Huang Tan
@huangtan.bsky.social
Postdoc in Rosa Lozano-Duran research group (@geminiteamlab.bsky.social) ZMBP, Tübingen // plant-virus interaction, plant immunity, single cell, 🧬🔬🍅
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Rosa Lozano-Durán (@geminiteamlab.bsky.social), one of the newly elected EMBO members 2025, has introduced her research at the @embo.org Members' Meeting in Heidelberg.
We are so proud of you!
#plantsci
We are so proud of you!
#plantsci
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Rosa Lozano-Durán (@geminiteamlab.bsky.social), one of the newly elected EMBO members 2025, has introduced her research at the @embo.org Members' Meeting in Heidelberg.
We are so proud of you!
#plantsci
We are so proud of you!
#plantsci
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1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Antiviral reverse transcriptases reveal the evolutionary origin of telomerase
Defense-associated reverse transcriptases (DRTs) employ diverse and distinctive mechanisms of cDNA synthesis to protect bacteria against viral infection. However, much of DRT family diversity remains ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
1/10 Genome maintenance by telomerase is a fundamental process in nearly all eukaryotes. But where does it come from?
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today, we report the discovery of telomerase homologs in a family of antiviral RTs, revealing an unexpected evolutionary origin in bacteria.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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FRET sensor for SA developed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
SALICYLIC ACID SENSOR1 reveals the propagation of an SA hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
Salicylic acid (SA) is a key phytohormone that orchestrates immune responses against pathogens, including Pseudomonas syringae bacteria. The timing and extent of SA accumulation are tightly controlled...
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
FRET sensor for SA developed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...
www.science.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sad news 😔 R.I.P. Jane Goodall! lived an inspiring life & made the world a better place www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Sad news 😔 R.I.P. Jane Goodall! lived an inspiring life & made the world a better place www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Check out this new story from the Felix lab, with some contribution from us:
Receptor antagonist prevents hyperactivation of the plant immune system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Receptor antagonist prevents hyperactivation of the plant immune system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A receptor antagonist counterbalances multiple systemin phytocytokines in tomato
Tight regulation of immune activation is crucial for plant health. How plants control the actions of their immunostimulatory phytocytokines is largely…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Check out this new story from the Felix lab, with some contribution from us:
Receptor antagonist prevents hyperactivation of the plant immune system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Receptor antagonist prevents hyperactivation of the plant immune system
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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From a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond!
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle - Nature Plants
This study presents an extensive single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle that represents ten distinct developmental time points inclusive of six diverse organs.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
From a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond!
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A root-based N-hydroxypipecolic acid standby circuit to direct immunity and growth of Arabidopsis shoots www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A root-based N-hydroxypipecolic acid standby circuit to direct immunity and growth of Arabidopsis shoots - Nature Plants
Root microorganisms can trigger the release of immune-stimulating N-hydroxypipecolic acid from Arabidopsis roots by manipulating a standby circuit of its continuous synthesis and immobilization. N-hyd...
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July 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A root-based N-hydroxypipecolic acid standby circuit to direct immunity and growth of Arabidopsis shoots www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My first MPMI #2025ISMPMI 😎😍@GeminiTeam
Excited to hear all the amazing science, have great discussions, and connect with friends!
If you’re interested in plant-(Gemini)virus interactions and scRNA-seq, let’s meet on Wednesday, July 16 at poster P-437. #scRNA-seq
(bring me to your poster as well!
Excited to hear all the amazing science, have great discussions, and connect with friends!
If you’re interested in plant-(Gemini)virus interactions and scRNA-seq, let’s meet on Wednesday, July 16 at poster P-437. #scRNA-seq
(bring me to your poster as well!
July 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
My first MPMI #2025ISMPMI 😎😍@GeminiTeam
Excited to hear all the amazing science, have great discussions, and connect with friends!
If you’re interested in plant-(Gemini)virus interactions and scRNA-seq, let’s meet on Wednesday, July 16 at poster P-437. #scRNA-seq
(bring me to your poster as well!
Excited to hear all the amazing science, have great discussions, and connect with friends!
If you’re interested in plant-(Gemini)virus interactions and scRNA-seq, let’s meet on Wednesday, July 16 at poster P-437. #scRNA-seq
(bring me to your poster as well!
