Yasuhiro Kadota
@yasukadota.bsky.social
Senior Research Scientist @ RIKEN CSRS Plant Immunity Research Group.
I study how plants recognize pathogens and rapidly induce immune responses.
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I study how plants recognize pathogens and rapidly induce immune responses.
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Pomelo on tatami as the cover of RIKEN Research www.riken.jp/medialibrary...
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Pomelo on tatami as the cover of RIKEN Research www.riken.jp/medialibrary...
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Discovery and engineering of synthetic RLKs (Science) @shirasulab.bsky.social @brunongou.bsky.social @yasukadota.bsky.social @BrunoNgou (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/JlJKjJE
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Discovery and engineering of synthetic RLKs | Plantae
Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are abundant genes that have diversified and expanded throughout plant evolution, with most plants having hundreds or more RLKs. In this exciting new paper, Ngou et al.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Discovery and engineering of synthetic RLKs (Science) @shirasulab.bsky.social @brunongou.bsky.social @yasukadota.bsky.social @BrunoNgou (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/JlJKjJE
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Well done, Max! Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants
Plant peptide hormones regulate and induce the parasitic plant specialized organ for connecting to and feeding from the host.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Well done, Max! Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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this research is potentially also interesting to botanical industries (herbalist, food, cosmetics, cannabis, etc.) and maybe even to pharma, because a lot of the botanically derived extracts those industries use come from plant immune systems and their structure and function against pathogens.
Very happy to share our latest work “Systematic discovery and engineering of synthetic immune receptors in plants” out in @science.org !
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Systematic discovery and engineering of synthetic immune receptors in plants
Plants deploy a diverse array of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which perceive microbe-associated molecular patterns to activate immune responses. Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase subgr...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
this research is potentially also interesting to botanical industries (herbalist, food, cosmetics, cannabis, etc.) and maybe even to pharma, because a lot of the botanically derived extracts those industries use come from plant immune systems and their structure and function against pathogens.
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理研、植物が病原体からの「危険サイン」を検知するセンサーの役割を持つ免疫受容体をさまざまな種から探索する方法を開発 - 日本経済新聞 www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
理研、植物が病原体からの「危険サイン」を検知するセンサーの役割を持つ免疫受容体をさまざまな種から探索する方法を開発 - 日本経済新聞
【プレスリリース】発表日:2025年09月05日病原体を見分ける植物のセンサーをデザイン―免疫受容体を人工設計し新たな病原体の認識を可能に―【概要】理化学研究所（理研）環境資源科学研究センター植物免疫研究グループの白須賢グループディレクター（環境資源科学研究センター副センター長）、ブルーノ・ポクマン・ゴウ基礎科学特別研究員、門田康弘専任研究員らの国際共同研究グループは、植物が病原体から
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September 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
理研、植物が病原体からの「危険サイン」を検知するセンサーの役割を持つ免疫受容体をさまざまな種から探索する方法を開発 - 日本経済新聞 www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
Game-changing biotech for engineering pathogen-resistant crops | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Game-changing biotech for engineering pathogen-resistant crops
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have identified an ancient protein, which they have named SCORE, that has the potential to help defend plants against t...
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September 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Game-changing biotech for engineering pathogen-resistant crops | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
病原体を見分ける植物のセンサーをデザイン | 理化学研究所
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September 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
病原体を見分ける植物のセンサーをデザイン | 理化学研究所
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Excited to announce that our latest paper has just been published in Science!
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September 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Excited to announce that our latest paper has just been published in Science!
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Very happy to share our latest work “Systematic discovery and engineering of synthetic immune receptors in plants” out in @science.org !
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Systematic discovery and engineering of synthetic immune receptors in plants
Plants deploy a diverse array of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which perceive microbe-associated molecular patterns to activate immune responses. Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase subgr...
www.science.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Very happy to share our latest work “Systematic discovery and engineering of synthetic immune receptors in plants” out in @science.org !
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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With this approach, we aim to characterize more PRRs against different pathogens & pests in the future.
September 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
With this approach, we aim to characterize more PRRs against different pathogens & pests in the future.
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I am very grateful to Michele & Marc, Takehiro & Dohmae-san, Markus, @yasukadota.bsky.social & @shirasulab.bsky.social for their support. Also big thanks to the reviewers and editors for improving our manuscript!
September 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I am very grateful to Michele & Marc, Takehiro & Dohmae-san, Markus, @yasukadota.bsky.social & @shirasulab.bsky.social for their support. Also big thanks to the reviewers and editors for improving our manuscript!
