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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@keikoutorii.bsky.social shared her work investigating patterning & differentiation in stomata in her #SLS26 talk "The plant-specific ACTL domain determines bHLH transcription factor heterodimeric partner selectivity during stomatal development" More at: plant-stomata.org #PlantScience
Keiko Torii presenting at #SLS26Graphic from Keiko Torii's first slide showing impact of stomata on plant life on land - taking in CO2 and producing O2 and H2O
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Plant geneticists #SLS26 having scientific discussion at The Eagle, Cambridge, where Watson and Crick announced their discovery of the double helix 🧬 in 1953
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Since the discovery of tomato Systemin in 1991, the world of plant peptides & receptors completely has changed the paradigm of plant cell-cell signaling. It is the true joy to witness the rise of this important research field throughout my career paths😍🌱. 2/2
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am proud to share my No-AI-assisted perspective review "Plant Peptide Hormones: Three Decades of Discovery and Emerging Paradigms" for the Centennial issue of @plantphys.bsky.social 🌱🍅. It's OA, so everyone can access! 1/ academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank you, everyone, for the 2 full days of exciting plant science, ~VIB Ghent at the Forefront of Plant Research~ at beautiful Handelsbeursgebouw 🧪🌱🧬! www.vibconferences.be/events/at-th...
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fantastic moment to reunite with amazing plant biologists🌱, great meeting #PPRM2026 in a beautiful city of Freising🇩🇪🥂🍻—Vielen Dank
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🫘Webinar Alert🥑 International Committee @aspbofficial.bsky.social announces @plantaeofficial.bsky.social Webinar "Crops of the Future: Revisiting Neglected & Underutilized Crops for Global Nutrition". Supported by @templetonfdn.bsky.social. Sept 1-2. Please register→ blog.aspb.org/crops-of-the...
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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
📣Join us for the upcoming ASPB Member webinar series on September 1 and 2 at 9:45 am Eastern Time, organized by the ASPB International Committee, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, in collaboration with CICY and Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. 👉 Free registration at buff.ly/s545Wtx
Webinar banner for "Crops of the Future: Reviving Neglected and Underutilized Crops for Global Nutrition," an ASPB event with John Templeton Foundation, CICY and UVG, showing four speaker headshots (Hiran Moran, Matthew Blair, Ivonne Sánchez del Pino, Rolando Cifuentes Velásquez) and dates Sept
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New paper! Amphibious plant, H. difformis, reprograms C3 to potential C4 photosynthesis underwater, highlighting its amazing plasticity of carbon assimilation machineries for aquatic environment. Congrats, Hongwei & the team🥳🌿🐸! academic.oup.com/hr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/hr/uhag230/8708086
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Silent master: #SPEECHLESS the driver of #stomatal stem cell fate and integrator of intrinsic & #environmental cues nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience @newphyt.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @plantresearch.bsky.social @stomata-tweets.bsky.social
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Want to learn how ligand-induced ubiquitination of a receptor kinase translates into proper number and patterning of plant stomata? Check out the poster by the Torii lab postdoc, Dr. Minh Huy Vu and say hi #2026SDB @socdevbio.bsky.social 🌱🔬🥳
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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Let's make this official: ASPB, @plantphys.bsky.social, @theplantcell.bsky.social, @plantdirectj.bsky.social, and @plantaeofficial.bsky.social merch is here! Find your new favorite hoodie and rep your science 🌱 aspb-merch.printful.me
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Fascinated about the world of amphibious plants? Come visit the poster and say hi to the Torii Lab presenter, Calvin Coffin🐸🪴😉 @aspbofficial.bsky.social #PlantBio2026 "#700-154 Transformation and genome editing of the asexual amphibious Brassicaceae species, Rorippa aquatica".
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Come visit and say hi to the Torii Lab poster presenter, Pengfei Bai 😉⚗️🌱 @aspbofficial.bsky.social #PlantBio2026 "#400-026 Fate at the Surface? Proteomic Profiling of Receptor Kinase Signaling in Stomatal Development from Perception to Trafficking"
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Want to learn about the unique TF domain? Come to the poster of the Torii Lab presenter, Krishna Mohan Sepuru 🧬🌱😃 #PlantBio2026 @aspbofficial.bsky.social "#500-024 A Bacterial-Origin ACT-Like Domain Confers Partner Selectivity to Plant bHLH Transcription Factors in Stomatal Development"
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Torii Lab members enjoying the beautiful city of Ottawa 🇨🇦🍁🏰 #PlantBio2026
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Le Canal Rideau 🇨🇦
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Don't forget to join the 100 Celebration of Plant Physiology Symposium- #PlantBio2026 @plantphys.bsky.social Monday, July 20, 1:30 pm-, Canada Hall 1. And, stop by our booth 🥰🌱🍁 -Photo, our might EIC, Yunde Zhao!
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Abiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#Stomata in motion: How #temperature shapes #guard cell function and developmental plasticity nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantSci @newphyt.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @stomata-tweets.bsky.social @stomagenesis.bsky.social @plantcellatlas.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🐸🌱Position OPEN in the Torii Lab @texasscience.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social ! We are looking for an enthusiastic, plant propagation, tissue culture, transformation and genome editing expert for functional genomics of Amphibious model system🐸🌱 utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UTstaf...
