From my backlog of papers to post from this summer. This is one of my favorites; such cool effector work being done in Dundee! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… Exploiting breakdown in nonhost effector–target interactions to boost host disease resistance.

A reactive oxygen species Ca2+ signalling pathway identified from a chemical screen for modifiers of sugar-activated circadian gene expression. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Very happy to see our preprint ‘Concerted expansion and contraction of immune receptor gene repertoires in plant genomes’ now out Nature Plants nature.com/articles/s4147… 🟪Summary thread of the updates:

Ever touched a sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) and marveled at its leaves instantaneously folding? In this video you can see the electrical signals that mediate that rapid movement surging down the plant in real time 📹 T. Hagihara et al go.nature.com/3GwUaSQ

Killing softly: a roadmap of Botrytis cinerea pathogenicity. cell.com/plant-science/…

Inheritance for resistance to leaf curl [Taphrina deformans (Berk.) Tul.] in peach cultivars estimated by exploring mixed models link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The Plant Cell in a Nutshell: Live and let die: Unexpected BOTRYTIS SENSITIVE1 gene activation by a T-DNA plantae.org/live-and-let-d… Kirk Overmyer OEB-ResPrg ViPS ASPB #PlantSci

I was excited to read the paper by Yan Qiu-Tan and colleagues showing that multiple cyclic nucleotide gated channels (GNGCs) combine to act as ABA-activated Ca2+ channels essential for ABA regulated changes in stomatal aperture. academic.oup.com/plcell/article…

Comparative transcriptomics reveals divergence in pathogen response gene families amongst twenty forest tree species biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

So happy about our pnas paper on release of ER-tethered ANAC013 through rhomboid protease RBL2 under hypoxia🌊🙂🥳! It is one of the earliest acting transcription factors involved in mitochondrial retrograde signalling. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Very nice work! Prediction of effector protein structures from fungal phytopathogens enables evolutionary analyses. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Innate immunity can distinguish beneficial from pathogenic rhizosphere microbiota. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Sensor NLR immune proteins activate oligomerization of their NRC helpers in response to plant pathogens. embopress.org/doi/full/10.15…

This is exciting to see. One of the first projects I worked on as an undergrad involved Z-DNA. - Noncanonical DNA structures are drivers of genome evolution cell.com/trends/genetic…

My niece has Rett syndrome and we have hoped for a real treatment if not a cure in her lifetime. You can just imagine the excitement that comes with this announcement. - U.S. FDA Approval of DAYBUE™ (trofinetide) for the Treatment of Rett Syndrome. acadia.com/media/news-rel…

Today we gather to honor the memory of Professor Jaakko Kangasjärvi. An inspiring leader, mentor, and driving force in our Center of Excellence in Tree Biology. His visionary work shaped our research and our community. We carry his legacy forward, with gratitude and admiration.