Just posted the 3.1.8 update. Let me know if you find any bugs. It opens in inline feature mode. If you prefer compact mode or if you are opening large sequence files, you can turn off inline mode in Preferences (aka Settings).

I'm very happy that this paper is now published in PNAS! Isochorismate-based SA biosynthesis appears to have emerged in the Brassicales after the divergence of C. papaya, likely within the timeframe between the divergence of B. maritima and R. odorata. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

In a single E. coli, about 25 percent of all proteins use metals (like zinc, iron, copper, magnesium, etc) to do their chemistries. And yet, incredibly, fewer than ONE FREE METAL ION is present per cell on average. There are, in other words, basically no loose metal ions

Today I learned you can just spray mRNA on plant leaves and they'll make proteins. New preprint just sprayed a bunch of green florescent protein mRNA on different plant leaves and found signal.

My paper is out in Science Magazine! We found a novel host defense strategy where #mitochondria, our domesticated microbes, compete with the intracellular pathogen #Toxoplasma for #folate. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

I’m super happy to present the first discoveries of the RIKEN-Cambridge Joint Crop Symbiosis Research Team, based in Japan 🇯🇵 doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… A thread 👇

⚠️Excited to share my latest in The Plant Cell🌱! We show that chloroplasts form membrane contact sites (MCS) with the pathogen interface to drive focal immunity, mediated by a tethering complex🔗! Full story 👉 doi.org/10.1093/plcell… #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

Interested in Fe nutrition and coumarin secretion, please read our new article!

I am happy to see this out! Plant-microbe relationship (mutualistic, commensalistic, parasitic) is not fixed, but rather dynamic, depending on the specific context. We summarize the current knowledge on this. Hope you enjoy~ jstage.jst.go.jp/article/plantb…

Very excited to see our Niko Geldner lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science! (1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.

New Article: "A mobile DELLA controls Medicago truncatula root cortex patterning to host arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi" rdcu.be/eJO9O Mobile transcriptional regulators DELLA and SHORT-ROOT control the number of root inner cortex cell layers able to host symbiotic AMF.

Cis-regulatory elements co-opting core circadian clock regulator CCA1 underlie enhanced expression of HMA4 for metal hyperaccumulation in Arabidopsis halleri: Plant Communications cell.com/plant-communic…

Genetically engineered plant endophytes broaden effector-triggered immunity "The oxyR circuit responds to infection-induced ROS by producing effectors recognized by existing NLRs, activating immunity against even pathogens lacking recognizable effectors" sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Simon's mutant finally published! Well done, Satoko' lab with Harro Bouwmeester , Tobimatsu, Tohge collaborations. Glucosylation of endogenous haustorium-inducing factors underpins kin avoidance in parasitic plants | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you. The brainchild of JC De la Concepción Nick Irwin & our fantastic collaborators is now out in Nature Plants nature.com/articles/s4147… Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇

Advanced imaging reveals arbuscular mycorrhizas in 407-million-year-old plant from Scotland @NewPhytologist Sebastian Schornack Frédéric Fercoq Victor O. Leshyk doi.org/10.1111/nph.70…