KhongSam Chia
@khongsamchia.bsky.social
Postdoc at @JohnInnesCentre. MPMI | Marchantia | NLRs | Pseudomonas
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This week we welcomed @galofir.bsky.social from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social at @kwsgroup.bsky.social for our #PlantScience R&D Lecture.
It was a pleasure to finally meet, learn about his #PlantImmunity & #ImmunoGenomics work to uncover evolutionary conserved defense mechanisms, & talk plant science. 👍🤓
It was a pleasure to finally meet, learn about his #PlantImmunity & #ImmunoGenomics work to uncover evolutionary conserved defense mechanisms, & talk plant science. 👍🤓
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This week we welcomed @galofir.bsky.social from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social at @kwsgroup.bsky.social for our #PlantScience R&D Lecture.
It was a pleasure to finally meet, learn about his #PlantImmunity & #ImmunoGenomics work to uncover evolutionary conserved defense mechanisms, & talk plant science. 👍🤓
It was a pleasure to finally meet, learn about his #PlantImmunity & #ImmunoGenomics work to uncover evolutionary conserved defense mechanisms, & talk plant science. 👍🤓
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📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project.
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Dr Miguel Montez) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Wellcome Trust project led by Dr Miguel Montez and hosted within the Dodd Group at the John Innes Centre.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
📣 Looking for a 3-Year Postdoc @johninnescentre.bsky.social to join my Wellcome project.
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
This is a highly interdisciplinary project that explores chromatin dynamics in 🌱 plant responses across timescales, from circadian rhythms to seasonal changes
📅 Closes on 10 Dec.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/36...
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🚨 New preprint by @cate-giannini.bsky.social🚨
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🚨 New preprint by @cate-giannini.bsky.social🚨
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Don't forget to register for the Non-seed. The deadline is on Friday.
Registration for #nonseedUK25 is officially open: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge.... If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract by 30th October. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social for acting as local organizer this year 😃
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November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Don't forget to register for the Non-seed. The deadline is on Friday.
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A really exciting strength of our Cluster of Excellence @cibss.bsky.social is the highly collaborative atmosphere, which stretches as far as bridging plant and medical research. Happy to see an example that involves our work highlighted at "ZEIT für X" from @zeit.de.
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CIBSS - Von Infektionen, Symbiosen und Tumorzellen - ZEIT für X
Der Exzellenzcluster CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies erforscht biologische Signale und entwickelt Lösungsansätze in den Bereichen Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherung.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A really exciting strength of our Cluster of Excellence @cibss.bsky.social is the highly collaborative atmosphere, which stretches as far as bridging plant and medical research. Happy to see an example that involves our work highlighted at "ZEIT für X" from @zeit.de.
zeitfuerx.de/forschung/ci...
zeitfuerx.de/forschung/ci...
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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.
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The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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.
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The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026.
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NEWS - Dr Myriam Charpentier awarded Adam Kondorosi prize
Dr @charpentiermyriam.bsky.social has received a prestigious international award from the Academia Europaea for her groundbreaking research into plant-microbe interactions.
www.jic.ac.uk/news/dr-myri...
Dr @charpentiermyriam.bsky.social has received a prestigious international award from the Academia Europaea for her groundbreaking research into plant-microbe interactions.
www.jic.ac.uk/news/dr-myri...
Dr Myriam Charpentier awarded Adam Kondorosi prize | John Innes Centre
Dr Myriam Charpentier has received a prestigious international award from the Academia Europaea for her groundbreaking research into plant-microbe interactions…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEWS - Dr Myriam Charpentier awarded Adam Kondorosi prize
Dr @charpentiermyriam.bsky.social has received a prestigious international award from the Academia Europaea for her groundbreaking research into plant-microbe interactions.
www.jic.ac.uk/news/dr-myri...
Dr @charpentiermyriam.bsky.social has received a prestigious international award from the Academia Europaea for her groundbreaking research into plant-microbe interactions.
www.jic.ac.uk/news/dr-myri...
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1/ Want to try your hand at science communication but don’t know where to start?
We put together seven tried and tested tips for communicating preprinted research with suggestions and resources that can help you on social media and beyond! #SciComm
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We put together seven tried and tested tips for communicating preprinted research with suggestions and resources that can help you on social media and beyond! #SciComm
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November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
1/ Want to try your hand at science communication but don’t know where to start?
We put together seven tried and tested tips for communicating preprinted research with suggestions and resources that can help you on social media and beyond! #SciComm
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We put together seven tried and tested tips for communicating preprinted research with suggestions and resources that can help you on social media and beyond! #SciComm
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Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
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Curious about my main PhD work?!🔬🌱 Please have a look on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686542v1
Connecting auxin-autophagy-development
Connecting auxin-autophagy-development
Cool #preprint by @cate-giannini.bsky.social at @frimllab.bsky.social addressing how #auxin induces #autophagy. Glad we can contribute... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Curious about my main PhD work?!🔬🌱 Please have a look on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686542v1
Connecting auxin-autophagy-development
Connecting auxin-autophagy-development
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1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
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1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants
Symbioses have been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants and their evolution. Emergence of the ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis was followed by the diversification o...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
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My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
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November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution
🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)
📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de
⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025
🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
Do get in touch or share 😊
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A wheat NLR conferring broad-spectrum resistance against powdery mildew by recognizing two structurally diverse AVR effectors. Interested? Check out our newest preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dual recognition of structurally unrelated mildew effectors underlies the broad-spectrum resistance of Pm3e in wheat
Broad-spectrum resistance genes are highly valuable for sustainable crop protection, yet the molecular basis of their activity is often unknown. The Pm3 allelic series in wheat encodes NLR receptors t...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A wheat NLR conferring broad-spectrum resistance against powdery mildew by recognizing two structurally diverse AVR effectors. Interested? Check out our newest preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The deadline for abstract submissions is TODAY… 😃
Registration for #nonseedUK25 is officially open: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge.... If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract by 30th October. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social for acting as local organizer this year 😃
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October 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The deadline for abstract submissions is TODAY… 😃
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🚀 New preprint!
