Jack Rhodes
@jackrhodes.bsky.social
Postdoctoral 🌱 scientist at The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich. Interested in peptide-receptor and immune signalling.
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A mechanistic framework for the recognition of chemically diverse brassinosteroids by BRI1-family receptor kinases
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A mechanistic framework for the recognition of chemically diverse brassinosteroids by BRI1-family receptor kinases
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are chemically diverse plant steroid hormones produced via a branched biosynthetic pathway. The potent BR brassinolide is sensed by the membrane receptor kinase BRI1 and a SERK ...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A mechanistic framework for the recognition of chemically diverse brassinosteroids by BRI1-family receptor kinases
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The sTDIF signaling peptide modulates the root stele diameter and primary metabolism to accommodate symbiotic nodulation: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
The sTDIF signaling peptide modulates the root stele diameter and primary metabolism to accommodate symbiotic nodulation
Teyssendier de la Serve et al. identify a novel symbiotic response induced by nitrogen-fixing
rhizobia on host plant roots, corresponding to a stele diameter enlargement. This
response requires a TDIF...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The sTDIF signaling peptide modulates the root stele diameter and primary metabolism to accommodate symbiotic nodulation: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
New alleles of Arabidopsis BIK1 reinforce its predominant role in pattern-triggered immunity and caution interpretations of other reported functions
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June 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New alleles of Arabidopsis BIK1 reinforce its predominant role in pattern-triggered immunity and caution interpretations of other reported functions
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Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴 Edinburgh 🏴 8th-10th September
#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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A thread 🧵
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#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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@pprm2025.bsky.social
A thread 🧵
(1/n)
Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025
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May 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴 Edinburgh 🏴 8th-10th September
#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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@pprm2025.bsky.social
A thread 🧵
(1/n)
#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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@pprm2025.bsky.social
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(1/n)
Multiplexed profiling of transcriptional regulators in plant cells
Multiplexed profiling of transcriptional regulators in plant cells
Transcriptional regulatory domains play key roles in plant growth, development, and environmental responses. Massively parallel reporter assays in yeast and animal cells have enabled large-scale studi...
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May 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Multiplexed profiling of transcriptional regulators in plant cells
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Very informative talk by @katherinedenby.bsky.social, EiC of @theplantjournal.bsky.social, on scientific publishing in the #PlantSciences. #MBP2025
Her points on how to choose a journal to publish in are below.
Happy to see that my favorite journals fit the bill. 👌
Her points on how to choose a journal to publish in are below.
Happy to see that my favorite journals fit the bill. 👌
February 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Very informative talk by @katherinedenby.bsky.social, EiC of @theplantjournal.bsky.social, on scientific publishing in the #PlantSciences. #MBP2025
Her points on how to choose a journal to publish in are below.
Happy to see that my favorite journals fit the bill. 👌
Her points on how to choose a journal to publish in are below.
Happy to see that my favorite journals fit the bill. 👌
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PRESS RELEASE - Professor Uauy appointed as Director of the John Innes Centre
Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Professor @cristobaluauy.bsky.social has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre.
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Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Professor @cristobaluauy.bsky.social has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre.
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Professor Uauy appointed as Director of the John Innes Centre | John Innes Centre
Following an international search, Professor Cristóbal Uauy has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre. Professor Uauy is internationally recognised for his significant…
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February 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
PRESS RELEASE - Professor Uauy appointed as Director of the John Innes Centre
Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Professor @cristobaluauy.bsky.social has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre.
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Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Professor @cristobaluauy.bsky.social has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre.
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Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants
Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants
Parasitic plants initiate rapid de novo organogenesis of a specialized feeding structure called a haustorium upon contact with their hosts. Currently, little is known about the internal signals regula...
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February 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants
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A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis
A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) cause major agricultural losses worldwide, yet the molecular basis of plant immunity against these pathogens remains poorly understood. To investigate how plants recog...
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February 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis
Endogenous RALF peptide function is required for powdery mildew host colonization
Endogenous RALF peptide function is required for powdery mildew host colonization
The receptor kinase FERONIA (FER) is a susceptibility factor for biotrophic powdery mildew fungal pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. FER...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Endogenous RALF peptide function is required for powdery mildew host colonization
Immunity gene silencing increases transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana
Immunity gene silencing increases transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana
Agroinfiltration of Nicotiana benthamiana is routinely used for transient gene expression in plant sciences and molecular pharming. Here, we depleted transcripts of 21 different immunity-related genes...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Immunity gene silencing increases transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana
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Lighten up your life! We built a “darkbox” with a CCD camera to image bacterial infections across entire trays of Arabidopsis plants. Our technical advance with Python image analysis pipeline out now! @havandenburg.bsky.social @nwtaks.bsky.social bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Non‐Invasive, Bioluminescence‐Based Visualisation and Quantification of Bacterial Infections in Arabidopsis Over Time
Development of a non-invasive high-throughput phenotyping pipeline to visualise and quantify progression of bioluminescent bacterial pathogens in Arabidopsis rosettes over time.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Lighten up your life! We built a “darkbox” with a CCD camera to image bacterial infections across entire trays of Arabidopsis plants. Our technical advance with Python image analysis pipeline out now! @havandenburg.bsky.social @nwtaks.bsky.social bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model
More than three billion years of evolution have produced an image of biology encoded into the space of natural proteins. Here we show that language models trained at scale on evolutionary data can gen...
