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Roger Innes @inneslab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Congratulations to Owen! Very well deserved!

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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Concurrent session submissions for the 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju (July 18-22) are now open! Contribute to the dynamic scientific program and engage the international plant–microbe interactions community in Jeju, South Korea. Apply by 25 Sept. ismpmi.org/announcement...

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Concurrent Session Proposals for 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju Are Now Open! Apply by 25 September 2026. - IS-MPMI

2027 IS-MPMI Congress · 18–22 July 2027 · Jeju, South Korea Submission deadline: 25 September 2026 Call for concurrent session proposals We are thrilled to announce that concurrent session submissions...

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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Announcing our new free Webinar series sponsored by GetGenome: Road to Jeju. Check out our Legends and Rising Stars of IS-MPMI speakers. Sign up to attend the first talk by Roger Innes on June 17. lnkd.in/gw4pKp4K Check back for how to apply to give a Rising Stars of IS-MPMI talk.

Images of our Legends of IS-MPMI Speakers show Roger Innes, Jane Parker, Xinnian Dong and Jonathan Jones

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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Announcing our new free Webinar series sponsored by GetGenome: Road to Jeju. The series will feature 7 webinars with Legends and Rising Stars of IS-MPMI. Sign up to attend the first talk by Roger Innes on June 17. lnkd.in/gw4pKp4K Rising Star info coming soon. please repost!

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IU Biology @iubiology.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Congratulations to IU biology major Owen Black ‘28 for receiving the coveted Goldwater scholarship! “The biology department has provided me with great professors thus far, teaching me valuable information for my research the past two years.” @inneslab.bsky.social @msr20.bsky.social go.iu.edu/NHwF7C

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IU Biology news: IU biology major earns prestigious Goldwater scholarship

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Ved Prakash @vedjiwan.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The Pea Aphid's Secret Weapon Uncovered! 🤫 Our Commentary highlights the discovery of aphid effector Ap4—a single salivary protein—that manipulates the plant's defense system to boost pest's reproductive success. apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/... @msr20.bsky.social @mpmijournal.bsky.social

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

What does it take to transform a scientific discovery into a thriving enterprise? Jay Keasling, renowned synthetic biologist, professor, and entrepreneur, has pioneered new ways of engineering biology while also founding multiple companies. Free webinar Oct 3. view6.workcast.net/register?cpa...

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Today's the last day to apply for the Plant Cell Assistant Features Editor (AFE) program, usually postdocs or senior PhD students! It's a fantastic opportunity, a great learning experience & a lot of fun too. If you aren't quite ready, in June 2026 Plant Physiology will open its own call for AFEs 👍

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

How can we better understand the plant immune system? In my new @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social piece, I propose “immune cell states” as a framework for uniting molecular and cellular perspectives. www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Nuclear lamina phase separation orchestrates stress-induced transcriptional responses in plants @cp-devcell.bsky.social from Yangnun Gu's lab www.cell.com/developmenta...

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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Last session of #PlantBio2025 Cara Haney, Tatsuya Nobori, Gary Stacy, Meenu Singla-Rastogi

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I'm excited for the final plenary at #PlantBio2025! Cara Haney, Tatsuya Nobori, Gary Stacy, and Meenu Singla-Ragstogi speaking on Molecular Exchange between Plants and their Interacting Microbes. 🌱🦠 @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social @carahaney.bsky.social @msr20.bsky.social

Molecular Exchange between Plants and their Interacting Microbes.

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

A whole bunch of Assistants Features Editors from @theplantcell.bsky.social and @plantphys.bsky.social getting to know each other 💚 #PlantBio2025

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

#PlantBio2025. Be sure to stop by the ASPB booth in the exhibition hall to learn about the AFE program. We have more than 20 AFEs at the conference! 👉 The Plant Cell is accepting applications for Assistant Features Editors share.google/wqUgOmxQYW4u... Apply by September 15 #PlantBio

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The Plant Cell is accepting applications for Assistant Features Editors | Plant Science Today

Are you an early career researcher passionate about plants and science communication? The Plant Cell is accepting applications for new Assistant Features Editors (AFEs) to begin in 2026 and 2027.

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I just published: Stop displaying journal names on your slides A mentoring event at a Congress called for better support of early-career scientists - but what followed sent mixed signals. This blog reflects on those moments and ends with a pledge. medium.com/p/stop-displ...

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Stop displaying journal names on your slides

A mentoring event at a scientific Congress called for better support of early-career scientists — but what followed sent mixed signals…

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

One-year taught MSc in Global Plant Health. Deadline 29th August for applicants who don’t need a visa. David Sainsbury 50% Fee Scholarships available for 22nd September 2025 entry. www.tsl.ac.uk/msc

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North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

It's exciting to see the New plant biology/agriculture members of the National Academy of Sciences, especially former NAASC member @inneslab.bsky.social ! #nas162 Robin Buell Alice Cheung Christoph Benning Roger Innes Hailing Jin Uta Paszkowski (international) www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...

