We are delighted to share this Work in Norwich feature of our group leader @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social, who moved to Norwich two years ago to start his group at TSL. We are very happy that Tatsuya is finding Norwich a great place to live, both scientifically and personally. buff.ly/jdhHLW2

Tatsuya Nobori: The Sainsbury Laboratory - Work in Norwich

Learn why world-leading scientist Dr Tatsuya Nobori chose Norwich, joining The Sainsbury Laboratory to conduct internationally recognised plant science research.

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Ever wondered if diverse plant species respond similarly when infected by the same exact pathogen? Infect different asterids and rosids with the same Botrytis genotypes and teh short answer, quite differently. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @annajomu.bsky.social @ccaseys.bsky.social (1/3)

A multi-plant transcriptomic atlas reveals conserved and lineage specific defense architectures in response to Botrytis cinerea

Generalist pathogens pose a challenge to plant immunity by infecting diverse hosts while harboring extensive intraspecific genetic variation. Whether evolutionary distant plant lineages rely on a shar...

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🚨We’re hiring! Please help spread the word! Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com

The Sainsbury Laboratory@thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📣 VACANCY: Predoctoral Intern in the Nobori group @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social Join the team to work on plant immunity research at single-cell and spatial resolution 🌱 Apply online, deadline 26 Jan 2026 www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t... #PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs

academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... Endophytic adaptation in Flavobacterium sp. 98 @xinyapan.bsky.social @vcarryon.bsky.social @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social ✌🏽 lysoPE story could be cool

Hypoxia Induces Phenotypic and Metabolic Shifts in Endophytic Flavobacterium sp. 98

Abstract. Oxygen plays a crucial role in shaping microbial physiology, functions, and behavior. Endophytic bacteria, residing within plant tissues, inhabit

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Marchantia workshop will be held in Kobe next year!

Our new lab logo (created by the amazing @hsuanpai.bsky.social)! tatsuyanobori.com

I remember early experiments on CYP707A1 beginning just as I started my PhD in the Tsuda lab (then at MPIPZ Cologne) in 2015. A wonderful piece of work. Kudos to the team for their tenacity🎉

Akira@TheLab@this-is-mine.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our ten years of work is finally out in Current Biology! We reveal a new mode of action of the bacterial phytotoxin coronatine produced by Pseudomonas syringae. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Our ten years of work is finally out in Current Biology! We reveal a new mode of action of the bacterial phytotoxin coronatine produced by Pseudomonas syringae. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Evolutionary trade-off between stomatal defense and gas exchange in Brassicaceae

Kang et al. show that coronatine hijacks the ABA hydroxylase CYP707A1 in A. thaliana to override stomatal defense. While CYP707A1 also enables rapid light-induced stomatal opening, C. rubella and E. s...

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We are pleased to announce that @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social has won the Young Investigator Award by the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists. The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026. buff.ly/pemelQu

We’re delighted to share that our paper has been just accepted in PCP! We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed! t.co/obQyD1rzI1

Every good programmer I know has been saying this to me for months; meanwhile every not-great programmer I know has been trying to outsource their work to ai, causing more issues/delays than they if did it themselves. A lot of these tools only seem good to people who are not great at their jobs.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10mo ago

“In a new report, management consultants Bain & Company found that despite being ‘one of the first areas to deploy generative AI,’ the ‘savings have been unremarkable’ in programming.”

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~ www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/plan...

Dynamic shifts in plant-microbe relationships

Plant-microbe interactions encompass a continuum from mutualism and commensalism to parasitism. Mutualists confer benefits such as nutrient acquisitio …

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Chinese scientists turn Moon soil into oxygen and water needed for life ->India Today | #Moon #Space #Science #Soil #Water | More info from EcoSearch

Chinese scientists turn Moon soil into oxygen and water needed for life

In a breakthrough that could transform the future of space exploration, Chinese scientists have developed a technology that can extract water from lunar soil and use it to produce oxygen and chemicals vital for fuel, dramatically reducing the need to...

