🌱🧬 Our 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 is now complete! Explore the collection of articles 📖 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... and read the overarching Editorial bringing together the key themes and perspectives 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71012

Plant Structural Biology: State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects: The Plant Journal

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𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 Two roads to galanthamine turn out to be one ✍️ @Charlay Wood 🌱 Galanthamine, a plant-derived treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, has a surprising biosynthetic story 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71090 Original research by Lamichhane et al here: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70910.

📚𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 Molecular recognition in plant root endosymbiosis From chitin perception to symbiotic signalling. 🌿 ✍️ Tora Fougner-Økland, Maria Spezzati, and Katarzyna Parys @lmu.de 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71067

Molecular recognition in plant root endosymbiosis

In both root nodule symbiosis and arbuscular mycorrhiza, symbiotic signalling relies on the perception of chitinous ligand by lysine motif receptors. These receptors relay the signal via SymRK, which....

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👁‍🗨 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 The immunity paradox: how do plants survive without adaptive immunity? ✍️ Peter Balint-Kurti @ncstate.bsky.social 🌱🦠 A fresh perspective on plant immunity, highlighting quantitative resistance and tolerance beyond pathogen recognition 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71080

The immunity paradox: how do plants survive without adaptive immunity?

A perspective on plant immunity is proposed that differs from the prevalent view that centers on resistance based on receptors that recognize the pathogen. In this perspective, mechanisms of quantita....

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🎉 Congratulations to 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐦 @cyhkim.bsky.social (Harvard University) and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐘𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐗𝐮 (Michigan State University), winners of the 2026 𝑻𝑷𝑱–𝑷𝑺𝑵𝑨 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔! 🏆 www.psna-online.org

🌱 We were happy to sponsor the PEM2026 conference pem26.cnrs.fr held this week in Montpellier, with two TPJ editors @hatem-rouached.bsky.social & @msubrandizzilab.bsky.social on the organizing committee Samuel Laurent won the TPJ Prize for Best Talk by an early-career scientist. Congratulations! 🎉

🎉 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 to @josephineherbst.bsky.social (@unihalle.bsky.social), winner of the 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 for early-career group leaders at the 39th German Molecular Biology of Plants Conference (#MBP2026)! 🌱

🗣️ In conversation with 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥 @ucriverside.bsky.social ✍️ @luisdeluna.bsky.social From Guyana to leading research on thermotolerance: Prof. Dawn Nagel reflects on the journey that shaped her scientific career. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70995 To learn more: dawnnagel.wixsite.com/nagelucr

Three days left to apply to the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞!

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📢 Applications are now open for the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞! Are you an early-career PI? The TPJ Fellowship offers mentoring, editorial board engagement, a £2,000 travel award, & opportunities to contribute to TPJ 📅 Apply by 6 July 2026 More details 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... +🧵

🔎𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 🌱 Plant metabolism depends not only on what organelles do, but also on where they are Find it here👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70987 ✍️ AR Fernie, G Decros, J Multhoff, J Sippel, JO Niemeier, P Barreto, A Sampathkumar, U Sonnewald, and M Schwarzländer

PERSPECTIVE: organelle positioning as a principle of metabolic regulation and stress tolerance

Understanding how plant cells coordinate metabolism remains a major challenge, particularly at the level of intracellular organization. This perspective proposes that dynamic organelle positioning ac...

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📢 We're delighted to welcome 𝐃𝐫 𝐙𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐇𝐮𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 of TPJ 🌟 Based at the University of Adelaide, Dr. Chen has expertise in abiotic stress, genomics, and horticulture Learn more about his research: adelaide.edu.au/people/zhong...

📢 We're delighted to welcome 𝐃𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐮 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 of TPJ 🌟 Based at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Dang brings expertise in natural products and synthetic biology. Learn more about her research: plantbiocore.ok.ubc.ca @plantbiocore.bsky.social

📚 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 "How to frustrate a plant pathogen" 🐛 From structural genomics to AI-driven protein design, this review explores new strategies for engineering broad-spectrum resistance against plant pathogen effectors. ✍️ Knight, Heddle and @adamrbentham.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

How to frustrate a plant pathogen

Plant pathogens deploy large families of structurally related but sequence-diverse effector proteins to manipulate host cells, allowing them to evade immune recognition whilst maintaining the capacit...

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📚𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 🌍 When CO₂ is limiting, cyanobacteria concentrate it. How do cyanobacteria thrive when CO₂ is scarce? Discover the mechanisms behind efficient carbon fixation. ✍️Zimmer et al. @Selim_Khaled_ 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70974

Functional and structural insights into cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanisms: from compartmentalization to regulation

Life on Earth depends on photosynthetic CO2 fixation via the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle to form organic carbon. This process evolved first in cyanobacteria and was later conveyed to eukaryotes, givi...

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📢 Applications are now open for the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞! Are you an early-career PI? The TPJ Fellowship offers mentoring, editorial board engagement, a £2,000 travel award, & opportunities to contribute to TPJ 📅 Apply by 6 July 2026 More details 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... +🧵

The Plant Journal: 2026 Fellowship Scheme

The TPJ Fellowship scheme was first launched in 2020, and we are pleased to announce that we have now opened applications for the 2026 TPJ Fellowship scheme.

