Asif Islam | আসিফ ইসলাম🌾🧬✂️

I want to be your favourite hello and the hardest goodbye. 🫰
BSc @BCKV
MSc @Punjab_Agri_Uni
PhD @Univerzita_Karlova

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

New Publication: Engineering an Exo70 integrated domain of a barley NLR for improved blast resistance (2026)

https://t.co/pYcPbeWIGF

[ぴーちゃん @peechan1970]

イネの葉緑体で働く2つの酵素が“チーム”を組むことで、デンプンづくりの効率を大幅に高めていることが判明した。酵素同士が材料を素早く受け渡す仕組みも見つかり、米の品質や収量向上につながる新たな手がかりとして期待されている。Nat. Commun https://t.co/WeJEaY6ZWr

[CSIR-CCMB @ccmb_csir]

@mvdeshmukh's lab details how plant proteins are able to stall viral infections by capturing the viral genetic material. Better we understand this. we open ways to newer biotechnological tools for not only plant but human healthcare too.
https://t.co/OiY012Arn3
@CSIRIndia

[Maurice König @mau_koe]

Plants use immunogenic peptides to coordinate immunity. Pathogens can mimic them to hijack defense. 🌱

We compare phytocytokines with animal cytokines and ask how these signals are made, released, mimicked, and controlled in space and time.

https://t.co/6fyp4TK2WC

[ぴーちゃん @peechan1970]

イネは病気にかかると、根からヘプタデカン酸を分泌し、有益なバチルス菌を呼び寄せて免疫力を高めることが分かった。この働きはMAPK経路が制御しており、微生物の定着が増えるほど病気への強さも向上する。人工的に物質を与えても同様の効果が確認された。nature plants https://t.co/UUMExFReol

[A Jeevan @a_jeevans]

Root microbiota regulates tiller number in rice: Cell https://t.co/5X1KIg5lsa

[nature @Nature]

Obituary: J Craig Venter (1946-2026) maverick biotechnologist who sequenced the human genome

https://t.co/da4g7Aeni5

[Salk Institute @salkinstitute]

Plants can’t escape the heat—but they can adapt 🌱

Salk scientists have discovered a built-in cellular “thermostat” that helps plant roots sense temperature changes and adjust their growth in real time. Instead of making new proteins, plants rapidly activate existing ones—allowing roots to keep growing and access water and nutrients even in fluctuating conditions.

Why it matters: Understanding how plants respond to environmental stress could help scientists develop crops that stay resilient as temperatures rise.

Learn more: https://t.co/PRr9HGs3vj

#PlantBiology #ClimateScience #FoodSecurity #SalkInstitute

[TrendsPlantSci @TrendsPlantSci]

Alternative splicing in plants: emerging order from chaos https://t.co/MS8YvGkHVC #plantscience

[Plant Science @sci_plant]

Nano-priming modulates antioxidant enzymes and NHX/SOS-mediated ion homeostasis to improve salinity tolerance in barley genotypes

https://t.co/VCC8X996BI
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[Asif Islam | আসিফ ইসলাম🌾🧬✂️ @aasifislaam]

I am pleased to share this preprint:
“Editing the conserved IPA1–TB1 regulatory module reshapes plant architecture and enhances tillering in wheat.”

Pls read here: https://t.co/oOs0nHdezz
Feedback and discussion are most welcome.

[Asif Islam | আসিফ ইসলাম🌾🧬✂️ @aasifislaam]

I can clearly remember our virtual conversation back in 2023 which deepens my curiosity in plant science. May her soul rest in peace.

[Wheat Initiative @WheatInitiative]

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Philippa Borrill @JohnInnesCentre, an excellent wheat researcher and Carlotta Award winner. She was a fantastic addition to our community. Our deepest condolences to those close to her.
https://t.co/SmZlTZf0Yc

[Karas Lab @KarasLab]

Newest paper from our lab lead by @Daniel_Nucifora. We show that the entire genome of A. laidlawii can be transferred directly into yeast by cell fusion. Cloning whole genomes in yeast is a key step toward building and engineering synthetic cells.
https://t.co/P1f4EtYYOg

[Nature Plants @NaturePlants]

New Article: "Rice false smut fungus hijacks rice lipid signalling to manipulate floret development and immunity" https://t.co/M8sNRRUxDn

Fungus disrupts floret development and suppresses immunity by secreting the effector Sxp1, which targets a lipid transfer protein.

[KaWaiMa@lab @KaWaiMa6]

An unconventional Rubisco small subunit underpins the CO2-concentrating organelle in land plants

https://t.co/SfUoJrICWW

[Asif Islam | আসিফ ইসলাম🌾🧬✂️ @aasifislaam]

Relatable

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Despite his teacher’s opinion that he couldn’t learn simple biology, John Gurdon went on to receive a #NobelPrize, for his classic frog experiment, which showed that the DNA of mature frog cells has all the information needed to develop all cells in its body.

#WorldFrogDay

[Chemistry World @ChemistryWorld]

Rubisco, one of the most abundant proteins on Earth, is an enzyme which plants build sugars from carbon dioxide but it can create a toxic byproduct upon reaction with oxygen.

A research team has set about improving this.

Read on:
https://t.co/UaSg7guHpJ

[Asif Islam | আসিফ ইসলাম🌾🧬✂️ @aasifislaam]

@aribidopsis Just asking out of curiosity, Dr Ashraf, any possible reason for growing Nicotiana in agar plates, rather than sowing in soil directly (for the experiments you mentioned!!)? Also, do you study protein-protein interaction in Benthamiana?

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

The first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie.

Skłodowska Curie developed the term radioactivity, discovered the chemical elements polonium and radium and contributed to develop new cancer treatments. For her scientific dedication and remarkable breakthroughs, she was awarded the 1903 physics prize and the 1911 chemistry prize.

Learn more: https://t.co/dysmKgnI8A

#InternationalWomensDay