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🎉 Our new paper is out in Science Advances! Plants can detect parasitic nematodes. www.science.org/doi/full/10....

A copper-dependent, redox-based hydrogen peroxide perception in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.22.666036v1

Cryo structure of CARD1 from N. benthamiana transiently produced protein.

Ken Shirasu@shirasulab.bsky.social · last yr.

Our new work lead by Anuphon. Cryo Structure of CARD1 reveals copper in the ecodomain, required for sensing H202. The phenotype of card1 is same as rbohd, suggesting ROS produced by RBOHD is sensed by CARD1.

oh it 1000% is. there’s a reason this has been a desk meme wall staple since I made it in undergrad

I'm very happy that this paper is now published in PNAS! Isochorismate-based salicylic acid 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. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Emergence of isochorismate-based salicylic acid biosynthesis within Brassicales | PNAS

Salicylic acid (SA) is a major defense phytohormone. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the isochorismate (IC) pathway is the primary route for pathogen-indu...

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Love the work! Really nice design. Congrats to @kenichitsuda.bsky.social team. Emergence of isochorismate-based salicylic acid biosynthesis within Brassicales | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Emergence of isochorismate-based salicylic acid biosynthesis within Brassicales | PNAS

Salicylic acid (SA) is a major defense phytohormone. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the isochorismate (IC) pathway is the primary route for pathogen-indu...

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“Our study provides strong evidence that the IC pathway emerged within the Brassicales order, which was driven by key evolutionary innovations in the IC pathway genes ICS, EDS5, and PBS3.” Emergence of isochorismate-based salicylic acid biosynthesis within Brassicales www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Last day of #2025ISMPMI, last poster session: dont miss @shanshuo.bsky.social fantastic poster about how we used a combination of scRNAseq and cell-type specific approaches to reveal the role of autophagy in stomatal & mesophyll immunity during Pseudomonas infection - more info ➡️ P-432 #proteostasis

Read Nakano's latest review in PCP discussing 'Long-Term Consequences of PTI Activation and Its Manipulation by Root-Associated Microbiota' 🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantMicrobiome

Long-Term Consequences of PTI Activation and Its Manipulation by Root-Associated Microbiota

Abstract. In nature, plants are constantly colonized by a massive diversity of microbes engaged in mutualistic, pathogenic or commensal relationships with

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Morgan Carter@morgancarterphd.bsky.social · last yr.

Riyohei Thomas Nakano (@luckystrike1984.bsky.social) is presenting new work about the mechanisms of disease suppressive microbes. Have identified AhcY mutant and looking into downstream effects. #2025ISMPMI

Tsuda lab @mpipz.bsky.social reunion! #2025ISMPMI

Awesome to see next generation of group leaders from @earlhaminst.bsky.social presenting at #2025ISMPMI 👏

Hot off the printer! Our lab will be introducing PHYTOMap to the MPMI community. Interested in spatially mapping both microbiomes and plant gene expression? Come see our posters at #2025ISMPMI P-315 by @siyusong.bsky.social P-441 by @hsuanpai.bsky.social

This is interesting! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Growth arrest is a DNA damage protection strategy in Arabidopsis - Nature Communications

This study demonstrates that growth arrest under stress in Arabidopsis protects meristem cells from DNA damage, challenging the idea that it is merely due to energy trade-offs and highlighting its rol...

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Updated preprint: MMF1 is "a microbiota receptor” through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. 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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Doing the right thing for the wrong reason.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.

Your Saturday dose of anti-science bullshittery... www.science.org/content/arti... 1/n

I somehow missed this article. Looks quite interesting. NPR1 promotes blue light–induced plant photomorphogenesis by ubiquitinating and degrading PIF4 | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

NPR1 promotes blue light–induced plant photomorphogenesis by ubiquitinating and degrading PIF4 | PNAS

Light is a major determinant of plant growth and survival. NONEXPRESSER OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES 1 (NPR1) acts as a receptor for salicylic aci...

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