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
2026 GRC Salt and Water Stress in Plants. Amazing conference with awesome scientists like Prof. Ora Hazak @hazaklab.bsky.social at enchanted and beautiful Les Diabrelets 🏔️🇨🇭🫕. Thank you, organizers, for the invitation and 5-days of exciting science!
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Je suis arrivée à destination 🇨🇭🏔️. 2番目の目的地に到着. 天気良すぎ。。☀️
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Thank you, Profs. Michael Hothorn, Roman Ulm, and Marie Barberon for the fantastic time and exciting scientific discussion after my seminar - à L'Université de Genève🇨🇭
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Knowable Magazine @knowablemag.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
🌳 Can we make "tree-ing" a thing? ✍️ @rachelscience.bsky.social knowmag.org/4tHDb5w
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What makes a tree a tree?
Despite numerous studies and 30-plus genomes under their belts, scientists are still struggling to nail down the defining traits of these tall, long-lived, woody plants
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Breakthrough discovery in the field of peptide-receptor kinase signaling in stomatal development🌱. Six partially-redundant subtilases producing mature EPF1/EPF2 pepetide to enforce stomatal patterning @natplants.nature.com 🥰 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Subtilase-mediated maturation of EPF1 and EPF2 is crucial for stomatal patterning - Nature Plants
This study identifies epidermal patterning factor (EPF)-processing proteinases as the key activators of EPF1 and EPF2 peptides, establishing their proteolytic processing as the critical missing link f...
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Ubiquitination-triggered receptor endocytosis enforces stomatal development Chen, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience @stomata-tweets.bsky.social
Schematic model of ERECTA endocytosis and homeostasis regulated by ligand-induced ubiquitination during stomatal development.
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Published @newphyt.bsky.social. We identified peptide ligand-induced K63-linked Ub sites of ERECTA, required for endocytosis & signal attenuation for proper stomatal patterning. Congrats, all authors🌱👍 @texasscience.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"Cell Cycle in Plant Development and Reprogramming”, @dev-journal.bsky.social W/ a fantastic ECR, Prof. Laura Lee @uncbiology.bsky.social! Artwork by Dr. Ramin Rahni. Thanks for the wonderful opportunity @texasscience.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 🌱 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Published! From a proteomic atlas of the ERECTA signaling network, we show that receptor kinase endocytosis is essential for proper stomatal patterning. Congrats, Pengfei, @edwardmarcotte.bsky.social, @hhmi-science.bsky.social, @texasscience.bsky.social & co-authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Comparative proteomic profiling of receptor kinase signaling reveals key trafficking components enforcing plant stomatal development
Proteomic mapping uncovers endocytosis adaptors that drive receptor internalization for robust stomatal development.
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Very interesting paper-- evolutionary redeployment of MUTE to generate unique CAM plant (Kalanchoë) stomatal complex. From Raissig Lab, Sci Adv 🌵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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MUTE drives asymmetric divisions to form stomatal subsidiary cells in Crassulaceae succulents
Crassulaceae MUTE guides asymmetric divisions to form stomatal subsidiary cells in succulents.
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Our review on ERECTA-family receptors @theplantjournal.bsky.social- their versatile roles in development, mechanisms of receptor activation, signal transduction, subcellular trafficking, non-canonical pathways, and potential agricultural applications. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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ERECTA‐family receptor kinases: versatile regulators of plant developmental signaling
How plant cells coordinate developmental patterning remains a fundamental question in biology. This review synthesizes current knowledge of how ERECTA-family receptors interpret spatiotemporal peptid....
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
📽️Our promotional video by JoVE Journal 📽️ "Efficient Regeneration-based Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of an Asexual Amphibious Brassicaceae Species, Rorippa aquatica". The first author, Our awesome tech, Page explains the scientific rationale🥰🌱🧬 app.jove.com/v/69672/
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Reuniting with the friends and colleagues #JSPP2026! Here w/ the former @jspp-news.bsky.social President, Prof. Junko Kyozuka and Prof. Shinjiro Yamaguchi 🥰🌱🌾
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Catching up w/ the former 'lab bench buddy' back then in 1990s –– Prof. Hirokazu Tsukaya of Univ. Tokyo. At the JTPB2026 Symposium @jspp-news.bsky.social 🥰🍏🍠.
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Torii Lab @stomata-tweets.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Come visit our booth @aspbofficial.bsky.social during the JSPP2026 Conference @jspp-news.bsky.social in Tokyo, Japan. A lot of awesome goodies for you to grab! Crispin Taylor, CEO of ASPB, and Keiko Torii, International Committee Chair, will be there 🥰🌱🌸
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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Our latest at JoVEJournal. Scalable, inexpensive transformation pipeline using RUBY🌱❤️. tuned for the video📽️. Congrats, Page and Calvin 🥰! "Efficient Regeneration-based Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of an Asexual Amphibious Brassicaceae Species, Rorippa aquatica" app.jove.com/t/69672/effi...
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