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Have you ever wondered why virus-infected plants twist, curl, yellow, and/or stop growing? We did—you can read what we found in our latest review: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @gmvalora.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social
Symptom Development in Plant Viral Diseases: What, How, and Why? | Annual Reviews
Plant viruses are obligate intracellular pathogens that hijack host cellular machinery to support their replication and spread. Viral infection induces a variety of structural and physiological change...
www.annualreviews.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Have you ever wondered why virus-infected plants twist, curl, yellow, and/or stop growing? We did—you can read what we found in our latest review: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @gmvalora.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social
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This is textbook cell biology material by chin-hang Wu and colleagues . Check it out 👇 #plantsci #plantpath #immunology #NLRbiology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This is textbook cell biology material by chin-hang Wu and colleagues . Check it out 👇 #plantsci #plantpath #immunology #NLRbiology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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#JustIn on Plantae: How to Manage Your Time Effectively as a Researcher. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Gourav Arora, Elisa De Meo and Ved Prakash explore practical time management strategies tailored to the unique challenges of academic research. buff.ly/nYo0K4m
#plantscience
#plantscience
How to Manage Your Time Effectively as a Researcher | Plantae
The role of a researcher encompasses a wide range of demanding and often competing responsibilities, including experimental design, data analysis, manuscript writing, grant preparation, teaching…
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July 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#JustIn on Plantae: How to Manage Your Time Effectively as a Researcher. In this new piece, ASPB Plantae Fellows Gourav Arora, Elisa De Meo and Ved Prakash explore practical time management strategies tailored to the unique challenges of academic research. buff.ly/nYo0K4m
#plantscience
#plantscience
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How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature
A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Broad application of the ALFA tagging technology for in planta nanobody-based imaging and biochemical characterization of plant proteins #resource #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...
July 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Broad application of the ALFA tagging technology for in planta nanobody-based imaging and biochemical characterization of plant proteins #resource #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...
Explore your beloved viruses😎🤩
For decades, we thought geminiviruses had 4-8 genes. Here, we propose it is time to think again—about this family and beyond. @huangtan.bsky.social @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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May 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Explore your beloved viruses😎🤩
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Congratulations to Jeff Dangl, Jonathan Jones & Brian Staskawicz, winners of the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture! Well done, my friends!
www.youtube.com/live/gU8VBaR...
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March 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Congratulations to Jeff Dangl, Jonathan Jones & Brian Staskawicz, winners of the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture! Well done, my friends!
www.youtube.com/live/gU8VBaR...
www.youtube.com/live/gU8VBaR...
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In our last work that is just out in @newphyt.bsky.social we use a transcription inhibitor to improve the detection of mild drought stress responses in scRNA-seq. Browsable dataset on www.single-cell.be/plant/leaf-drought . Thanks to Ruben Tenorio Berrio and collaborators for the exciting collab!
March 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
In our last work that is just out in @newphyt.bsky.social we use a transcription inhibitor to improve the detection of mild drought stress responses in scRNA-seq. Browsable dataset on www.single-cell.be/plant/leaf-drought . Thanks to Ruben Tenorio Berrio and collaborators for the exciting collab!
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Paradigm shifting work from the Friml lab - degradation of auxin response repressors is not causal for the transcriptional reprogramming, cAMP signaling is - awesome read! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
TIR1-produced cAMP as a second messenger in transcriptional auxin signalling - Nature
cAMP produced by the TIR1/AFB receptors of the main endogenous developmental plant hormone auxin acts as a true second messenger, revising the established paradigm of transcriptional auxin signalling.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Paradigm shifting work from the Friml lab - degradation of auxin response repressors is not causal for the transcriptional reprogramming, cAMP signaling is - awesome read! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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A single-cell and spatial wheat root atlas with cross-species annotations delineates conserved tissue-specific marker genes and regulators: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
A single-cell and spatial wheat root atlas with cross-species annotations delineates conserved tissue-specific marker genes and regulators
Accurate scRNA-sequencing cluster annotation in less-studied plant species remains
a major challenge due to the lack of validated marker genes. Ke et al. provide an
orthology-based annotation pipeline...
www.cell.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A single-cell and spatial wheat root atlas with cross-species annotations delineates conserved tissue-specific marker genes and regulators: Cell Reports www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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10 years today! Happy birthday to the GeminiTeam!! ❤️
January 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
10 years today! Happy birthday to the GeminiTeam!! ❤️
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The list of concurrent sessions for IS-MPMI2025 is now available! I am excited to share that I´ll be co-chairing the “Plant-virus Interactions (including Viromes, Evolution & Vectors)” session alongside Murilo Zerbini (UFV). Looking forward to seeing you all there!
www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...
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Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions...Explore Exciting Topics in Plant-Microbe Interaction Research at the 2025 IS-MPMI CongressThe 2025 IS-MPMI Congress offers an extensive lineup of concurrent sessions showc...
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December 15, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The list of concurrent sessions for IS-MPMI2025 is now available! I am excited to share that I´ll be co-chairing the “Plant-virus Interactions (including Viromes, Evolution & Vectors)” session alongside Murilo Zerbini (UFV). Looking forward to seeing you all there!
www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...
www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...