The 2024 #NobelPrize laureates in chemistry Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have successfully utilised artificial intelligence to predict the structure of almost all known proteins. In 2020, Hassabis and Jumper presented an AI model called AlphaFold2. With its help, they have

The peptide hormone PjCLE1 stimulates haustorium formation in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

“With the passing of Ratan Tata, we have lost—in addition to an industrial tycoon—a philanthropist who went for the long haul and was a calming influence amidst the turmoil and uncertainties of the everyday”, writes K. VijayRaghavan thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New OA Article: "Extracellular plant subtilases dampen cold-shock peptide elicitor levels" rdcu.be/dWVLP Secreted subtilase inactivates immunogenic csp22 epitopes in cold-shock proteins of Pseudomonas syringae, suggesting pathogens exploit proteases to evade detection.

New Article: "Regulated cleavage and translocation of FERONIA control immunity in Arabidopsis roots" rdcu.be/dWVRv FERONIA in Arabidopsis roots balances growth and immunity by activating localized immunity in response to bacterial colonization.

#PhDone! 🎓 Congratulations Dr Harshith! 🎉 Harshith C Y from Dr Shiva prasad 's lab successfully defended his thesis today! 🧵Check out this thread to learn about his work on understanding wound response in rice. 🌾 👇 (1/5)

Delighted to share this lovely news. One more feather in Vivek Hari Sundar's cap, who just received this year's TIFR best PhD thesis award runner up (honorable mention). Congratulations Vivek Hari Sundar for this richly deserved recognition. TIFR India National Centre for Biological Sciences

#Congratulations! to Dr Krishnan Iyer, and Dr Sriram Narayanan on being awarded the Zita Memorial Award for Best PhD Thesis in Biology by TIFR India ! And a special shoutout to Dr Vivek Hari Sundar for receiving an honourable mention! Vatsala Thirumalai Shiva prasad Vivek Hari Sundar

An interesting read by Gitta Coaker The perception and evolution of flagellin, cold shock protein and elongation factor Tu from vector-borne bacterial plant pathogens. bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Super👏 Congratulations Vivek Hari Sundar. Well deserved!

#ResearchExplained 🌾A recent study by Avik Kumar Pal from Shiva prasad lab at NCBS reveals how genomic imprinting works inside the endosperm– nutrition factory of the seeds. 📖Read Here: news.ncbs.res.in/research-expla… ✏️ Story by Christeen Paulson

Plant plasmodesmata bridges form through ER-dependent incomplete cytokinesis | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

A peptide-receptor module links cell wall integrity sensing to pattern-triggered immunity nature.com/articles/s4147…

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Excited to share this preprint from our lab. We describe clock-gated transcriptional responses to a herbivore-associated molecular pattern. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Proud of Natalia Guayazan Palacios for leading this project to completion! See her thread below. 🧵

nature.com/articles/s4157…

Very sorry to hear that Dr. Joanne Chory has passed away, she was a remarkable scientist who inspired so many 🌱

Just out in Nature, we reveal a key molecular signature that evolution drew upon to boost photosynthesis—the process responsible for fixing CO2 (and sustaining life as we know it). Together with the brilliant Leonie Luginbuehl, Joe Ecker, and Julian Hibberd nature.com/articles/s4158…

#PhDone! 🎓Congratulations Dr Avik! Avik Kumar Pal from Shiva prasad lab successfully defended his thesis!🎉 🧵👇See the thread to learn more about Avik's project on genomic imprinting and its role in the growth and development of rice plants🌾 (1/5)