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National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...

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IU Biology @iubiology.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

IU biologist Roger Innes, newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences, is advancing research on plant immune systems that could increase crop yields and reduce costs for farmers. @inneslab.bsky.social @msr20.bsky.social @luciaborniego.bsky.social Read more: go.iu.edu/8tDD

IU Bloomington Distinguished Professor of Biology Roger Innes.

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Meenu Singla-Rastogi @msr20.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We’re thrilled to announce the speakers for our IS-MPMI 2025 satellite meeting: "Building Careers in MPMI through Effective Mentoring" 📍 13 July 2025 • Cologne, Germany 🌟 Sebastian Schornack 🌟 Anne Pfeiffer 🌟 Rosa Lozano-Durán 🌟 Kenichi Tsuda 📢 Join us for inspiring talks

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

📣Be sure to vote in ASPB's 2025 Elections!🌱 #ICYMI watch the Meet the President-Elect Candidates Webinar! 🗳️Vote now for President-Elect and elected members. The voting deadline is June 18, 2025 👉excom.aspb.org. #plantscience #WeAreASPB

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

IN BRIEF: The complex immune puzzle: A deeper dive into the MORC1-mediated broad-spectrum defense signaling pathway (Meenu Singla-Rastogi) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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Roger Innes @inneslab.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Big news for #GreatLakes region plant scientists! Travel awards are now available for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference! Trainees can apply for a $300 travel grant to support their trip to Lansing, MI! #GLPSC2025 Learn more & apply by April 30: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

Great Lakes Plant Science Conference Graphic showing the Great Lakes and a QR code for info on applying for travel awards.

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Roger Innes @inneslab.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Our latest analysis of plant EVs led by Ben Koch with the help of Brian Rutter, @luciaborniego.bsky.social‬, @msr20.bsky.social‬, and Dillon Gardner is now available open access. LOTS of new data added to our previous bioRxiv posting. Check it out isevjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Arabidopsis Produces Distinct Subpopulations of Extracellular Vesicles That Respond Differentially to Biotic Stress, Altering Growth and Infectivity of a Fungal Pathogen

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by mammalian cells are highly heterogeneous in content and function. Whether this is also true for EVs secreted by plant cells is not yet known. To address this,...

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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® (MPMI) @mpmijournal.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Just published! Barbara Valent honors H. H. Flor by exploring how rice blast fungus evades plant resistance via AVR gene changes—driving boom–bust cycles—and warns of rising wheat and ryegrass blast threats from similar shifts and crossbreeding. Read the article: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...

B, Sporulating lesion on a rice leaf. C, Sporulating lesions on a wheat leaf. D, Rice panicle neck infections block all grain filling above the infection points (red arrows). E, Wheat spike blast with individual directly infected spikelets. F, Wheat rachis infections kill all spikelets above the infection points. Removed spikelets show stem infection points (red arrows) with gray sporulation. G, Finger millet neck infection (red arrow) kills all fingers on the seed head. H, Leaf lesions on perennial ryegrass showing white lesion centers after spore release.

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The Daily Pub @thedailypub.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Plants have a secret weapon against certain bacteria! Arabidopsis plants engineered to produce tiny RNA molecules can target and suppress bacterial genes, specifically those making the bacteria more infectious. These RNA molecules, found outside plant cells, come in three forms: protein-bound, en...

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Vesicular and non-vesicular extracellular small RNAs direct gene silencing in a plant-interacting bacterium.

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Meenu Singla-Rastogi @msr20.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Happy to share that my PhD work has finally been published in @natcomms.nature.com Nature Communications. Here, we elucidated that plant-encoded small RNAs target virulence genes of phytopathogenic bacteria, which lack a conventional eukaryotic-like RNAi machinery. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Vesicular and non-vesicular extracellular small RNAs direct gene silencing in a plant-interacting bacterium - Nature Communications

This study shows that plants can secrete vesicular and non-vesicular small RNAs outside cells to direct silencing of a virulence factor in an interacting bacterium. This antibacterial gene silencing p...

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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® (MPMI) @mpmijournal.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Iron's redox states (Fe2+/Fe3+) are critical in fungal pathogenesis, influencing ROS production during plant-pathogen interactions. Aliyeva-Schnorr et al. developed p-TEMPO and MPNBD dyes to visualize Fe2+/Fe3+ distribution in #Colletotrichumgraminicola hyphae. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...

