Makoto_Shirakawa
@makotoshirakawa.bsky.social
PI in Academia Sinica at Taipei. Specialized cells in plants, evolution of transcription factors, cell differentiation. Running, trail running, and karate.
Submitted the revised version of our review! Fingers crossed 🤞
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Submitted the revised version of our review! Fingers crossed 🤞
Good news came from afar ㊗️ — time for me to move forward with my own tasks as fast as I can!
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Good news came from afar ㊗️ — time for me to move forward with my own tasks as fast as I can!
I attended the final meeting of PRESTO “Plant Molecules” area.
The experiences I gained and the research colleagues I met over these three years are truly lifelong treasures. Thank you very much!
The experiences I gained and the research colleagues I met over these three years are truly lifelong treasures. Thank you very much!
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I attended the final meeting of PRESTO “Plant Molecules” area.
The experiences I gained and the research colleagues I met over these three years are truly lifelong treasures. Thank you very much!
The experiences I gained and the research colleagues I met over these three years are truly lifelong treasures. Thank you very much!
Attending a research meeting at Nagahama in Japan.
November 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Attending a research meeting at Nagahama in Japan.
I received the JSPP Young Investigator Award 2026!
The title of my research is “The Differentiation and Evolution of Idioblasts.” I’m truly glad that I’ve continued pursuing this study!
The title of my research is “The Differentiation and Evolution of Idioblasts.” I’m truly glad that I’ve continued pursuing this study!
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I received the JSPP Young Investigator Award 2026!
The title of my research is “The Differentiation and Evolution of Idioblasts.” I’m truly glad that I’ve continued pursuing this study!
The title of my research is “The Differentiation and Evolution of Idioblasts.” I’m truly glad that I’ve continued pursuing this study!
Attending a research meeting abroad, not too far from home✈️
October 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Attending a research meeting abroad, not too far from home✈️
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We are honored to have this opportunity to summarize the latest advances in the genetics and developmental mechanisms underlying fruit diversification in Brassicaceae. Please check it out!
March 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We are honored to have this opportunity to summarize the latest advances in the genetics and developmental mechanisms underlying fruit diversification in Brassicaceae. Please check it out!
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Very excited to see our @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science!
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
Using precise spatial and temporal analysis, researchers in Science provide insight into how bacteria around the root interact both with the plant and with each other.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Very excited to see our @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science!
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
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A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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 ...
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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/...
Our IPMB internal website lab page is now open (official lab homepage coming soon)!
🔗 ipmb.sinica.edu.tw/en/people/ip...
🔗 ipmb.sinica.edu.tw/en/people/ip...
ipmb.sinica.edu.tw
October 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Our IPMB internal website lab page is now open (official lab homepage coming soon)!
🔗 ipmb.sinica.edu.tw/en/people/ip...
🔗 ipmb.sinica.edu.tw/en/people/ip...
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🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
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Very happy to see this work finally online!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!
This looks very interesting. Congrats @rstam.bsky.social et al. Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen
Quantitative disease resistance in a wild tomato genotype evolved through species-specific regulatory network rewiring, with an ancient transcription facto
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October 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Very happy to see this work finally online!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!
Reposted by Makoto_Shirakawa
Check out our new review in JXB:
tinyurl.com/yta6fd5b
@pablidopsis.bsky.social and I write about the cell's decision between division and differentiation. 🌱 What factors promote one or the other in different cell types? 🤔 Are they really mutually exclusive?
tinyurl.com/yta6fd5b
@pablidopsis.bsky.social and I write about the cell's decision between division and differentiation. 🌱 What factors promote one or the other in different cell types? 🤔 Are they really mutually exclusive?
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October 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Check out our new review in JXB:
tinyurl.com/yta6fd5b
@pablidopsis.bsky.social and I write about the cell's decision between division and differentiation. 🌱 What factors promote one or the other in different cell types? 🤔 Are they really mutually exclusive?
tinyurl.com/yta6fd5b
@pablidopsis.bsky.social and I write about the cell's decision between division and differentiation. 🌱 What factors promote one or the other in different cell types? 🤔 Are they really mutually exclusive?
