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Shakunthala Natarajan

@shakunthalan.bsky.social

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Computational biologist | PhD Student | Science writer

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Plant science research weekly, March 27 plantae.org/plant-scienc... Review: Rare variants in crop genomes; “Conservatory” uncovers conserved non-coding sequences; Quinine deconstructed; Hornwort Rubisco promotes pyrenoids in other plants; Salt extrusion from mangrove pneumatophores (1/2)

A phylogeny showing the species used on the Conservatory algorithm, with drawings of many key species shown.

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Plant Science Research Weekly --  Decoding a multifunctional biosynthetic gene cluster for post-chorismate metabolism in Arabidopsis (Nature Plants) (Summary by Shakunthala Natarajan @shakunthalan.bsky.social) buff.ly/hTcHo1r #PlantaePSRW

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Decoding a multifunctional biosynthetic gene cluster for post-chorismate metabolism in Arabidopsis | Plantae

Biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) are groups of genes physically located in close proximity in a genomic region and can be thought of as a close-knit genomic orchestra. While these BGCs were thought…

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Plant science research weekly March 13 plantae.org/plant-scienc... (3/3) Natural antisense transcript regulates PTI; AGO10 mediates plant immunity via trans-species RNAi; Restoring American chestnut through genomic studies. @jotlovell.bsky.social @jholliday.bsky.social

A diagram showing how pathogen perception by receptor proteins activates AGO10, which promotes the production of defensive secondary siRNAs. These siRNAs serve as trans-species silencing RNAs mediate the silencing of pathogen virulence genes.

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

#PlantSci Research Weekly March 13, 2026 plantae.org/plant-scienc... Reviews: Vulnerability of plant reproduction in warming world; Potential of macroalgae for space flight. Also – Metagenomic insights into the origin of eukaryotes; Biosynthetic gene clusters for post-chorismate metabolism (1/3)

At the top, a timeline of early evolution indicating the development of oxygenic photosynthesis at 3 billion years ago, and the origin of eukaryotes between 2.5 and 2 billion years ago. Underneath, a diagram shows the possible integration of a proteobacteria into an Archea, leading to the formation of mitochondria.

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