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🔈 New TPJ webinar with the @globalplantgpc.bsky.social 🌱 New Insights from Plant Structural Biology🌱 Explore how structural biology is advancing plant science With Clarisa Ester Álvarez, @cblikstad.bsky.social & @bjornppedersen.bsky.social 🗓️ June 30 ⏰ 15:00 CEST us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📚𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: Chloroplast glycerolipid metabolism during maintenance and under stress 🌱 How specialized glycerolipids are synthesized and assembled to build photosynthetic membranes ✍️ Magume, Froehlich & Benning @msudoeplantlab.bsky.social sky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

⚙️𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 The Lettuce Expression Browser: from lab to LEB 🥬 A high-resolution gene expression atlas for cultivated and wild lettuce, enabling exploration of gene activity across development and stress conditions van Workum et al. @WUR 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70962

The Lettuce Expression Browser: from lab to LEB

The Lettuce Expression Browser (LEB) provides the first high-resolution gene expression atlas for both cultivated and wild lettuce species. This open-access resource enables detailed exploration of g...

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🌟 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by Brian Mooney 🌱🍄 Friendly fungi: volatile compounds released during plant–fungal interaction stimulate plant growth 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70963 This highlight is about Fang et al. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70816.

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We are happy to welcome 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝 as our new Research Highlights Editor! 🌟 To learn more about her, you can find her on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/charlaywo... and on her personal website: www.charlaywood.com Welcome to TPJ, Charlay!!

Huge congratulations to our editor José Alonso on his election to the National Academy of Sciences! 🌱 @alonsostepanovalab.bsky.social @nationalacademies.org We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition of an outstanding scientist Congratulations, José! 💚 cals.ncsu.edu/news/nc-stat...

NC State’s José Alonso Elected to National Academy of Sciences

José Alonso, a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar in plant and microbial biology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world’s mos...

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🔉 TPJ Editorial Board meets in Wuhan this year! Alongside 👉a 2-day symposium organized with Huazhong Agricultural University! 🌱Focus: AI-driven plant science, systems & synthetic biology for understanding and exploiting plant biology. 📅 May 6–7 📝 Register by April 20 Details🔗 tpj2026.org

📚 FOCUSED REVIEW Self-incompatibility lets plants reject incompatible pollen via receptor–ligand recognition 🌱 This review highlights atypical receptors lacking classic domains, which may be widespread in angiosperms ✍️ Lin, Bosch, and Franklin-Tong 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70803

Several plant self‐incompatibility systems may be controlled by atypical receptor–ligand interactions

Self-incompatibility involves the precise recognition and rejection of incompatible pollen, often using a receptor–ligand type of interaction between male and female S-determinants. In this review, w...

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𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ✍️ @gwenkirschner.bsky.social 🌱Hidden highways: mapping plasmodesmata in Arabidopsis roots 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70877 About Davis et al Quantification of cell-type-specific plasmodesmata distribution in ... @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social George Bassel 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70726

Hidden highways: mapping plasmodesmata in Arabidopsis roots

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🗣️ 𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 @petrollromy.bsky.social TPJ Outstanding Resource Article Award 🏆 Romy is a PhD student at the @MPI_Bio Tübingen 🌿 Her work sheds light on the evolution of gene regulation across algae and plants ✍️ @luisdeluna.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70829

📚𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 How do plants sense ethylene? New insights from structural, computational & spectroscopic approaches reveal how receptor dynamics, copper coordination, and clustering drive signaling. ✍️Kersten, Eberle, Groth, and Gohlke 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70810

Integrative approaches for the structure‐based functional understanding of the ethylene response in plants

Ethylene signaling governs key plant processes, yet how its receptors translate hormone binding and copper coordination into cellular responses remains unclear. Integrating structural biology, spectr....

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🔉 TPJ Editorial Board meets in Wuhan this year! Alongside 👉a 2-day symposium organized with Huazhong Agricultural University! 🌱Focus: AI-driven plant science, systems & synthetic biology for understanding and exploiting plant biology. 📅 May 6–7 📝 Register by April 20 Details🔗 tpj2026.org

📚𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 How do plants read positional cues? 🌿 ERECTA-family receptors interpret spatiotemporal peptide cues, integrating receptor activation, signaling dynamics, trafficking, and non-canonical pathways. ✍️ Bai and @keikoutorii.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70793

ERECTA‐family receptor kinases: versatile regulators of plant developmental signaling

How plant cells coordinate developmental patterning remains a fundamental question in biology. This review synthesizes current knowledge of how ERECTA-family receptors interpret spatiotemporal peptid....

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💡𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by @GwenKirschner AHP4: a ‘dimmer’ for cytokinin signalling under osmotic stress 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70808 This is a Research Highlight about Chrysanthou et al. @Bishopp_Lab To view this article, visit doi.org/10.1111/tpj....