By combining computer tomography—the same technology used for medical scans—with a high-powered particle accelerator, researchers have imaged the network of roots, fungal structures, and soil…

As cells polarize and migrate, numerous molecular events critical for immunity and cancer metastasis dynamically self-organize. This study identifies a universal symmetry-breaking mechanism where loca...

Abstract. The AgBioData consortium is a community-driven initiative supporting >40 genomic, genetic, and breeding (GGB) databases for agricultural resea

Pathogens target and degrade the extracellular matrix surrounding plant cells. A central question is how cell wall-derived damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are recognized and integrated to...

Oifirax, created by GreenLight Biosciences, uses RNA molecules to kill the fungus responsible for powdery mildew on grapes

Wheat immunity against the global pest Hessian fly operates on a gene-for-gene basis, yet molecular mechanisms underlying resistance-avirulence interactions have remained elusive for over five decades...

Cell elongation is a fundamental process allowing plants to change size and shape, a process governed by several growth promoting hormones. While hormones such as brassinosteroids (BRs) and phytosulfo...

Plants have evolved a signalling pathway in which, when one root senses local nitrogen (N) deficiency, nitrate uptake by other roots is enhanced in a complementary manner. This long-range communication, known as systemic N-demand signalling, is triggered when the root-to-shoot mobile signal, C-TERMINALLY ENCODED PEPTIDE (CEP), which is induced in roots under N starvation, is perceived by CEP RECEPTOR 1 (CEPR1) expressed in the leaf phloem. However, the molecular components required for CEP-dependent CEPR1 activation remain unknown. Here we identified a leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase that interacts with CEPR1 in a CEP-dependent manner, which we named CEP RECEPTOR INTERACTOR (CERI). CERI belongs to the last functionally uncharacterized clade within the Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase subgroup II. Loss of CERI impairs systemic N-demand signalling but does not affect CEPR1-mediated regulation of root system architecture. CERI functions as a co-receptor that confers signalling specificity on CEPR1 by selectively mediating systemic N-demand signalling.

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Angiosperm seed formation requires the coordinated development of the products of double fertilization—the embryo and the endosperm. The endosperm mediates efficient nutrient transfer from surrounding...

This postdoc position offers the opportunity to learn the needs for keeping plant breeding innovative in the future, and to apply your research skills in the domain of genetics, plant breeding and…

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A central question in immunity is how hosts arrest pathogen growth. Diverse plant pathogens create a water-soaked niche in host tissue essential for pathogenesis, yet how water shapes infection outcom...

Plants, like other organisms, live according to a daily rhythm. Stomatal movements are crucial for plant photosynthesis and water use efficiency (WUE). Lig

Plants from distant Solanaceae and Cannabaceae families independently incorporate ferulic acid amides into their lignins, revealing an unexpected case of c

Cell Press article: mRNA 3′ UTRs chaperone intrinsically disordered regions to control protein activity

This study shows that signalling by the multifunctional receptor kinase SUB in cell wall integrity involves two functionally distinct cell surface complexes whose activities are attenuated by sequenti...

Computational Biologist (m/f/d) - Genome Editing Trait Discovery