Beautiful work from Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi's Lab. "Integration of shoot-derived polypeptide signals by root TGA transcription factors is essential for survival under fluctuating nitrogen environments" nature.com/articles/s4146…

This nice collaborative effort shows that the Arabidopsis LORE PPR receptor, when activated in tomatoes can confer resistance to bacteria, fungi and oomyctes. bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Our Cell paper is online: A core microbiome signature as an indicator of health sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I’m thrilled to share that our paper “Machine-guided design of cell-type-targeting cis-regulatory elements” was published online in nature. nature.com/articles/s4158… #genomics #MachineLearning #SyntheticBiology #bioengineering 1/9

New paper just out in PNASNews Wang et al. Soil viral–host interactions regulate microplastic-dependent carbon storage Collaboration with the group of Yong-Guan Zhu #microplastic #soil pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

New Review: "Exploring the function of plant root diffusion barriers in sealing and shielding for environmental adaptation" rdcu.be/d2z0F ...summarizes recent progress in the understanding of plant apoplastic diffusion barriers, their formation and their function.

Have a great year in 2025!

Root microbiota regulates tiller number in rice: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

What are we digging from cow manure?

Happy to share our article on engineering of motile minicells for cargo delivery Motile and Chemotactic Minicells and Minicell-Driven Biohybrids Engineered for Active Cargo Delivery | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

A new paper with Yurong at NEE on foo web and chemical pollution- nature.com/articles/s4155…

Just published: Bacterial chemotaxis has always been assumed to require short-term memory. We experimentally evolved bacteria to navigate environmental gradients without memory: doi.org/10.1371/journa… Congratulations to all involved!

Super cool Pseudomonas-Bacillus interaction paper in Nature Microbiology from Yun Chen group Phenazines shape Gram+ abundance & influence Bacillus cell biology Phenazines contribute to microbiome dynamics by targeting topoisomerase IV nature.com/articles/s4156…

Out Now! Phenazines contribute to microbiome dynamics by targeting topoisomerase IV bit.ly/4gmcKwD #Microbiology #Phenazines #TopoisomeraseIV

E. coli transcription factors regulate promoter activity by a universal, homeostatic mechanism science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Pleased to share our new article in Cell Host & Microbe, a collaboration with the group of Zhong Wei at NJAU Common mycorrhizal networks facilitate plant disease resistance by altering rhizosphere microbiome assembly Free share link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lnTD6t8JEuc…

Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…