My gym is more crowded than usual and now everyone is ecstatic 🤩
Gitta Coaker
@gittacoaker.bsky.social
Professor at UC Davis, studying plant immunity and bacterial pathogens. Loves weightlifting, running, and the outdoors. Views are my own.
Marques et al. found that many NLR immune receptors show strong tissue-specific activity and that NLR activity patterns are shared across different species, suggesting common defense strategies. 🔗️ academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... #societyjournal #genome #evolution
NLR Immune Receptors Can Exhibit Tissue-specific Expression Patterns Across Legume Species
Abstract. Pathogen pressure threatens legume crop productivity worldwide. Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors serve as crucial pl
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A new issue of CSH Protocols is out! @cshlpress.bsky.social The cover image highlights the work by Bartlett and Richardson, who provide a protocol for the identification and dissection of the vegetative shoot apical, tassel, and ear meristems in maize🌽 ⬇️Links below
Uh oh! @gittacoaker.bsky.social is away and the minions broke free from the lab!! Chaos ensues P.s. said minions resent the modern convoluted definition of minion are all brilliant accomplished scientists
I just published: The Church of Impact Factor is selling indulgences Bribery allegations at Cell Press. The open secret of scientific publishing is out. I'm shocked. I'm not surprised. #CellOnions #Elsevil #ScienceCrisis kamounlab.medium.com/the-church-o...
The Church of Impact Factor is selling indulgences
Bribery allegations at Cell Press. The open secret of scientific publishing is out. I’m shocked. I’m not surprised.
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Nice to meet up with old friends at the International Symposium for Plant Vascular Pathosystems (ISPVP), hear about their recent progress and share our new story mapping effector mediated release of Clavibacter from the xylem - preprint hopefully soon!
This Monday: Fellowship Writing for Beginners. Panelists who’ve won NSF-GRFP, USDA-NIFA & FFAR on how they found the right fellowships and what made their applications stand out. Free, on Zoom. Mon Oct 26, 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT Register: udel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #PlantScience #GradSchool
If an editor can’t do this, they should not be an editor, either paid or unpaid. From my experience, “just address all reviewer comments” is prevalent.
Alejandro Montenegro@aemonten.bsky.social · 2w agoAn editor should clarify in the decision which points are key (and which don't require addressing). And we are always available to meet with authors to prepare a revision plan. Just because a reviewer asks for something, that doesn't mean you necessarily need to do it. Reach out if you have Qs
Plant-microbe enthusiasts! If you are doing research in the USA, don't miss the chance to apply for root and shoot funding to attend the IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju Korea 18-22, 2027. They are looking for mentor-mentee pairs to fund.
NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The science research institute that would likely receive $4.2 billion in public taxpayer money if voters approve Prop. 38 this November had only three employees as of last month — far fewer than the 51 staffers it planned to have hired by last year. Story based on public records.
This institute could get $4 billion from a CA ballot measure. With just three workers, is it ready?
If California voters approve it, Prop. 38 will direct $4 billion to one research institute. Only one institute currently qualifies for the money.
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So much glycan perception in @science.org this week! 🌱 Our chitin paper in a Perspective article alongside two exciting studies on how plant receptors read chitosan and cellulose. doi.org/10.1126/scie... Cellulose: doi.org/10.1126/scie... Chitosan: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
How plants decode immunogenic glycans
Distinct recognition systems for specific sugars ensure appropriate immune or maintenance responses
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1 of 3 related papers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Structural basis for size-selective perception of chitin in plants
Plants detect microbes through pattern recognition receptors that perceive conserved microbial surface motifs known as microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs). Lysin motif (LysM) receptors recog...
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This is what we are dealing with. Rights for me but not for thee…
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 3w agoThis is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
Reminder, if you are applying for a NSF GRFP, recommendation letters are due this Friday at 8pm ET, well before the submission deadline for other materials (!!!) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
🧪My Dept at University of Maryland College Park is searching for an Assistant Professor Tenure-track Faculty Position in Immunology/Cell Biology using innovative imaging, molecular, genetic, and/or multiomics-based approaches. Deadline Dec. 2. Great department, wonderful university. Pls Repost!
LoL-align is out in @natmethods.nature.com! It aligns protein structures without superposition. More sensitive than TM-align and DALI, producing better alignments 5–20× faster. Now available in Foldseek! 📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 💾 github.com/steineggerlab/foldseek 🌐 search.foldseek.com
🍅 Tomato brown rugose fruit virus spread worldwide. For >60 years, one resistance gene protected tomatoes. This virus broke through. A second gene confers resistance. The same viral target? Convergent evolution? Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #EvoMPMI #NLRbiology (1/9) 🧵
Excited to share our new preprint from the Wilson lab at the Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln, identifying a pre-Golgi intermediate compartment protein required for effector sorting in #Magnaporthe during #riceblast biotrophy. biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Postdoc opp; the Katherine Esau Fellowship @UC Davis funds 2–3 years of work on plant structure and function. Curious how plant structure shapes plant-microbe interactions? Get in touch! Due Nov 1, international applicants welcome. www-plb.ucdavis.edu/about/fellow...
Department Fellowships
The Department of Plant Biology offers fellowships that support research, scholarship and professional development for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and faculty. These awards recognize exce...
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#plantsci Assistant Professor position in Canada🇨🇦 www.academicwork.ca/jobs/tenure-... Heard from a colleague that it is a very supportive department!
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Plant Biology
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“Case outcomes at Cornell largely aligned with those of its peers.” … Gross failure to protect college students.
Amy Diehl, Ph.D.@amydiehl.bsky.social · last mo.1,200 sexual assault cases were filed at Cornell from 2018 to 2024. Most of those found responsible received minor sanctions that allowed them to remain on campus, such as probation or training. Only 7 ended in expulsion or dismissal. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
For the last 34 years I have been on the faculty of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Biology and have never regretted that decision. This year we are hiring TWO new Assistant Professors in the broad area of Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology 1/n bio.unc.edu
Please repost/share We're hiring! UC Davis Plant Pathology seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in plant health & microbiomes. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904 My department is full of great colleagues, and we look forward to recruiting our new colleague!
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Assistant Professor position at University of Michigan. Applicants in all areas of cellular/molecular biology in prokaryotes, plants, and animals are encouraged to apply. lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...
MCDB Solicits Applications for an Assistant Professor | U-M LSA Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB)
The faculty position will be tenure track with a university year appointment starting August 25, 2027 or January 1, 2028. Apply now through October 1, 2026.
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ʙɪɴᴅᴄʀᴀꜰᴛ2 is out, and we're not waiting for the paper. The full code drops today, free for academic and industry use. We're releasing it early so you can start designing right now, and bring its full power to the current Adaptyv competition. github.com/PacesaLab/Bi...
Fantastic Asst Professor positions open across multiple UC Berkeley departments @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Plant/Algae/Microb aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05522 Plant/Env aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05382 Gen/Dev/Evo aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 Eco aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489
Assistant Professor – Plant or Macroalgae-Associated Microbial Communities and Interactions - Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Out now in Science: Two papers from our lab reveal VIPR, an RNA-guided DNA-targeting system in bacteriophages, providing clues to the origins of CRISPR www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Congrats to Peter Yoon, @kenjmloi.bsky.social @terryzzy.bsky.social, T.Docter & team
A noncontiguous code for RNA-guided DNA recognition at the origin of CRISPR-Cas
CRISPR-Cas provides RNA-mediated adaptive immunity, but how its first RNA-guided effector arose is unclear. In this study, we report the discovery of Viral Interference Programmable Repeat (VIPR) syst...
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