We introduce K-PROB, a k-mer–based Bayesian framework that mines pangenomic promoter and expression diversity to predict cis-regulatory elements driving gene expression variation in crops 🌽🌱
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684862v1
#Genomics #GeneRegulation #Maize #Soybean
We introduce K-PROB, a k-mer–based Bayesian framework that mines pangenomic promoter and expression diversity to predict cis-regulatory elements driving gene expression variation in crops 🌽🌱
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684862v1
#Genomics #GeneRegulation #Maize #Soybean
Natural variation in regulatory code revealed through Bayesian analysis of plant pan-genomes and pan-transcriptomes
Understanding the genetic code of cis-regulatory elements (CREs) is essential for engineering gene expression and modulating agronomic traits in crops. In plants, CREs underlying rapid evolution of ge...
biorxiv.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🚀 New preprint!
We introduce K-PROB, a k-mer–based Bayesian framework that mines pangenomic promoter and expression diversity to predict cis-regulatory elements driving gene expression variation in crops 🌽🌱
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684862v1
#Genomics #GeneRegulation #Maize #Soybean
We introduce K-PROB, a k-mer–based Bayesian framework that mines pangenomic promoter and expression diversity to predict cis-regulatory elements driving gene expression variation in crops 🌽🌱
🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.27.684862v1
#Genomics #GeneRegulation #Maize #Soybean
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1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
1/2 Want to become up to date with pangenomes and genome graphs and their history? Check out this fantastic review by @zbao.bsky.social!
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Complexity welcome: Pangenome graphs for comprehensive population genomics
#pangenomes #plantscience #genomegraphs
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🌟 We celebrate Dr. Mung Hsia Foo from Hirofumi Nakagami’s lab @mpipz.bsky.social for completing her PhD! 🎓👏 Best of luck for the exciting journey ahead! 🌱
#PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone #ScientificAchievement
#PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone #ScientificAchievement
October 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🌟 We celebrate Dr. Mung Hsia Foo from Hirofumi Nakagami’s lab @mpipz.bsky.social for completing her PhD! 🎓👏 Best of luck for the exciting journey ahead! 🌱
#PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone #ScientificAchievement
#PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone #ScientificAchievement
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NbWRKY57 activates helper NLR transcription to promote TNL-mediated effector-triggered immunity in N. benthamiana url: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
NbWRKY57 activates helper NLR transcription to promote TNL-mediated effector-triggered immunity in N. benthamiana
The transcription factor NbWRKY57 potentiates TNL receptor-mediated immunity by transcriptionally activating the helper NLR NbNRG1, revealing a transcripti
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October 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
NbWRKY57 activates helper NLR transcription to promote TNL-mediated effector-triggered immunity in N. benthamiana url: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
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Excited that our paper was just published! It's a revised version with new insights compared to the preprint. Thanks everyone from the @carahaney.bsky.social Lab!
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
A bacterial exotoxin-triggered plant immune response restricts pathogen growth
Thoms et al. demonstrate that perception of a bacterial exotoxin allows plants to
distinguish between closely related microbiota, which has consequences for rhizosphere
microbiome structure and functi...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Excited that our paper was just published! It's a revised version with new insights compared to the preprint. Thanks everyone from the @carahaney.bsky.social Lab!
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Humbly share our latest work led by @himanshuchhillar.bsky.social my phd student
And thanks to all collaborators Henk-jan @brunongou.bsky.social @jonathandgjones.bsky.social
And thanks to all collaborators Henk-jan @brunongou.bsky.social @jonathandgjones.bsky.social
Uncoupling hypersensitive cell death response and disease resistance activated by effector-triggered immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.22.683861v1
October 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Humbly share our latest work led by @himanshuchhillar.bsky.social my phd student
And thanks to all collaborators Henk-jan @brunongou.bsky.social @jonathandgjones.bsky.social
And thanks to all collaborators Henk-jan @brunongou.bsky.social @jonathandgjones.bsky.social
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Very important findings!!!
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Very important findings!!!
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An elevated environmental temperature impairs accumulation of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.683271v1
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
An elevated environmental temperature impairs accumulation of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.683271v1
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This week’s @TheSainsburyLab @JohnInnesCentre Friday seminar speaker is the one and only Vivianne @VivianneTwit @WUR 🥔 🦠
“Effector-guided strategies for durable disease resistance in potato”
“Effector-guided strategies for durable disease resistance in potato”
October 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This week’s @TheSainsburyLab @JohnInnesCentre Friday seminar speaker is the one and only Vivianne @VivianneTwit @WUR 🥔 🦠
“Effector-guided strategies for durable disease resistance in potato”
“Effector-guided strategies for durable disease resistance in potato”
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Membrane contact sites between chloroplasts and the pathogen interface underpin plant focal immune responses (Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Zachary Savage, Vojtěch Pražák, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience
Membrane contact sites between chloroplasts and the pathogen interface underpin plant focal immune responses
Chloroplast tethering to the pathogen interface via membrane contact sites promotes focal callose deposition and strengthens plant immunity.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Membrane contact sites between chloroplasts and the pathogen interface underpin plant focal immune responses (Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Zachary Savage, Vojtěch Pražák, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience