Also sharing our recent work on LRX-mediated plant–microbiome interactions. A big thank you to all Haney lab members for making this possible🙌 doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...

FERONIA Kinase-Interacting Cell Wall Sensors LRX1/2 Regulate the Plant Rhizosphere Microbiome | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®

Plants establish beneficial associations with microbiota, enhancing their resilience to environmental challenges. FERONIA (FER) kinase shapes the microbiome; despite extensive knowledge of FER interac...

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Excited to announce our new journal from @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Host Microbe is live and now accepting submissions. Look forward to receiving your papers! #Microsky 🧫 🦠

So honoured to be featured in this MPMI spotlight! Grateful to @carahaney.bsky.social for all the incredible support and mentorship along the way❤️ www.ismpmi.org/Community/In...

#PlantScience Research Weekly (2/2) plantae.org/plant-scienc... Salicylic acid fluorescent sensor; Sucrose transporter connects plant/fungus/bacteria; Exotoxin differentiates foe from friend; Phylogenetic distribution of poricidal "buzz-pollinated" flowers; A manifesto for plant science education.

Excited that our paper was just published! It's a revised version with new insights compared to the preprint. Thanks everyone from the @carahaney.bsky.social Lab! www.cell.com/cell-reports...

A bacterial exotoxin-triggered plant immune response restricts pathogen growth

Thoms et al. demonstrate that perception of a bacterial exotoxin allows plants to distinguish between closely related microbiota, which has consequences for rhizosphere microbiome structure and functi...

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The role of plant receptor-like kinases in sensing extrinsic and host-derived signals and shaping the microbiome. Mini-review by @carahaney.bsky.social and @jumpy-botanist.bsky.social‬ www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

The role of plant receptor-like kinases in sensing extrinsic and host-derived signals and shaping the microbiome

Plant receptor-like kinases (RLKs), one of the largest gene families in plants, integrate intrinsic and extrinsic signals to regulate immunity, mutualism, and interactions with microbiota. Here we dis...

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2️⃣ PhD Positions in the lab: 📢 #1: Microbiome Diversity and Evolution in Leafhoppers Across Canada 📢 #2: Morphological Changes in Plant Roots Induced by Plasmodiophorid Effectors 📨 To apply submit : * A cover letter * Your curriculum vitae * Academic transcripts Applications: edelab2024@gmail.com

Know any soon to graduate or recently graduated postbac researchers interested in / with experience working with phages? We are hiring a junior specialist/research tech! Apply here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04863 (start date more flexible than stated in ad!)

Junior/Assistant Specialist - Koskella Lab - Department of Integrative Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Please spread the word about our Special Collection focused on Pseudomonads! @asm.org #JBacteriology

Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants Very happy to share the published version of our work on natural Marchantia-Pseudomonas interactions. Out now in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants

Robinson et al. identify pathogenic Pseudomonas viridiflava in wild Marchantia polymorpha liverworts and interrogate the mechanisms enabling virulence in non-flowering and flowering plants. Their resu...

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Preprint alert: Here we report MMF1 - "a microbiota receptor” - through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. Happy reading... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in Arabidopsis

Plant performance depends on the soil microbiome. While microbiome feedbacks are well documented, the mechanisms by which plants perceive and mediate these feedbacks remain unclear. We established a f...

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Our manuscript describing MYCroplanters, a high-throughput Arabidopsis phenotyping tool is out today in Plos Pathogens from first authors Melissa Chen and Leah Fulton! journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Cara Haney@carahaney.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to share our new preprint and high-throughput tool, “Order among chaos: high throughput MYCroplanters can distinguish interacting drivers of host infection in a highly stochastic system” from Melissa Chen and Leah Fulton www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Proud mentor moment: when a star postdoc mentee (now new PI!) supervises two star undergraduate students and you just get to sit back and watch the science happen.

Corri Hamilton@hamiltoncorri.bsky.social · 2y ago

Proud mentor moments, when Two undergraduate mentees preformed most of this work as co-first authors. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Salk Institute shared the sad news that Prof. Joanne Chory passed away yesterday due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was one of the most influential biologists of our time. And this is how I will remember Joanne, expertly guiding us on where to go. Joanne, we will miss you! ❤️

Excited to share our new preprint and high-throughput tool, “Order among chaos: high throughput MYCroplanters can distinguish interacting drivers of host infection in a highly stochastic system” from Melissa Chen and Leah Fulton www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

ROOT & SHOOT is offering free bystander intervention trainings for plant biologists. Learn how to respond when you observe harmful interactions. Free, very useful training (1 or 3 hours). Feb 12 or 15, again in May. #PlantScience For more info and to sign up see rootandshoot.org/2024-bystand...

TT faculty searches at UNH! 👀 Horticultural Crop Physiologist (abiotic/biotic stress, nutritional quality, postharvest, climate change adaptation) & Plant Pathologist (biology, Eco/Evo, epidemiology, biorational, New England Ag.). jobs.usnh.edu/postings/59021 jobs.usnh.edu/postings/59023

We are excited to open applications for a Working Group on Culturally Responsive Mentoring in #Plantscience. We're looking for a diverse set of volunteers across all career stages (undergraduates to established mentors) to help develop this program. Apply by Jan 10. rootandshoot.org/working-grou...

Overdue post, I'm excited to announce that the Haney Lab has moved to the University of Pittsburgh. UBC was a fantastic first lab home, but I am happy to be back in my hometown. Lots of opportunities to join us in a beautiful and affordable city! #PlantImmunity #Microbiome 🧪🌾🦠🧫

How do organisms maintain an appropriate immune response to their microbiota? Excited to share our newest paper about a plant mutant that shows autoimmunity specifically to normally beneficial microbes, suggesting organisms have mechanisms to prevent this. rdcu.be/drhtQ

Letter to the editor "Finding umbrella trees: cultivating inclusion and more than survival in a post-affirmative action academy" by Beronda L. Montgomery/@BerondaM now available in corrected proof stage. Check it out!

Our UW Biology dept has led seminal research on evidence-based teaching practices: active learning, equitable classrooms, and other topics We're now seeking tenure-track faculty member to build a new, exciting education research program Please share with colleagues! apply.interfolio.com/130335