Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
@natanellae.bsky.social
Plant biologist interested in stress recovery mechanisms. Postdoc @Ecker-lab @Salk and NIH/NIGMS K99 fellow. #DroughtStress #StressRecovery #PlantScience
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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
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 👇
Interesting work showing guard cell specific - severity dependent drought responses in Arabidopsis | INTACT-based guard cell transcriptomes from a progressive drought time course reveal targets for modifying stomatal responses url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Interesting work showing guard cell specific - severity dependent drought responses in Arabidopsis | INTACT-based guard cell transcriptomes from a progressive drought time course reveal targets for modifying stomatal responses url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
This is transformative!!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT📣: I haven’t been this excited to be part of something new in 15 years… Thrilled to reveal the passion project I’ve been working on for the past year and a half!🙀🥳 (thread 👇)
October 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is transformative!!
Fascinating study sheds light on dehydration tolerant proteins, which proteins tends to be more stable during dehydration-rehydration and more (*not in plants).
Protein surface chemistry encodes an adaptive tolerance to desiccation: Cell Systems www.cell.com/cell-systems...
Protein surface chemistry encodes an adaptive tolerance to desiccation: Cell Systems www.cell.com/cell-systems...
Protein surface chemistry encodes an adaptive tolerance to desiccation
Desiccated cells lose over 85% of their water content and experience widespread biomolecular
dysfunction. Romero-Pérez et al. show that the yeast proteome contains a subset of
proteins that are desicc...
www.cell.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Fascinating study sheds light on dehydration tolerant proteins, which proteins tends to be more stable during dehydration-rehydration and more (*not in plants).
Protein surface chemistry encodes an adaptive tolerance to desiccation: Cell Systems www.cell.com/cell-systems...
Protein surface chemistry encodes an adaptive tolerance to desiccation: Cell Systems www.cell.com/cell-systems...
In this case well deserved is an understatement. Congrats @joeecker.bsky.social you are a giant not in one field of science but two! And yet you are so modest. So impressive, so proud to be a part of the lab!
Salk scientist Joseph Ecker awarded McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies
https://www.europesays.com/us/292528/
October 10, 2025 Salk scientist Joseph Ecker awarded McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies October 10,…#us #news #usnews
https://www.europesays.com/us/292528/
October 10, 2025 Salk scientist Joseph Ecker awarded McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies October 10,…#us #news #usnews
Salk scientist Joseph Ecker awarded McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies - United States
October 10, 2025
www.europesays.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In this case well deserved is an understatement. Congrats @joeecker.bsky.social you are a giant not in one field of science but two! And yet you are so modest. So impressive, so proud to be a part of the lab!
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Not just reversal: the hidden power of drought recovery (Science) @natanellae.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) buff.ly/TNffcja
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Not just reversal: The hidden power of drought recovery | Plantae
When drought strikes, plants struggle to survive. Growth slows, flowers appear too early, fruits drop prematurely, and harvests shrink. Scientists have long tried to engineer drought tolerance plants…
buff.ly
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Not just reversal: the hidden power of drought recovery (Science) @natanellae.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) buff.ly/TNffcja
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
A must- and an enjoyable read- congrats on these amazing discoveries.
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 ...
www.science.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A must- and an enjoyable read- congrats on these amazing discoveries.
Good one!
🌱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 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good one!
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I never saw this beautiful video about Joanne Chory, published in 2024 in honor of her receiving the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhP1...
In case somebody else missed it too...
#PlantScience #FranklinMedal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhP1...
In case somebody else missed it too...
#PlantScience #FranklinMedal
Joanne Chory | 2024 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
YouTube video by The Franklin Institute
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I never saw this beautiful video about Joanne Chory, published in 2024 in honor of her receiving the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhP1...
In case somebody else missed it too...
#PlantScience #FranklinMedal
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhP1...
In case somebody else missed it too...
#PlantScience #FranklinMedal
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Time for a thread!🧵 How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in “higher” plants🌱? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET ❄️🔬. Curious? ..Read on!
#TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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#TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Time for a thread!🧵 How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in “higher” plants🌱? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET ❄️🔬. Curious? ..Read on!
#TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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#TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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🚨 Calling all #PlantScience ECRs! 🚨
JXB is now inviting applications for its 2026 Editorial Internships 🌱✍️ 🧪
✨ You’ll gain:
🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience
📝 Write commentary pieces
🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩💻
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept
👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social
JXB is now inviting applications for its 2026 Editorial Internships 🌱✍️ 🧪
✨ You’ll gain:
🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience
📝 Write commentary pieces
🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩💻
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept
👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨 Calling all #PlantScience ECRs! 🚨
JXB is now inviting applications for its 2026 Editorial Internships 🌱✍️ 🧪
✨ You’ll gain:
🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience
📝 Write commentary pieces
🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩💻
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept
👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social
JXB is now inviting applications for its 2026 Editorial Internships 🌱✍️ 🧪
✨ You’ll gain:
🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience
📝 Write commentary pieces
🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩💻
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept
👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social
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A haplotype-based evolutionary history of barley domestication www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A haplotype-based evolutionary history of barley domestication - Nature
The evolutionary history of barley is analysed using ancient and modern DNA.
www.nature.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A haplotype-based evolutionary history of barley domestication www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The reality in science is that creativity is not treated as a core skill while hypothesis testing is, and that is the imbalance that we want correct through the Night Science Institute!
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
The Night Science Institute Is Changing How Science Teaches Creativity
In this interview with Professors Itai Yanai and Martin Lercher, explore how night science brings creativity, ideation and collaboration back into the heart of modern science.
www.technologynetworks.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The reality in science is that creativity is not treated as a core skill while hypothesis testing is, and that is the imbalance that we want correct through the Night Science Institute!
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/art... www.night-science.org
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🚨 Last Call – Sept 24, 11:59 PM MDT!
Submit your scholarship applications and abstracts for the Keystone Symposia on Cardiometabolism in Health & Disease.
📅 Jan 26–29, 2026 | Keystone, CO
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#KSCardioMetab26 #cardiometabolism #cardiac #heartdisease
Submit your scholarship applications and abstracts for the Keystone Symposia on Cardiometabolism in Health & Disease.
📅 Jan 26–29, 2026 | Keystone, CO
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#KSCardioMetab26 #cardiometabolism #cardiac #heartdisease
KSQA: Dr. Daniel Kelly (Cardiometabolism in Health and Disease)
YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia
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September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚨 Last Call – Sept 24, 11:59 PM MDT!
Submit your scholarship applications and abstracts for the Keystone Symposia on Cardiometabolism in Health & Disease.
📅 Jan 26–29, 2026 | Keystone, CO
🔗 keysym.us/KSCardiometa...
▶️ youtu.be/pgiNkzgopdQ
#KSCardioMetab26 #cardiometabolism #cardiac #heartdisease
Submit your scholarship applications and abstracts for the Keystone Symposia on Cardiometabolism in Health & Disease.
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#KSCardioMetab26 #cardiometabolism #cardiac #heartdisease
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Fun review of Arabidopsis anti-pathogen metabolism with @somssich.bsky.social and @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social.
Started to make a complete catalogue and had to focus. Even with all this knowledge, we still haven't studied most Arabidopsis enzymes or metabolites doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Started to make a complete catalogue and had to focus. Even with all this knowledge, we still haven't studied most Arabidopsis enzymes or metabolites doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal
Arabidopsis remains one of the best studied models today and has a number of remarkable chemical defense systems which actively engage, interact and preven
doi.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Fun review of Arabidopsis anti-pathogen metabolism with @somssich.bsky.social and @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social.
Started to make a complete catalogue and had to focus. Even with all this knowledge, we still haven't studied most Arabidopsis enzymes or metabolites doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Started to make a complete catalogue and had to focus. Even with all this knowledge, we still haven't studied most Arabidopsis enzymes or metabolites doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
📢🌱 Job alert: Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics (Tenure-track)
Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
📅 Deadline: October 13, 2025
📍 Université de Montréal, Canada
Please share! 🌿
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Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
📅 Deadline: October 13, 2025
📍 Université de Montréal, Canada
Please share! 🌿
drive.google.com/file/d/1Sxkt...
Prof_Plant_Mol_Gen_Montreal.pdf
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September 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
📢🌱 Job alert: Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics (Tenure-track)
Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
📅 Deadline: October 13, 2025
📍 Université de Montréal, Canada
Please share! 🌿
drive.google.com/file/d/1Sxkt...
Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
📅 Deadline: October 13, 2025
📍 Université de Montréal, Canada
Please share! 🌿
drive.google.com/file/d/1Sxkt...
