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Qun Liu

@qunliu07.bsky.social

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A scientist working on plant-insect interactions

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Qun Liu @qunliu07.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Our paper is now online in Science Advances! Congrats @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social and all coauthors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defense proteins to processing bodies

Aphids hijack plant immunity via p-bodies, but plants fight back with a heat shock protein in an unexpected twist on defense.

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Sam Mugford @samtmugford.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Aphid Saliva fans, happy news, this amazing story is now out in Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... congrats @qunliu07.bsky.social @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social et al @johninnescentre.bsky.social 24h after a triumphant presentation at #ismpmi2025

Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defense proteins to processing bodies

Aphids hijack plant immunity via p-bodies, but plants fight back with a heat shock protein in an unexpected twist on defense.

Qun Liu @qunliu07.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

We're happy to present a pre-print from the Hogenhout lab (@saskiahogenhout.bsky.social), describing how a family of proteases in aphid oral secretions suppress plant immunity.