Excited to share our new review on spatial biology in @plantCommunications @CellCellPress. We showed how integrating spatial and molecular information is reshaping our understanding of complex tissues and disease. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #SpatialBiology #SpatialOmics

PhD Opportunity at Clemson University! Join our lab to develop cutting-edge AI methods for gene regulatory network inference from single-cell multi-omics data. Research areas include PU Learning, MIL, Flow Matching, and GFlowNets at the intersection of AI and single-cell. Contact me and please RT

Check out our Spotlight in Trends in Plant Science on the recent Cell paper by Liu et al. authors.elsevier.com/a/1nJst4rGdj... It finds USIC, a 22-aa peptide encoded by a uORF that functions as a long-distance immune signal, coordinating rapid systemic stomatal immunity through the SIRK1–KIN7

RNA biology in plant biotic interactions, a cross-journal collection with @natcomms.nature.com and guest edited for CommsBio by a trio of our outstanding EBMs-- @smukhtarlab.bsky.social, Yueh-Lung Wu, and Heejin Yoo. Submit by August 31! 🌿🧬 #PlantBiology #PlantScience www.nature.com/collections/...

RNA biology in plant biotic interactions

The editors invite articles in all areas of research investigating the roles of RNA in plant biotic interactions.

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Honored to receive the Phil & Mary Bradley Faculty Award for Mentoring in Creative Inquiry at Clemson. Working with undergrad researchers on plant biology and discovery has been deeply rewarding. Grateful for the incredible students who make this possible.

oin my talk at the AI2EAR Seminar Series April 16 | 7:00 am ET Topics: • Dual host–microbe transcription mapping (soybean nodules) • Dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis • 3/4-D spatial biology (leaf & root, #STOmics) Register: scan QR code or ai2ear.wordpress.ncsu.edu/online-seminar/

It’s been great to see how our CI students came together for this project and presentation at the annual FoCI poster forum. Proud of the team and the effort they put in.

Happy to share a new book I edited: Plant Hormones: Methods and Protocols 🌱 It covers a wide range of techniques in hormone biology, from foundational methods to newer molecular approaches, with step-by-step protocols and practical guidance. Hope it will be helpful

I’m pleased to present in the AI2EAR Seminar Series on Spatial Biology in Plant–Microbe Interactions and Developmental Processes. #STOmics 🗓 April 16, 2026 🕖 7:00 AM EST 📍 Virtual (Zoom) Looking forward to it. Register on this website or scan the QR code. ai2ear.wordpress.ncsu.edu/online-semin...

Our new review in COPB shows how single-cell + spatial omics are revealing specialized immune cell states, modular NLR sensor–helper circuits, and epigenetic/RNA tuning that shape durable resistance. Congrats to Doni, Oliver, Yiqing & Ujjal www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE - CLOSING SOON 🚨 🔬 Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics in Plants 🔬 📝 Edited by @smukhtarlab.bsky.social 📅 Closing date: 28 February 2026 📇 Got a suitable manuscript? Contact the JXB office: bit.ly/JXBissues #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

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🧬 UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE 🧬 🔬 Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics in Plants 🔬 📝 Edited by Shahid Mukhtar 📅 Deadline: 28 February 2026 📣 Got a suitable manuscript? Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues @smukhtarlab.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 (1/2)

Honor to host Robin Buell this Friday at 2:30 pm for @clemsongenbio seminar. Robin is the member of the National Academy of Sciences, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Crop Genomics, Professor of Crop & Soil Sciences @UGA. She is the Director of The Plant Center. DM me for a zoom

Department Seminar | Friday, Jan 30 | 2:30 PM ET Join me this Friday for a Genetics & Biochemistry seminar. I’ll cover how we’re using spatial technologies to resolve coding and non-coding RNAs across systems, including diverse plants, mouse brain, and host–microbe interactions. DM for a zoom link.

Join us for my webinar to see how true single-cell spatial transcriptomics can be applied to plants including Arabidopsis, duckweed, soybean and sunflower to detect host and microbial coding (and non-coding) RNAs.🗓 Thursday, February 5 🕚 2:00 PM ET 👉 RSVP: lnkd.in/gkSBfvdS

🧬 UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE 🧬 🔬 Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics in Plants 🔬 📝 Edited by Shahid Mukhtar 📅 Deadline: 28 February 2026 📣 Got a suitable manuscript? Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues @smukhtarlab.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 (1/2)

🔬🧬 Here's a summary of the confirmed review papers so far: @bas-bargmann.bsky.social @bradylabs.bsky.social @lluginbuehl.bsky.social @trevormnolan.bsky.social @bipinpandey.bsky.social @smukhtarlab.bsky.social #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 (2/2)

Excited to host Dr. Keith Slotkin for our Department of Genetics & Biochemistry seminar this Friday, Sept 12, at Clemson. He will discuss how plant cells control transposable elements. Join us and bring your questions. #PlantBiology #Genetics #Clemson

🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...

📢 Call for Papers: Special Collection on RNA Biology in Plant Biotic Interactions. Guest Editors: Shahid Mukhtar & Heejin Yoo Topics include 🔹 Small & long ncRNAs in plant defense 🔹 Cross-kingdom RNA regulation 🔹 RNA in plant–insect communication 🔹 RNA viruses & plant health

Thanks to #PlantBio2025 and @ASPB for the opportunity to organize the plenary session on single-cell and spatial biology in agriculture. Incredible talks and exciting progress in this rapidly advancing field! 🌱🧬

A thought-provoking talk by Cary Fowler on “Food Security in 2050: 3 AM Worries” at #PlantBio2025. Insights on global priorities in R&D investment. Are we going in the right direction to achieve food security and the roles of the US? 🌍🌾 #AgResearch #FoodSecurity

The 3MT Thesis Competition is so inspiring #PlantBio2025 . Smart and articulate students presenting their cutting-edge research in a TED-style format!

Up next at the Presidential Plenary Seminar: Bob Schmitz takes the stage to discuss “Leveraging Plant Epigenomics to Decode the Complexity of Non-Coding Regulation.” 🌱🧬 #PlantBio2025

Congratulations @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social for your ASPB award. Well deserved! #PlantBio2025

Welcome remarks and awards ceremony kicking off the opening of #PlantBio2025 🌱✨ Excited to celebrate excellence and innovation in plant biology!

Hiring alert! Please RT! Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer position in Microbiology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Clemson University. Apply here 👉 apply.interfolio.com/170375 Active learning through creative inquiry (CI) projects with undergrads and dynamic working environment. 🦠🐅

Jones and Dangl” lock — what are the odds? Jeff says he doesn’t know about it. Whether it’s “JJ” @jonathandgjones.bsky.social or someone else, it’s a fitting tribute to the duo that gave us the zigzag model back in 2001. Jeff got this pic from @derekseveri.bsky.social #2025ISMPMI #PlantImmunity

We are hiring! If you have experience in plant genomics + AI, or promoter engineering + synthetic biology, check out our two open postdoc positions (computational + wetlab): www.vandepoelelab.be/Jobs please re-share RT #ERC

We lost a Grangle family member, a friend, and a visionary scientist. “A note from Jeff Dangl: John McDowell was a former MPMI Editor and great membr of our community and that it is apt that his memory be recognized at the current #2025ISMPMI nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

John Matthew McDowell: A Visionary Leader in Molecular Oomycete-Plant Interactions and a Wonderful Mentor and Friend to Many | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®

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During yesterday’s free afternoon from #2025ISMPMI, we revisited the Rhine River — a place filled with memories from our first date @tigertrails.bsky.social 22 years ago. To another 50 years….