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I mean... I'm not a professional newspaper editor but it seems to me you could save yourself a whole lotta words here by substituting them with "lies".

Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium 2026 Bringing together the international single-cell and spatial community for a two-day discussion across model and non-model systems.

💬 “The symposium has always been a space for early career researchers to present early work, and for people to present preliminary findings."

Early-bird tickets and abstract submissions are currently open to join our #SingleCell and #Spatial Symposium in July.

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bioRxiv: Plasma membrane nanoscale dynamics of Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase complexes (2026) Plasma membrane-localized receptors operate as dynamic signaling complexes and integrative networks, yet the spatial and temporal regulation of these interactions remain largely unknown. Here, by analyzing the components of a minimal Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase network, we describe the differential diffusion and organization of receptor complex components and unveil the nanoscale spatial and temporal logic underlying the formation of receptor kinase complexes. The ligand-binding receptors FLS2 and BRI1, and the accessory receptor BIR3, are organized in plasma membrane nanodomains, within which the co-receptor BAK1 diffuses and is spatially arrested upon ligand perception. BAK1 spatial arrest relies on extracellular domain (ECD)-ECD interactions but does not require receptor complex activation. Mathematical modelling, single molecule imaging and bio-assays infer that accessory receptors maintain a dynamic pool of co-receptors in the vicinity of ligand-binding receptors to promote ligand-induced complex formation and signaling. We propose that ligand-induced receptor kinase complex formation is a deterministic process defined by the relative nanoscale spatial positioning of individual signaling and regulatory components.

New Preprint: Plasma membrane nanoscale dynamics of Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase complexes (2026)

https://www.tsl.ac.uk/publications/164874

Thank you @apmahonen.bsky.social for the invitation. This was a memorable visit. I learnt a lot and love Helsinki! Here’s one awesome paper on #regeneration from @apmahonen.bsky.social lab @nature if you missed it earlier www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nanodomain-localized formin gates symbiotic microbial entry in legume and solanaceous plants Colonization of plant roots by symbionts requires substantial morphodynamic reorganization. Examples are actin-scaffolded microcompartments called infection pockets formed during root nodule symbiosis...

Happy to share our latest work in collaboration with the lab of @pengbo10.bsky.social. Here, we describe that a formin protein mediates the polarity switch from root hair to infection thread growth during symbiotic interactions.
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Data Visualization A Practical Introduction

Here’s a full draft of the upcoming second edition of my “Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction”: socviz.co

IS-MPMI News- From the President’s Desk Dear IS-MPMI members Since I became President in July 2025, I’ve been working hard to ensure that IS-MPMI has an enduring future and valuable programming for… |... IS-MPMI News- From the President’s Desk Dear IS-MPMI members Since I became President in July 2025, I’ve been working hard to ensure that IS-MPMI has an enduring future and valuable programming for ou...

#ISMPMI International Society for Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions members- read my letter about recent developments in the society- important changes to how we are managed. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

High-frequency biparental inheritance of plant mitochondria upon chilling stress and loss of a genome-degrading nuclease - Nature Plants Maternal inheritance of mitochondria breaks down in the cold when a mitochondrial DNA degrading nuclease is defective, resulting in biparental inheritance that can rescue mitochondrial mutations and g...

🌿🧬Our new story is out in @natplants.nature.com! Tobacco plants usually pass down their mitochondria maternally, but we show we can trigger paternal transmission of mitochondria at high levels & restore plant health in the offspring of mothers harboring defective mtDNA www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Li-Jun Ma presenting her work on Fusarium.

Exciting and beautifully presented seminar from Li-Jun Ma today at UC Davis.

Flatlining of US Science. Massive self inflicted wound.

Indeed. New grants are not getting funded, already funded grants are not getting paid, and non-competitive renewals are being held up.

Focusing on the top line budget, instead of looking at what is really happening on “the ground” is deeply misguided.

Rapid directed evolution guided by protein language models and epistatic interactions Protein engineering is limited by the inefficient search through a high-dimensional sequence space to find combinations of synergistic mutations. Traditional approaches use stepwise mutation stacking,...

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metaRLK 2.0: an updated database of plant receptor-like kinases developed with structure- and deep learning-based functional annotation and classification #resource #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Stripe rust fungus subverts wheat phase separation–mediated immunity to promote infection | PNAS Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) has emerged as an important strategy for plant stress resistance, yet its dynamic regulation during plant–pat...

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Trait discovery is one of the most difficult parts of our work here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social. Thus, we need help:

We are looking for a Scientist in #QuantitativeGenetics & #Biostatistics for Trait Discovery.

This is a full time, permanent position here in Einbeck.

#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs

Preprint!!!! This is the result of an ongoing collaboration between us and the genomics core to make genetics cheap and easy. A synergy between library prep and analytical approaches. This one hinges on recognizing 1. that DNA molecules are shaped by evolution and 2. we have friends everywhere.

They probably have a competing story and are dragging your paper along until theirs is ready. Happened to me 2x. This is why preprinting is great. Establishes priority and everyone can see the record.

Golden Gate Bridge, sf

Beautiful California day. Golden Gate Bridge on the way to my cousin’s house.

Fig. 1 Pik pairs as resources for determining optimal ‘chassis’ for engineering recognition.

Mismatch screening in Nicotiana benthamiana to explore Pik-1/Pik-2 paired NLR platforms for receptor engineering

A #Letter by Xi & Banfield
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#LatestIssue

😂 I have no idea. But not all euks naming shouts, only some.

📣 12 open postdoc positions in @ceplas.bsky.social !! www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...

We @teamthomma.bsky.social look for a postdoc on The Secret Lives of Soil-Borne Fungal Pathogens: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Intermicrobial Interactions in Soils (see project 4)

Ten Black Scientists That Science Teachers Should Know About Help your students see the possibilities of careers in STEM fields by providing them with diverse role models.

STEM Black History Fact 15/28

Dr. Louis T. Wright introduced safer intradermal vaccination methods, improving smallpox immunization practices.
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Giant DNA viruses encode a hallmark translation initiation complex of eukaryotic life @cellcellpress.bsky.social
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Fake pro-family, pro-life, Christian nationalist party

Leviticus 19:34: “The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”

The Bart Lab at UC Berkeley is looking for a postdoc. Please share!

A working model delineating the function of NbLRRP1 in suppressing PTI responses and disease resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana.

A conserved extracellular LRR-only protein disrupts BAK1-mediated immune receptor formation to negatively regulate plant immunity

Zhu et al.

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This chart tells the story.

The grey line is originally published total private monthly job growth with 90% confidence bands. The blue line is what BLS now says actually happened.

Fig. 3. Summary of resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae (Fof) and symptomology of yellows-fragariae and wilt-fragariae isolates. Left, FW1 recognizes SIX6 to confer resistance to yellows-fragariae Fof isolates, although it is unknown what type of protein FW1 encodes. FW2 to FW5 also confer resistance to yellows-fragariae isolates, but it is unknown what proteins they encode, and pathogen feature(s) are recognized. Middle, In the absence of FW1 to FW5, strawberry plants infected with yellows-fragariae isolates develop chlorosis and wilt (Henry et al. 2021). Right, Strawberry plants infected with wilt-fragariae isolates, which have SIX1 and SIX13 homologs (Czislowski et al. 2021; Jenner and Henry 2022), wilt but do not develop chlorosis (Henry et al. 2021).

Interactions Review: Mishi V. Vachev et al. summarize current knowledge, identify knowledge gaps, and provide a summary of genomic and molecular tools currently available to study the #Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae–strawberry interaction. Read now: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-03-25-0028-IRW