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Registrations are rolling in for the 2025 Stromlo Plant Pathology meeting in Canberra (Nov 27–28)! Secure your spot! Speakers: @yasukadota.bsky.social, Cecille Segonzac, @thamlab.bsky.social, @yichangsung.bsky.social, Tek Tay & @danielsyu.bsky.social. Register at tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
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August 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Registrations are rolling in for the 2025 Stromlo Plant Pathology meeting in Canberra (Nov 27–28)! Secure your spot! Speakers: @yasukadota.bsky.social, Cecille Segonzac, @thamlab.bsky.social, @yichangsung.bsky.social, Tek Tay & @danielsyu.bsky.social. Register at tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
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🌱 From Nature Plants: Phosphorylation of NLR immune receptors by a cell wall–associated kinase limits resistosome assembly, fine-tuning plant immune responses. (Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar)
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A cell wall-associated kinase phosphorylates NLR immune receptor to negatively regulate resistosome formation - Nature Plants
The discovery of the resistosome was a milestone in plant immunity. Here, Zhong et al. identify a kinase that phosphorylates the NLR, and reveal how this kinase regulates resistosome assembly to fine-...
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August 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🌱 From Nature Plants: Phosphorylation of NLR immune receptors by a cell wall–associated kinase limits resistosome assembly, fine-tuning plant immune responses. (Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar)
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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!
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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 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
WIND1 controls cell fate transition through histone acetylation and deacetylation during somatic embryogenesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.07.669221v1
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A truly enabling new approach by @taralowensohn.bsky.social Will Cody and @sattelylab.bsky.social to probe plant genetics at scale.
Single-gene-per-cell delivery coupled to an effective transcriptional selection system
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Single-gene-per-cell delivery coupled to an effective transcriptional selection system
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August 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A truly enabling new approach by @taralowensohn.bsky.social Will Cody and @sattelylab.bsky.social to probe plant genetics at scale.
Single-gene-per-cell delivery coupled to an effective transcriptional selection system
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Single-gene-per-cell delivery coupled to an effective transcriptional selection system
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Chitin Soil Amendment Triggers Systemic Plant Disease Resistance Through Enhanced Pattern‐Triggered Immunity - Makechemu - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Chitin Soil Amendment Triggers Systemic Plant Disease Resistance Through Enhanced Pattern‐Triggered Immunity
Chitin triggers localised and systemic plant immune responses, making it a promising treatment for sustainable disease resistance. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying chitin-induced ...
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July 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Chitin Soil Amendment Triggers Systemic Plant Disease Resistance Through Enhanced Pattern‐Triggered Immunity - Makechemu - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Exciting preprint! CryoEM structure of plant ROS & quinone receptor CARD1 (also known as HPCA1) reveals it is a copper dependent redox sensor (and cys residues not essential). CARD1 is a member of LRR-RLK clade VIII-1. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A copper-dependent, redox-based hydrogen peroxide perception in plants
Redox-related molecules, such as quinones and reactive oxygen species (ROS), are important signaling molecules for all living organisms. A plant-specific leucine rich-repeat receptor-like kinase (LRR-...
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July 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Exciting preprint! CryoEM structure of plant ROS & quinone receptor CARD1 (also known as HPCA1) reveals it is a copper dependent redox sensor (and cys residues not essential). CARD1 is a member of LRR-RLK clade VIII-1. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
植物は“危険サイン”により寄生線虫を察知する
理研らの国際共同研究グループは、植物が植物寄生線虫のような動物型の病原体を分子レベルで認識する仕組みを初めて明らかにしました。
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July 31, 2025 at 12:46 AM
🎉 Our new paper is out in Science Advances!
Plants can detect parasitic nematodes.
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Plants can detect parasitic nematodes.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
🎉 Our new paper is out in Science Advances!
Plants can detect parasitic nematodes.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Plants can detect parasitic nematodes.
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Here comes the final version.
Congratulations Erika, Yasu, Ken, and all others involved!
@yasukadota.bsky.social @shirasulab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congratulations Erika, Yasu, Ken, and all others involved!
@yasukadota.bsky.social @shirasulab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Here comes the final version.
Congratulations Erika, Yasu, Ken, and all others involved!
@yasukadota.bsky.social @shirasulab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congratulations Erika, Yasu, Ken, and all others involved!
@yasukadota.bsky.social @shirasulab.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Excited this paper is finally published! We focused on the inner concave surface of LRR RKs to expand bacterial flagellin perception in plants. Selection indicates expanded perception is more common than previously thought. Experiments led by @jerrytli.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unlocking expanded flagellin perception through rational receptor engineering - Nature Plants
Receptor kinase FLS2 detects the flg22 epitope of bacterial flagellin. Here the authors identify key residues on FLS2’s concave surface that enable expanded perception of flg22 variants, allowing the ...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Excited this paper is finally published! We focused on the inner concave surface of LRR RKs to expand bacterial flagellin perception in plants. Selection indicates expanded perception is more common than previously thought. Experiments led by @jerrytli.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...