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 👇
Friends and colleagues who have family in Iran, I cannot imagine what you’re going through. Just know that we are with you and we are hoping for the best. 🙏🏻
January 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Friends and colleagues who have family in Iran, I cannot imagine what you’re going through. Just know that we are with you and we are hoping for the best. 🙏🏻
Wishing us a year of more tolerance, discussion, peace and unexpected discoveries. Happy new year everyone 🎊✨🎉
December 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Wishing us a year of more tolerance, discussion, peace and unexpected discoveries. Happy new year everyone 🎊✨🎉
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Don't miss Natanella Illouz-Eliaz' (Salk Institute) Community Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge Award presentation “The World Around Us: Two Parallel Paths in Life"!
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December 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Don't miss Natanella Illouz-Eliaz' (Salk Institute) Community Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge Award presentation “The World Around Us: Two Parallel Paths in Life"!
youtu.be/Lqatc-yUpmY?...
@natanellae.bsky.social
youtu.be/Lqatc-yUpmY?...
@natanellae.bsky.social
Let’s talk about plants, let’s talk about taking social action. Thank you @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social for acknowledging educational and societal contributions! #ScienceEd #PlantBio #Arabidopsis
Now available!
The NAASC 2025 Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge Awards Webinar featuring Natanella Illouz-Eliaz (early career recipient), Dawn Nagel, Nicholas Provart & Anna Stepanova (later career recipients).
Congratulations to these community role models!
youtu.be/Lqatc-yUpmY
The NAASC 2025 Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge Awards Webinar featuring Natanella Illouz-Eliaz (early career recipient), Dawn Nagel, Nicholas Provart & Anna Stepanova (later career recipients).
Congratulations to these community role models!
youtu.be/Lqatc-yUpmY
2025 Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge: N. Illouz-Eliaz, D. Nagel, N. Provart & A. Stepanova
YouTube video by NAASC
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December 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Let’s talk about plants, let’s talk about taking social action. Thank you @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social for acknowledging educational and societal contributions! #ScienceEd #PlantBio #Arabidopsis
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🌱 Welcome to the official Bluesky channel for #PlantBio2026!
Join us as we count down to the premier global plant science meeting, July 18–22, 2026 in Ottawa, Canada, hosted by @aspbofficial.bsky.social and @cspbscbv.bsky.social.
This is where plant science grows. 🌿
#PlantScience
Join us as we count down to the premier global plant science meeting, July 18–22, 2026 in Ottawa, Canada, hosted by @aspbofficial.bsky.social and @cspbscbv.bsky.social.
This is where plant science grows. 🌿
#PlantScience
October 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🌱 Welcome to the official Bluesky channel for #PlantBio2026!
Join us as we count down to the premier global plant science meeting, July 18–22, 2026 in Ottawa, Canada, hosted by @aspbofficial.bsky.social and @cspbscbv.bsky.social.
This is where plant science grows. 🌿
#PlantScience
Join us as we count down to the premier global plant science meeting, July 18–22, 2026 in Ottawa, Canada, hosted by @aspbofficial.bsky.social and @cspbscbv.bsky.social.
This is where plant science grows. 🌿
#PlantScience
Driving to work today, I feel sick to my stomach, thinking about the people killed on Bondi Beach Australia, while celebrating their holiday, because they are Jewish. I’m not OK.
December 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Driving to work today, I feel sick to my stomach, thinking about the people killed on Bondi Beach Australia, while celebrating their holiday, because they are Jewish. I’m not OK.
It was my great pleasure to be on the No time to read podcast! Thank you @aribidopsis.bsky.social for the invitation and fun discussion!
First episode of Season 4 of #No_Time_To_Read_podcast is online! 🎙️🍀
In this episode, @natanellae.bsky.social Natanella told us about her recent @natcomms.nature.com paper on drought stress recovery.
Podcast: tinyurl.com/mudf23je
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In this episode, @natanellae.bsky.social Natanella told us about her recent @natcomms.nature.com paper on drought stress recovery.
Podcast: tinyurl.com/mudf23je
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It was my great pleasure to be on the No time to read podcast! Thank you @aribidopsis.bsky.social for the invitation and fun discussion!
1/2 Give the gift of knowledge this Christmas or Chanukah!
Arbi the Model Plant tells the story of Lona, a young girl who receives a tiny plant as a gift, and discovers the amazing world of plant biology along the way. 👇
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
1/2 Give the gift of knowledge this Christmas or Chanukah!
Arbi the Model Plant tells the story of Lona, a young girl who receives a tiny plant as a gift, and discovers the amazing world of plant biology along the way. 👇
When you work on short day-grown Arabidopsis, long day’s growth seems like a miracle 🌱😆
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
When you work on short day-grown Arabidopsis, long day’s growth seems like a miracle 🌱😆
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🎉 Congrats to Motoaki Seki and Toshinori Kinoshita as well as their colleagues on their new paper in New Phytologis on TCP3 and cell expansion in Arabidopsis!
The work supports the C SPIRIT mission to advance plant resilience and sustainable agriculture. 🌱
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#PlantScience
The work supports the C SPIRIT mission to advance plant resilience and sustainable agriculture. 🌱
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#PlantScience
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🎉 Congrats to Motoaki Seki and Toshinori Kinoshita as well as their colleagues on their new paper in New Phytologis on TCP3 and cell expansion in Arabidopsis!
The work supports the C SPIRIT mission to advance plant resilience and sustainable agriculture. 🌱
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#PlantScience
The work supports the C SPIRIT mission to advance plant resilience and sustainable agriculture. 🌱
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#PlantScience
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!
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
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…
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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.
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-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.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good one!
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
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
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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
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
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 🌱✍️ 🧪
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🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience
📝 Write commentary pieces
🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩💻
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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 👩💻
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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
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
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...
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
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
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
🚨 Last Call – Sept 24, 11:59 PM MDT!
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Submit your scholarship applications and abstracts for the Keystone Symposia on Cardiometabolism in Health & Disease.
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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.
📅 Jan 26–29, 2026 | Keystone, CO
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#KSCardioMetab26 #cardiometabolism #cardiac #heartdisease
Reposted by Natanella Illouz-Eliaz
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
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Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
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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! 🌿
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Join our interdisciplinary research environment, in Montréal Botanical Garden!
📅 Deadline: October 13, 2025
📍 Université de Montréal, Canada
Please share! 🌿
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