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Scientist interested in plant biotechnology.

[MPMI Journal @MPMIjournal]

Interactions Review: Leaf rust, caused by #Puccinia recondita f. sp. secalis, is considered one of the most dangerous rye diseases, causing yield losses exceeding 35%. Monika Rakoczy-Trojanowska et al. summarize all currently available data about this disease: pathogen characteristics (including its life cycle, natural variation, and disease symptoms), resistance resources, and the background of the plant immune response at the genome, transcriptome, and metabolome levels. Learn more: https://t.co/f6MdeweCVc

[Will Shaw @willmshaw]

New preprint out 🌱

We present a new T-DNA vector system for Arabidopsis that supports clean, genomically mapped, single-copy T-DNA insertion with predictable cell-type/conditional gene expression.

@MoKhalilLab + Gehring labs

https://t.co/oqkjliGHaQ

🧵1/16

[Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras4]

Check out our latest work! AlphaFold 3 revealed a transient immune receptor complex that eluded biochemical studies for almost a decade🤯 We describe a conserved structural logic underlying sensor–helper communication in an NLR immune receptor network 🧵👇
https://t.co/H55EMmrtZn

[nature @Nature]

Geneticist J. Craig Venter, best known for his role in sequencing the human genome, has died aged 79.

He spoke to Nature in 2023 about AI, sequencing the ocean – and why he had no plans to stop working.

https://t.co/FYq5jbMpxa

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

I just published Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition)

Great science deserves to be read—not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing scientific papers.

https://t.co/ad1I0s4gK0

[Şuayb Üstün 🌱👨🏻‍🔬 @SuayibUestuen]

Preprint alert 🚨 (1/10) 🧵

Autophagy can promote resistance, susceptibility, or restrict cell death 🤯

So what is its actual role?

We show it acts as a spatial organizer of immunity across cell types 🌱🦠

https://t.co/JjxuB7oCTt

[Yasin Dagdas @PlantoPhagy]

New #preprint 😍‼️ led by 2 incredible postdocs Ni Zhan & @ranjithbio: transforming #UFMylation from a local ribosome rescue pathway to systems level regulator of mRNA splicing https://t.co/2ZILMnEAvy A short 🧵

[Chih-Hang Wu @AdamWu9527]

I’m very excited to share this work! Understanding plant hypersensitive cell death has been a key challenge. Using time-lapse imaging, we captured the full process: from calcium influx to organelle breakdown and cell collapse. @YiFeng_eYFP @IPMBSinica
https://t.co/3wVNWr4Au9

[Shahid Siddique @NemaPlant]

Excited to share our PNAS commentary, “A nematode-built conduit for cross-kingdom biotrophic interaction,” on a fascinating recent discovery in root-knot nematode biology from @MitchumLab .
Please take a look : https://t.co/SyJ93495TQ

[Niko McCarty. @NikoMcCarty]

I spent 1.5 years at MIT co-designing a new undergrad program in Genetic Engineering.

The full report is now publicly available. It describes what needs to be built to educate the next generation, and why.

Appendix II includes notes from interviews with 100+ biotech company CEOs and scientists about what they look for in new hires.

Appendix III includes a huge analysis of all existing curricula in biotechnology and genetic engineering globally. It also features dozens of photos from my visits to biotechnology centers across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Hopefully this will be a useful resource for educators looking to adapt or expand their curriculums, too.

[Nick Desnoyer @NickDesnoyer]

Freaky Flowers Volume 3!🌸🧬

Did you know that just a few mutations can transform the Arabidopsis flower into all kinds of forms? 🤯
Here’s a tour of 6 mutants that orchestrate floral development and architecture 🧵

[Emilio Mármol Sánchez @MarmolE6]

🦣🧬🦣 🤯💥 We are pleased to share our new paper about ancient RNA expression profiles from the Woolly Mammoth, now published in Cell @CellPressNews

https://t.co/9IWBZNEXpQ

If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:

#mammoth #RNA #DNA #Pleistocene

[Agata Starosta @MissAgataStar]

Drodzy, by tradycji stało się zadość, naukowcy przygotowali petycję vs 2025 ws finansowania nauki, zwłaszcza @NCN_PL
Nauka i badania, w kraju, który jest 20-tą gospodarką świata, powinny być priorytetem ponad podziałami. Apelujemy do wszystkich, którzy rozumieją potrzebę prowadzenia badań naukowych w Polsce o zapoznanie się z treścią listu i poparcie Apelu.
#pokolenieNCN #NCNtoTlen
https://t.co/X3gF6WZPub

@PremierRP @prezydentpl @M_K_Blonska @szymon_holownia @sikorskiradek @KGawkowski @KosiniakKamysz

@PAN_akademia @ForumAkad @naukawpolsce @AlicjaGardulska @estera_flieger @annawitten @AnnaZabl @krasp_pl

@adamSzlapka @MarcinKulasek @MNiSW_GOV__PL @kr_szumilas @dorota_olko @jciesz @szefernaker

[Piotr Ziolkowski @Piotraz1]

🚀 We’re hiring a #Postdoc!
Join our group in Poznan, Poland to study meiotic crossover recombination in plants🌱 Highly motivated & enthusiastic candidates are welcome!
📅 Deadline: Nov 1, 2025

🔗 https://t.co/R8TIEnGatE

#PlantScience #Meiosis #PostdocJobs

[Plant Biotechnology Journal @PlantBiotechJ]

Great to see this important advance published in PBJ. As well as being highly ranked, our journal is focused on translation and application - how can science help deliver useful solutions for global challenges. Here's an example.
https://t.co/8xmjFHEwz2.

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

A new preprint involving the labs of @jonathandgjones and @kamounlab unveils the structure of the largest plant resistosome to date.

The octameric WAI3 resistosome was found in wheat, but similar arrangements are found in other plants 🌾

Check it out 👉 https://t.co/Vvxo4yoFce

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

#Mineral acquisition from a different angle – how the #root angle in cereals determines #nutrient uptake

📖 https://t.co/OjVJudHt29
#ResearchReview by van der Bom et al.

@WileyPlantSci #PlantScience

[Yasin Dagdas @PlantoPhagy]

If you’re enjoying some calm while others are on holiday, here’s a #NEW #preprint to dive into — led by the brilliant @viennabiocenter student @Alibequelous:
👇A quick 🧵+ link:
https://t.co/sNIxsrdr0p

[bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv_plants]

Ancestral P-body proteins rewired for autophagic recyclingin the early land plant Marchantia polymorpha https://t.co/WOXsbYiF6D #biorxiv_plants

[MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory @MSUDOEPlantLab]

Robust and reproducible plant culture systems are essential for studying physiological, molecular, and developmental responses under controlled conditions. Current Protocols has published an article going more in depth about this topic, check it out here!
https://t.co/nj2UU6ZDKt