Nathaniel Oragbon

Featuring Kejing Fan, Claire Yik-Lok Chung, and Vittorio Tracanna. Moderated by Plantae Fellows Krishna Alamuru, Yee-Shan Ku, Nathaniel Oragbon, and Ved Prakash.

Redox-driven WRKY25 unlocks WRKY53 to orchestrate leaf senescence | Plantae Leaf senescence, which overlaps with the reproductive growth phase in annual plants, constitutes the last stage in the development of a leaf, and several endogenous and exogenous factors control this…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- A Revelation: Redox-Driven WRKY25 Unlocks WRKY53 to Orchestrate Leaf Senescence (Scientific Reports) (Summary by Nathaniel Oragbon) buff.ly/O4A0Qfn

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Featuring Sunil K. Kenchanmane Raju and Howard S. Judelson. Moderated by Plantae Fellows Malini Muthu Karpagamj, indranik18.bsky.social, and Nathaniel Oragbon.

The Role of Outreach Activities in Professional Growth as a Plant Scientist | Plantae What is Outreach? Scientific outreach is an essential part of the sciences, because it bridges the gap between the general public and science as a whole (Kuske et al., 2025).

#JustIn on Plantae: The Role of Outreach Activities in Professional Growth as a Plant Scientist. In this article, ASPB Plantae Fellows Muhammad Aamir K., Nathaniel O., and Xavier O. highlight the important role of outreach activities in plant scientists' growth. buff.ly/F95nKG5

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Promoting Science Communication Through Community Engagement | Plantae Plant science has always been at the heart of human progress as it involves feeding our communities, sustaining our ecosystem, and offering solutions to global challenges like climate change and food…

#JustIn on Plantae: Promoting Science Communication Through Community Engagement. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Krishna Chaitanya Alamuru and Nathaniel Oragbon explores how community engagement serves as a bridge between plant science and society. buff.ly/v3lV3nA

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Happy to be part of the 2025 Plantae Fellows

Image Text: Plantae Presents: The Role of Open Science and Data Sharing in Advancing Plant Research. Featuring Kejing Fan, Claire Yik-Lok Chung, and Vittorio Tracanna. Monday, August 18, 2025, at 9:00 PM Tokyo | 8:00 AM EDT | 1:00 PM BST | 8:00 PM Beijing. Featuring the Plantae logo and image of plants being experimented on.

📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on August 18 at 8:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱

👉 Free registration at buff.ly/9W8NKsb

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Beyond degradation: COP1 fine-tunes plant growth through non-destructive protein tagging | Plantae In the dark (e.g., under soil), hypocotyls elongate, but when exposed to light, they stop elongation. The biosynthesis of the plant hormone auxin is implicated in the elongation of hypocotyls in the…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Beyond degradation: COP1 fine-tunes plant growth through non-destructive protein tagging (Nature Comms.) (Summary by Nathaniel Oragbon) buff.ly/gcrpRS8

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Turning down the heat: A photoreceptor-based repression of plant thermotolerance | Plantae Plants use several photoreceptors to perceive light including the cryptochromes (CRYs), which are implicated in blue-light reception and coordinate developmental processes including…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Turning down the heat: A photoreceptor-based repression of plant thermotolerance (Plant Comms.) (Summary by Nathaniel Oragbon) buff.ly/8QTklpZ

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Formation of plasmodesmata bridges through ER-dependent incomplete cytokinesis | Plantae Plasmodesmata are important for intercellular communication in plants. They are formed through incomplete cytokinesis during which there is no “final cut” of the communication between daughter cells.

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Formation of plasmodesmata bridges through ER-dependent incomplete cytokinesis (Science) (Summary by Nathaniel Oragbon) https://plantae.org/formation-of-plasmodesmata-bridges-through-er-dependent-incomplete-cytokinesis/

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Tomato PR1 protein prevents the fungal effector FolSvp2 from suppressing SlISP-mediated ROS production | Plantae Plants and pathogens are locked in a co-evolutionary arms race. Pathogens secrete effectors into plants, leading to effector-triggered susceptibility. Plants in turn respond through the production of…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Tomato PR1 protein prevents the fungal effector FolSvp2 from suppressing SlISP-mediated ROS production (Nature Plants) (Summary by Nathaniel Oragbon) https://buff.ly/3XkZyzP

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Check out my writing piece here

TaCoCass folks in a cassava field

Cassava leaves with red petioles and some cassava flowers and fruits

A new crop in the lab. 🌱 Field day with TaCoCass team members — working to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava and secure a more sustainable food future. #Cassava #Photosynthesis #FoodSecurity

🚨Happening tomorrow, Friday, September 26, 2025, at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. Don’t miss it!🌱

👉Free registration at plantae.org/plantaeprese...

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📣The webinar recording is now available for viewing. Enjoy!🌱 plantae.org/plantaeprese....

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