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RNA-binding proteins and glycoRNAs form domains on the cell surface for cell-penetrating peptide entry cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Exciting News! I'm launching my independent research group at Academia Sinica, IPMB (IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所), Taipei, Taiwan) this fall. We'll study plant idioblasts; cell differentiation, gene regulatory network, and evolution. Stay tuned for updates on our research. #PlantBiology #IPMB

[Dr. Ka-Wai Ma KaWaiMa@lab] Conserved immunomodulation and variation in host association by Xanthomonadales commensals in Arabidopsis root microbiota Nature Plants nature.com/articles/s4147…

We are so pleased to have the legendary Prof. Gerd Jürgens in town to deliver Grace Chen memorial lecture! What an amazing career Prof. Jürgens has and is still going strong.

After a lot of work, we are finally able to share this project about the cell cycle in Marchantia from the Haseloff lab. If you want to find out how cell division is controlled, you can’t miss out this one… #PlantScience #Synbio #EvoDevo biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New Article: "Mechanical interactions between tissue layers underlie plant morphogenesis" rdcu.be/efNL7 With Research Briefing: "Growth in internal tissues sculpts plant organs in 3D" rdcu.be/efNMD

Excited to share our new work mBio reporting two #Agrobacterium DGC proteins control virulence and #T6SS interbacterial competition via distinct strategies. Congrats to 1st author, my PhD student Xuan (Stephenson) Lai for the achievement and co-authors Manda Yu IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所).

[Dr. Erh-Min Lai Erh-Min Lai] Cooperation and antagonism in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation Nature Plants Nature Plants nature.com/articles/s4147…

Receptor-like kinase cleavage: molecular mechanism and regulatory functions in plants nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… ♻️

ROS in root nuclei can trigger redox-dependent multimerization of the auxin repressor protein IAA3 and modulate Auxin responses #PPstasis #Auxin #plantscience Kudos Ari's lab and Team! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

New Postdoc position (2yrs) available in our #EvoMPMI lab John Innes Centre. Come and work with on harnessing the diversity of immune mechanisms to protect plants. jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?va…

Three back-to-back Salicylic Acid biosynthesis papers 1/3 nature.com/articles/s4158… from Yuelin Zhang’s group (my PhD supervisor)

Potential and challenges for application of microbiomes in agriculture (Charles Copeland , Paul Schulze-Lefert , Ka-Wai Ma) doi.org/10.1093/plcell… #PlantSci ASPB

Postdoc position opening! Theoretical biological physics at Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, in Taipei, Taiwan. I am now particularly interested in some aspect of phase separation in a far-from-equilibrium condition, which can be relevant for various biological processes.

We learned a lot about plant cell wall mechanics by stretching the Arabidopsis epidermis. Now published in Nature Communications Fibrous network nature of plant cell walls enables tunable mechanics for development doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

というわけで台湾PI編が始まりました！ 台灣PI篇開始囉！

🍀🔬 MSL10 is a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in the tactile sense of the Venus flytrap Nature Communications from Toyota lab. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Please RT! Exciting opportunities in plant–microbe interactions! My lab IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所) is looking for passionate postdocs & RAs to join us in one of the following areas: ✨ Cell death & immune signaling 🧬 Discovery of resistance genes 🧫 Development of Agrobacterium-based tools

Grateful to our Academic Advisory Committee for visiting IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所) 中央研究院 Academia Sinica! Inspiring scientific exchanges, constructive feedback, and a shared vision for advancing plant and microbial biology. Thank you for helping us shape the next phase of IPMB’s research excellence.