Reposted by Makoto_Shirakawa
Join us at the Plant Science Research Institute of the University of Montreal to develop your research group in Plant Molecular Genetics:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Institut de recherche en biologie végétale (IRBV) | 12844852
A full-time tenure-track assistant professor position at the IRBV, Université de Montréal.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Join us at the Plant Science Research Institute of the University of Montreal to develop your research group in Plant Molecular Genetics:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Submitted the first review from my own lab! Fingers crossed 🤞
September 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Submitted the first review from my own lab! Fingers crossed 🤞
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Six years ago, I started at the MPIPZ with a head full of ideas. What a journey. I’m thrilled to share that, from Jan 2026, I will be moving to Zurich as a chaired associate professor at the University of Zurich.
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!
September 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Six years ago, I started at the MPIPZ with a head full of ideas. What a journey. I’m thrilled to share that, from Jan 2026, I will be moving to Zurich as a chaired associate professor at the University of Zurich.
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!
Taiwan PI chapter starts!
September 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Taiwan PI chapter starts!
Just arrived at Taipei.
August 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Just arrived at Taipei.
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"TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITIONS INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
*Application Deadline: 8/31/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Tu_6-13-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
*Application Deadline: 8/31/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Tu_6-13-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
June 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITIONS INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
*Application Deadline: 8/31/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Tu_6-13-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
*Application Deadline: 8/31/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Tu_6-13-25.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
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Group leader position at the University of Helsinki, Institute of Biotechnology. Plant biologists eligible as well. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Group Leader, Institute of Biotechnology
Group Leader, Institute of Biotechnology
jobs.helsinki.fi
June 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Group leader position at the University of Helsinki, Institute of Biotechnology. Plant biologists eligible as well. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...
Reposted by Makoto_Shirakawa
Convergent evolution of "smelling like rotting meat" is mediated by a 3 amino-acid chance in a conserved enzymes, just out @science.org 🔽
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Convergent acquisition of disulfide-forming enzymes in malodorous flowers
Identifying the metabolic and genetic changes that confer evolutionary novelty is essential for understanding the factors facilitating or constraining the occurrence of traits. We show that dimethyl d...
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May 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Convergent evolution of "smelling like rotting meat" is mediated by a 3 amino-acid chance in a conserved enzymes, just out @science.org 🔽
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Makoto_Shirakawa
Reposted by Makoto_Shirakawa
New OA Article: "The dynamic and diverse nature of parenchyma cells in the Arabidopsis root during secondary growth" rdcu.be/efNKO
Lineage tracing and scRNAseq reveals how xylem and phloem parenchyma cells in the secondary tissue of Arabidopsis root mature gradually.
Lineage tracing and scRNAseq reveals how xylem and phloem parenchyma cells in the secondary tissue of Arabidopsis root mature gradually.
March 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
New OA Article: "The dynamic and diverse nature of parenchyma cells in the Arabidopsis root during secondary growth" rdcu.be/efNKO
Lineage tracing and scRNAseq reveals how xylem and phloem parenchyma cells in the secondary tissue of Arabidopsis root mature gradually.
Lineage tracing and scRNAseq reveals how xylem and phloem parenchyma cells in the secondary tissue of Arabidopsis root mature gradually.
Genetic defense breakthrough: plants repurpos | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Genetic defense breakthrough: plants repurpose stomatal genes to fend off herbivores
Over time, plants have evolved various strategies to defend against herbivores. A new study uncovers how these plant defense strategies can be linked to genetic repurposing. Instead of evolving new ge...
www.eurekalert.org
March 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Genetic defense breakthrough: plants repurpos | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Discovery of novel small compounds that delay | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Discovery of novel small compounds that delay flowering in plants
Climate change and unpredictable weather threaten global food security by disrupting agricultural cycles. Now, Japanese researchers have discovered devernalizers (DVRs)—small molecules that dela...
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March 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Discovery of novel small compounds that delay | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...