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
RSVP to join the Dec 16th webinar and hear from the 2025 Arabidopsis Community Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@bar-plantbio.bsky.social
@natanellae.bsky.social
@bar-plantbio.bsky.social
@natanellae.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
RSVP to join the Dec 16th webinar and hear from the 2025 Arabidopsis Community Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@bar-plantbio.bsky.social
@natanellae.bsky.social
@bar-plantbio.bsky.social
@natanellae.bsky.social
Happy New Year to all my Jewish friends! Fun science during the day (see below) and a Le'Chaim during the night! 👩🔬🍷Shana Tova!
youtu.be/tzlzwhTq6n0?...
youtu.be/tzlzwhTq6n0?...
Spatial transcriptomics in drought and recovered leaf cross sections
YouTube video by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Happy New Year to all my Jewish friends! Fun science during the day (see below) and a Le'Chaim during the night! 👩🔬🍷Shana Tova!
youtu.be/tzlzwhTq6n0?...
youtu.be/tzlzwhTq6n0?...
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“Many scholars from historically overexploited countries (often referred to as the global south) expected that exposing the problem would trigger change. Four years on, I see it clearly: the scientific system was never designed for equity,” writes Dolors Armenteras in Nature. #Academicsky 🧪
Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending
Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.
go.nature.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“Many scholars from historically overexploited countries (often referred to as the global south) expected that exposing the problem would trigger change. Four years on, I see it clearly: the scientific system was never designed for equity,” writes Dolors Armenteras in Nature. #Academicsky 🧪
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
Sad news. Plant science has lost a global champion with the passing of Steve Long. His recent work on engineering enhanced photosynthesis portends future breakthroughs in crop yield and food security. Here is a tribute from the Uni Essex where started 🧪 #plantscience www.essex.ac.uk/blog/staff/p...
Tribute to Professor Steve Long | Blog | University of Essex
Professor Steve Long was a visionary scientist. His research helped shape our understanding of fundamental plant biology and the long-term impacts of climate change on plant productivity, with wide-ra...
www.essex.ac.uk
September 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Sad news. Plant science has lost a global champion with the passing of Steve Long. His recent work on engineering enhanced photosynthesis portends future breakthroughs in crop yield and food security. Here is a tribute from the Uni Essex where started 🧪 #plantscience www.essex.ac.uk/blog/staff/p...
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"Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change at University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20250919_UCB.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20250919_UCB.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
September 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change at University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20250919_UCB.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
*Application Deadline: 11/1/2025"
Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20250919_UCB.pdf
#PlantSciJobs
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Transgenerational decline through insidious effects of #drought memory
A #Letter by Pantin et al.👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
A #Letter by Pantin et al.👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
September 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Transgenerational decline through insidious effects of #drought memory
A #Letter by Pantin et al.👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
A #Letter by Pantin et al.👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
Big thanks to Laura Tran for the wonderful coverage of our study in The Scientists Magazine! You captured and delivered the science in our work beautifully. Also big thanks to Lucia Strader for commenting on our findings! 🙏🏻 #STEM #PlantScience #Genomics
www.the-scientist.com/plants-boost...
www.the-scientist.com/plants-boost...
Plants Boost Their Immune System to Recover from Drought
Plant biologist Natanella Illouz-Eliaz studies how the Arabidopsis plant responds to stress such as moderate drought. During drought recovery, the plant boosts its immune system and undergoes genetic ...
www.the-scientist.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Big thanks to Laura Tran for the wonderful coverage of our study in The Scientists Magazine! You captured and delivered the science in our work beautifully. Also big thanks to Lucia Strader for commenting on our findings! 🙏🏻 #STEM #PlantScience #Genomics
www.the-scientist.com/plants-boost...
www.the-scientist.com/plants-boost...
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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...
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.
www.nature.com
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...
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A database of plant heat tolerances and methodological matters https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.14.676187v1
September 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A database of plant heat tolerances and methodological matters https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.14.676187v1
Want to dive into the datasets from our recent @natcomms.nature.com paper? 🌱📊
Check out this step-by-step guide on how to explore and analyze the #drought #recovery #datasets with Omnibusx:
Check out the paper and datasets: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tutorial: youtu.be/YI0RVFiQnMs
Check out this step-by-step guide on how to explore and analyze the #drought #recovery #datasets with Omnibusx:
Check out the paper and datasets: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tutorial: youtu.be/YI0RVFiQnMs
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.
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Want to dive into the datasets from our recent @natcomms.nature.com paper? 🌱📊
Check out this step-by-step guide on how to explore and analyze the #drought #recovery #datasets with Omnibusx:
Check out the paper and datasets: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tutorial: youtu.be/YI0RVFiQnMs
Check out this step-by-step guide on how to explore and analyze the #drought #recovery #datasets with Omnibusx:
Check out the paper and datasets: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tutorial: youtu.be/YI0RVFiQnMs