Keiko Sugimoto
@keikosugimoto.bsky.social
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It's been a busy time in the Paszkowski lab!
First, a pre-print on how rice distinguishes friend (AM fungi)🍄 from foe (pathogens)👾: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
And second, a review on single-cell omic approaches to understand the spatially and temporally complex AM symbiosis 🔬: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
First, a pre-print on how rice distinguishes friend (AM fungi)🍄 from foe (pathogens)👾: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
And second, a review on single-cell omic approaches to understand the spatially and temporally complex AM symbiosis 🔬: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Defining the pre-symbiotic transcriptional landscape of rice roots
Plants interact with a plethora of organisms in the rhizosphere, with outcomes that range from detrimental to beneficial. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis is the most ubiquitous beneficial plant ...
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It's been a busy time in the Paszkowski lab!
First, a pre-print on how rice distinguishes friend (AM fungi)🍄 from foe (pathogens)👾: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
And second, a review on single-cell omic approaches to understand the spatially and temporally complex AM symbiosis 🔬: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
First, a pre-print on how rice distinguishes friend (AM fungi)🍄 from foe (pathogens)👾: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
And second, a review on single-cell omic approaches to understand the spatially and temporally complex AM symbiosis 🔬: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
Only a few days left to apply!
My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.
@starmorph-syg.bsky.social
Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)
My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.
@starmorph-syg.bsky.social
Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)
www.cam.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Only a few days left to apply!
My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.
@starmorph-syg.bsky.social
Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)
My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.
@starmorph-syg.bsky.social
Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
(Part 2)
“From my first visit, I was struck by the energy and excitement...It feels like being a graduate student again, chasing curiosity wherever it leads."
@hhmi.org Investigator David Stern will join the Stowers Institute in Feb. 2026 from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb
“From my first visit, I was struck by the energy and excitement...It feels like being a graduate student again, chasing curiosity wherever it leads."
@hhmi.org Investigator David Stern will join the Stowers Institute in Feb. 2026 from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb
September 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
(Part 2)
“From my first visit, I was struck by the energy and excitement...It feels like being a graduate student again, chasing curiosity wherever it leads."
@hhmi.org Investigator David Stern will join the Stowers Institute in Feb. 2026 from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb
“From my first visit, I was struck by the energy and excitement...It feels like being a graduate student again, chasing curiosity wherever it leads."
@hhmi.org Investigator David Stern will join the Stowers Institute in Feb. 2026 from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social.
Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
(Part 1) Hear from @hhmi_news Investigator David Stern about his research program and what he's uncovering in the lab.
Stern will join the Institute in February 2026, bringing his lab and HHMI appointment to Kansas City. @hhmi.org
Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb
Stern will join the Institute in February 2026, bringing his lab and HHMI appointment to Kansas City. @hhmi.org
Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb
September 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
(Part 1) Hear from @hhmi_news Investigator David Stern about his research program and what he's uncovering in the lab.
Stern will join the Institute in February 2026, bringing his lab and HHMI appointment to Kansas City. @hhmi.org
Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb
Stern will join the Institute in February 2026, bringing his lab and HHMI appointment to Kansas City. @hhmi.org
Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb
How do plants regenerate after wounding? Our new work shows that HSFA1 transcription factors are among the earliest wound-activated regulators of cellular reprogramming in plants!
Wounding activates the HSFA1 transcription factors to promote cellular reprogramming in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.29.679115v1
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 AM
How do plants regenerate after wounding? Our new work shows that HSFA1 transcription factors are among the earliest wound-activated regulators of cellular reprogramming in plants!
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
It's official! We are moving to Stowers!
Very exciting opportunity to expand our studies of insect-plant interactions. We have many opportunities available in biochemistry, development, behavior, genetics, evolution, genomics, AI, and even pest control. Interested in any of these things? Reach out!
Very exciting opportunity to expand our studies of insect-plant interactions. We have many opportunities available in biochemistry, development, behavior, genetics, evolution, genomics, AI, and even pest control. Interested in any of these things? Reach out!
NEWS🎉 We’re excited to announce @hhmijanelia.bsky.social Investigator David Stern will join the Institute from Janelia Research Campus. His lab studies how aphids transform plants at the genetic level, uncovering secrets of #evolution & new strategies for pest control. @hhmi.org bit.ly/4np96Fb
Stowers Institute recruits renowned developmental and evolutionary…
David Stern, Ph.D., brings groundbreaking research on insect–plant interactions for next-generation pest control to the Institute.
bit.ly
September 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's official! We are moving to Stowers!