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January 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Elemental cryo-imaging reveals SOS1-dependent vacuolar sodium accumulation
Elemental cryo-imaging reveals SOS1-dependent vacuolar sodium accumulation - Nature
This study demonstrates that cryo nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (CryoNanoSIMS) enables direct multi-elemental imaging at subcellular resolution of macro- and micronutrients or trace elemen...
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January 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Elemental cryo-imaging reveals SOS1-dependent vacuolar sodium accumulation
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Transposon-triggered epigenetic chromatin dynamics modulate EFR-related pathogen response www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transposon-triggered epigenetic chromatin dynamics modulate EFR-related pathogen response - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Here, the authors show that an inverted-repeat transposon located next to the pattern recognition receptor ELONGATION FACTOR-TU RECEPTOR (EFR)-encoding gene in Arabidopsis controls chromatin organizat...
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December 27, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Transposon-triggered epigenetic chromatin dynamics modulate EFR-related pathogen response www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Seed tuber microbiome can predict growth potential of potato varieties www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Seed tuber microbiome can predict growth potential of potato varieties - Nature Microbiology
Time-resolved drone imaging of potato crop development and seed tuber microbiome data can be used to predict potato vigour, or growth potential, in next-season crops in trial fields.
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December 27, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Seed tuber microbiome can predict growth potential of potato varieties www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thrilled to share our work on an unusual EXO70 clade unique to grasses and grass-like species 🌾! (1/8)
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@thesainsburylab.bsky.social
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Putative neofunctionalization of a Poales-specific EXO70 clade
EXO70s are uniquely expanded in land plants compared to all other eukaryotic lineages. The functional implications of this expansion and diversification on the conserved role of EXO70 as a subunit of ...
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December 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Thrilled to share our work on an unusual EXO70 clade unique to grasses and grass-like species 🌾! (1/8)
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We found that in addition to lacking structural requirements for exocyst complex formation, EXO70FX12 lacks exocyst subunit associations in yeast, Nicotiana benthamiana, and barley. (6/8)
December 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
We found that in addition to lacking structural requirements for exocyst complex formation, EXO70FX12 lacks exocyst subunit associations in yeast, Nicotiana benthamiana, and barley. (6/8)
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An immune signalling holiday tale: A Poales-specific EXO70 clade doesn't fit in with the extended family. #PlantScience
Putative neofunctionalization of a Poales-specific EXO70 clade https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.13.628418v1
December 17, 2024 at 11:12 PM
An immune signalling holiday tale: A Poales-specific EXO70 clade doesn't fit in with the extended family. #PlantScience
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Happy to announce that NWO funded a project in which @cornepieterse.bsky.social and my team will explore the ancient links between rapid #auxin signaling and immune responses. My first careful steps in the plant-microbe interactions community…
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December 17, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Happy to announce that NWO funded a project in which @cornepieterse.bsky.social and my team will explore the ancient links between rapid #auxin signaling and immune responses. My first careful steps in the plant-microbe interactions community…
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📣 NEW VACANCY: Predoctoral Internship in the Cyril Zipfel group
For:
▶️ Students considering future PhD studies
▶️ ‘Year-in-industry’ undergrads
🌱🧬 with an interest in plant science research
⏳Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
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For:
▶️ Students considering future PhD studies
▶️ ‘Year-in-industry’ undergrads
🌱🧬 with an interest in plant science research
⏳Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
December 16, 2024 at 5:40 PM
📣 NEW VACANCY: Predoctoral Internship in the Cyril Zipfel group
For:
▶️ Students considering future PhD studies
▶️ ‘Year-in-industry’ undergrads
🌱🧬 with an interest in plant science research
⏳Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
For:
▶️ Students considering future PhD studies
▶️ ‘Year-in-industry’ undergrads
🌱🧬 with an interest in plant science research
⏳Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
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📢 NEW VACANCY: Senior Laboratory Technician in the Cyril Zipfel group.
🌱 🛡️ Contribute to fundamental research on plant immunity
🧬 Conduct molecular biology experiments
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
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🌱 🛡️ Contribute to fundamental research on plant immunity
🧬 Conduct molecular biology experiments
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
December 16, 2024 at 5:41 PM
📢 NEW VACANCY: Senior Laboratory Technician in the Cyril Zipfel group.
🌱 🛡️ Contribute to fundamental research on plant immunity
🧬 Conduct molecular biology experiments
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
🌱 🛡️ Contribute to fundamental research on plant immunity
🧬 Conduct molecular biology experiments
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
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📣 NEW VACANCY: Postdoctoral Scientist in the Cyril Zipfel group.
🌿 Decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immunity
🌱 Identify & characterise pattern recognition receptors
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
🌿 Decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immunity
🌱 Identify & characterise pattern recognition receptors
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
December 16, 2024 at 5:42 PM
📣 NEW VACANCY: Postdoctoral Scientist in the Cyril Zipfel group.
🌿 Decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immunity
🌱 Identify & characterise pattern recognition receptors
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
🌿 Decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immunity
🌱 Identify & characterise pattern recognition receptors
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
CEP signaling coordinates plant immunity with nitrogen status
CEP signaling coordinates plant immunity with nitrogen status - Nature Communications
Rzemieniewski et al. demonstrated that Arabidopsis thaliana CEPs regulate immunity via three CEP receptors with distinct expression patterns and ligand specificities. CEPs and their receptors coordina...
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December 16, 2024 at 9:34 PM
CEP signaling coordinates plant immunity with nitrogen status