Colletotrichum graminicola conidia/appressoria were fluorescence-labeled for Fe2+/Fe3+ with/without carpropamid. MPNBD/p-TEMPO stained Fe2+/Fe3+ (A-C). MPNBD/DAPI showed Fe3+ in nuclei (D-G). p-TEMPO/GelRed stained Fe2+, not in nuclei (I-L). Quantification of Fe2+/Fe3+ in hyphae/appressoria (H). Asterisk: conidium, arrowhead: appressorium. Scale: 10μm.

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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® (MPMI) @mpmijournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Tan et al. developed efficient base editing vectors, achieving high A-to-G conversion rates in Arabidopsis thaliana and successfully targeting multiple genes, including NLRs, to modify protein function, demonstrating the potential of base editing 🧬 Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...

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Science Magazine @science.org · 20/03/2025

It’s the first time a frog—or any amphibian—has been observed pollinating a plant, researchers reported in 2023. Learn more on #WorldFrogDay: scim.ag/4kGdvCy

NEWS This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Very happy to see my colleague Julia Vorholt being recognized with the Novonesis Biotechnology Prize for her groundbreaking work on the plant leaf microbiome. novonordiskfonden.dk/en/news/pion... #plantscience

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Sebastian Eves-van den Akker @sebastianevda.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Paper Alert! @pnas.org We think nematodes break open plant cells, sense small molecule signals (termed effectostimulins), which switch on a master regulator SUGR1, which switches on effectors, which break cells. Looks like a feed-forward loop driving infection. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

📣Happening tomorrow, Wednesday, March 12 at 1 pm Eastern time. Don’t miss it! 👉Learn more and register at blog.aspb.org/march-12-wha... #PlantScience

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The list of concurrent sessions for 2025 IS-MPMI is now available—so many exciting topics to explore! I’ll be co-organizing the session “Spatial & Temporal Resolution of the Interaction Interface” with Unnati Sonawala (Cambridge). See you there! 🧬🌱🦠🔬 www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...

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Concurrent Sessions...Explore Exciting Topics in Plant-Microbe Interaction Research at the 2025 IS-MPMI CongressThe 2025 IS-MPMI Congress offers an extensive lineup of concurrent sessions showc...

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Charles Roussin-Léveillée @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

⏰Reminder to submit your abstract by MARCH 11th for the IS-MPMI meeting in Cologne this summer. 🌱🧪

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The 2025 IS-MPMI Congress returns to its origins in Germany after 43 years! First held in Bielefeld in 1982, the premier event on molecular plant-microbe interactions now heads to Cologne, July 13–17. Join 1,400+ experts! More info: www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C... #ISMPMI2025 #PlantMicrobe

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2025 Congress

......2025 IS-MPMI Congress...Save the Date! Sunday, 13 July – Thursday, 17 July, 2025 Confex Conference and Exhibition Centre, Cologne, Germany Mark your calendars for the 2025 IS-MPMI Co...

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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The #2025ISMPMI Congress is the largest event showcasing groundbreaking research in plant-microbe interactions—and we want YOU to showcase your research! Submit your abstract by March 11 and join us July 13–17 in Cologne, Germany. #PlantMicrobe #Research #AbstractSubmission #ISMPMI

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Roger Innes @inneslab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Check out the great line up of speakers for the #2025ISMPMI Congress in Cologne, Germany this July. Deadline for abstract submission is next Tuesday March 11th. Lots of great new science and networking opportunities!

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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Plz Repost. We @slcuplants.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with proven protein biochemistry & cell biology expertise & strong interest in plant processes targeted by Phytophthora effectors. (apply before 2 April) [Image: Alex Guyon] www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

📣Happening next Wednesday, March 12 at 1 pm Eastern time. Join us! 👉Learn more and register at blog.aspb.org/march-12-wha... #PlantScience

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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® (MPMI) @mpmijournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Our first bimonthly issue (Jan-Feb) of 2025 is now online!! 👉 apsjournals.apsnet.org/toc/mpmi/cur...

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🚨 We’re hiring–please spread the word! 🚨 Our lab at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking for a pre-doc intern to join our research on plant immunity. If you’re a current undergrad/master’s or recent graduate interested in gaining research experience, please apply! tatsuyanobori.com

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

IN BRIEF: Melatonin a day: Mitigates saline-alkali stress away! (Meenu Singla-Rastogi) doi.org/10.1093/plce... @ASPB #PlantScience

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

📣Join us for the upcoming ASPB Member webinar on Wednesday, March 12 at 1 pm Eastern time, hosted by ASPB’s Early Career Plant Scientists Section. 👉Learn more and register at buff.ly/3XhLtmC #plantscience

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