Very exciting opportunity to expand our studies of insect-plant interactions. We have many opportunities available in biochemistry, development, behavior, genetics, evolution, genomics, AI, and even pest control. Interested in any of these things? Reach out!
Very exciting opportunity to expand our studies of insect-plant interactions. We have many opportunities available in biochemistry, development, behavior, genetics, evolution, genomics, AI, and even pest control. Interested in any of these things? Reach out!
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Please share & RSVP to join the November 25th webinar!
Hear from the 2025 Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@plantevolution.bsky.social
Hear from the 2025 Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@plantevolution.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Please share & RSVP to join the November 25th webinar!
Hear from the 2025 Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@plantevolution.bsky.social
Hear from the 2025 Philip N. Benfey Arabidopsis Community Lifetime Achievement Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@plantevolution.bsky.social
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
We are open to every topic within this field, from research on plant viruses to herbivory! Exclusively apply through the link provided, but feel free to contact me with any questions about the position.
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We are open to every topic within this field, from research on plant viruses to herbivory! Exclusively apply through the link provided, but feel free to contact me with any questions about the position.
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
Our #research on #drought #recovery, now published with @springernature.com in @natcomms.nature.com:
Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Read thread below 👇
Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Read thread below 👇
Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation - Nature Communications
Post-drought rehydration triggers a preventive immune response in plants, revealing targets to enhance crop resilience by linking drought stress recovery with improved pathogen resistance.
doi.org
August 31, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Our #research on #drought #recovery, now published with @springernature.com in @natcomms.nature.com:
Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Read thread below 👇
Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Read thread below 👇
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
Previously on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social now online @currentbiology.bsky.social : auxin responses in the streptophyte alga Penium turn out to be highly similar to tryptophan response…PhD work from the amazing @poletc.bsky.social and with @jorgehg.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Auxin and tryptophan trigger common responses in the streptophyte alga Penium margaritaceum
Auxin is a signaling molecule that regulates multiple processes in the growth and development of land plants. Research gathered from model species, pa…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Previously on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social now online @currentbiology.bsky.social : auxin responses in the streptophyte alga Penium turn out to be highly similar to tryptophan response…PhD work from the amazing @poletc.bsky.social and with @jorgehg.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our new work uncovering how WIND1 promotes somatic embryogenesis as a bifunctional chromatic regulator!!!!
We knew WIND1 promotes new fate acquisition and now we show WIND1 also helps repressing existing identity!
We knew WIND1 promotes new fate acquisition and now we show WIND1 also helps repressing existing identity!
WIND1 controls cell fate transition through histone acetylation and deacetylation during somatic embryogenesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669221v1
August 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Our new work uncovering how WIND1 promotes somatic embryogenesis as a bifunctional chromatic regulator!!!!
We knew WIND1 promotes new fate acquisition and now we show WIND1 also helps repressing existing identity!
We knew WIND1 promotes new fate acquisition and now we show WIND1 also helps repressing existing identity!
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
The best part of conferences: Meeting old friends and making new ones 😊 @davefaveplants.bsky.social @keikosugimoto.bsky.social
@ipgsa2025.bsky.social
#IPGSA #plantscience
@ipgsa2025.bsky.social
#IPGSA #plantscience
July 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The best part of conferences: Meeting old friends and making new ones 😊 @davefaveplants.bsky.social @keikosugimoto.bsky.social
@ipgsa2025.bsky.social
#IPGSA #plantscience
@ipgsa2025.bsky.social
#IPGSA #plantscience
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
fascinated by grafting plants have a look at new review about grafting and exchange of of information between plants written with Ralph Bock
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The biology of grafting and its applications in studying information exchange between plants - Nature Plants
This Review discusses the uses of grafting in basic and applied research and summarizes our current understanding of the mechanisms involved in the exchange of genes, genomes, RNA molecules and protei...
www.nature.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
fascinated by grafting plants have a look at new review about grafting and exchange of of information between plants written with Ralph Bock
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
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...
Reposted by Keiko Sugimoto
Happy to share my first Preprint here in the Bluesky sciencephere world! Updated manuscript version currently in revision. Please send good vibes and comments! Here, we discover and charaterize two gene regulatory networks that control root hair growth www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 2, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Happy to share my first Preprint here in the Bluesky sciencephere world! Updated manuscript version currently in revision. Please send good vibes and comments! Here, we discover and charaterize two gene regulatory networks that control root hair growth www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...