We report here that dosage differences in a cluster of monocot-specific 12-OXOPHYTODIENOATE REDUCTASE genes from subfamily III (OPRIII) modulate key differences in wheat root architecture, which are associated with grain yield under water-limited conditions... OPRIII genes provide a useful entry point to engineer root architecture in wheat and other cereals"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36248-y#:~:text=We%20report%20here%20that%20dosage%20differences%20in%20a%20cluster%20of%20monocot%2Dspecific%2012%2DOXOPHYTODIENOATE%20REDUCTASE%20genes%20from%20subfamily%20III%20(OPRIII)%20modulate%20key%20differences%20in%20wheat%20root%20architecture%2C%20which%20are%20associated%20with%20grain%20yield%20under%20water%2Dlimited%20conditions

#wheat #crops #agriculture #bioengineering #plantBiology #genomics #foodProduction #cropYields #worldHunger

I am officially registered for the XVI Plant Cell Wall Meeting being held in Malaga, Spain this Summer! I look forward to presenting my ongoing research and networking with other experts in the Plant Cell Wall field! #PlantBiology #PlantCellWall #Cellulose #XVIPCWM

Registration link (deadline is February 28): https://www.cellwall2023.org/registration/