Yukihisa Goto
@yukihisag.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Zurich, studying plant-microbe interactions.
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🧪 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🧪
Clusters of phytocytokine & receptor protein family genes evolved in Salicaceae. Phytocytokines show antifungal & immune elicitation activities, with elicitor activity being dependent on clustered receptor proteins - Lintz et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
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Clusters of phytocytokine & receptor protein family genes evolved in Salicaceae. Phytocytokines show antifungal & immune elicitation activities, with elicitor activity being dependent on clustered receptor proteins - Lintz et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🧪 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🧪
Clusters of phytocytokine & receptor protein family genes evolved in Salicaceae. Phytocytokines show antifungal & immune elicitation activities, with elicitor activity being dependent on clustered receptor proteins - Lintz et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience
Clusters of phytocytokine & receptor protein family genes evolved in Salicaceae. Phytocytokines show antifungal & immune elicitation activities, with elicitor activity being dependent on clustered receptor proteins - Lintz et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience
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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.
www.science.org
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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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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🎉 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....
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....
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 ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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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Our new work lead by Anuphon. Cryo Structure of CARD1 reveals copper in the ecodomain, required for sensing H202. The phenotype of card1 is same as rbohd, suggesting ROS produced by RBOHD is sensed by CARD1.
July 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Our new work lead by Anuphon. Cryo Structure of CARD1 reveals copper in the ecodomain, required for sensing H202. The phenotype of card1 is same as rbohd, suggesting ROS produced by RBOHD is sensed by CARD1.
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A copper-dependent, redox-based hydrogen peroxide perception in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.22.666036v1
July 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A copper-dependent, redox-based hydrogen peroxide perception in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.22.666036v1
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Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴 Edinburgh 🏴 8th-10th September
#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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@pprm2025.bsky.social
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#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025
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May 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴 Edinburgh 🏴 8th-10th September
#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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@pprm2025.bsky.social
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#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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Tweeps, please spread the word. We're still looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution. Direct inquiries welcome.
Please include a cover letter.
Applicant from US welcome? medium.com/@kamounlab/2...
Please include a cover letter.
Applicant from US welcome? medium.com/@kamounlab/2...
May 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Tweeps, please spread the word. We're still looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution. Direct inquiries welcome.
Please include a cover letter.
Applicant from US welcome? medium.com/@kamounlab/2...
Please include a cover letter.
Applicant from US welcome? medium.com/@kamounlab/2...
Reposted by Yukihisa Goto
First post on Bluesky!! ☀️
Very happy to share that my main postdoc work ‘Systematic Discovery and Design of Synthetic Immune Receptors in Plants’ is finally out on Biorxiv!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The full story is summarized here:
Very happy to share that my main postdoc work ‘Systematic Discovery and Design of Synthetic Immune Receptors in Plants’ is finally out on Biorxiv!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The full story is summarized here:
Systematic Discovery and Design of Synthetic Immune Receptors in Plants
Plants deploy a diverse array of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that perceive microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) to activate immune responses. Leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase...
www.biorxiv.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
First post on Bluesky!! ☀️
Very happy to share that my main postdoc work ‘Systematic Discovery and Design of Synthetic Immune Receptors in Plants’ is finally out on Biorxiv!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The full story is summarized here:
Very happy to share that my main postdoc work ‘Systematic Discovery and Design of Synthetic Immune Receptors in Plants’ is finally out on Biorxiv!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The full story is summarized here:
Reposted by Yukihisa Goto
🚨 We’re hiring–please spread the word! 🚨 Our lab at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking for a pre-doc intern to join our research on plant immunity. If you’re a current undergrad/master’s or recent graduate interested in gaining research experience, please apply! tatsuyanobori.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨 We’re hiring–please spread the word! 🚨 Our lab at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking for a pre-doc intern to join our research on plant immunity. If you’re a current undergrad/master’s or recent graduate interested in gaining research experience, please apply! tatsuyanobori.com
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Please spread the word. We're looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) @KamounLab to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution.
Direct inquiries welcome.
Please include a cover letter.
medium.com/@kamounlab/2...
Direct inquiries welcome.
Please include a cover letter.
medium.com/@kamounlab/2...
February 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Please spread the word. We're looking at recruiting a structural biologist (any level) @KamounLab to study plant-pathogen protein complexes especially in the context of coevolution.
Direct inquiries welcome.
Please include a cover letter.
medium.com/@kamounlab/2...
Direct inquiries welcome.
Please include a cover letter.
medium.com/@kamounlab/2...
Reposted by Yukihisa Goto
New! Well done, Max! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants
Parasitic plants initiate rapid de novo organogenesis of a specialized feeding structure called a haustorium upon contact with their hosts. Currently, little is known about the internal signals regula...
www.biorxiv.org
February 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New! Well done, Max! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Excited to share our new publication on a novel MAMP peptide conserved across nematodes, insects, and fungal pathogens, along with the RLK essential for its signaling. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) cause major agricultural losses worldwide, yet the molecular basis of plant immunity against these pathogens remains poorly understood. To investigate how plants recog...
www.biorxiv.org
February 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Excited to share our new publication on a novel MAMP peptide conserved across nematodes, insects, and fungal pathogens, along with the RLK essential for its signaling. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New year, new paper! Now published in @nature.com. We identified and characterised diverse immune cell states in plants under pathogen attack. My postdoc work in the Ecker lab at @salkinstitute.bsky.social. A thread (0/n)
#PlantScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PlantScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New year, new paper! Now published in @nature.com. We identified and characterised diverse immune cell states in plants under pathogen attack. My postdoc work in the Ecker lab at @salkinstitute.bsky.social. A thread (0/n)
#PlantScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PlantScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A new open postdoc position in population genomics! Reposting appreciated. Demography of human beings and crop plants. Attached is a group picture during a lab retreat in Lichtenstein. Job description:
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@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
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@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
January 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A new open postdoc position in population genomics! Reposting appreciated. Demography of human beings and crop plants. Attached is a group picture during a lab retreat in Lichtenstein. Job description:
jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
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@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
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Kadota, fascinated by the strategy of Samurais in Japan, grew into a deep curiosity about the molecular battles between plants and microbes. #WeAreASPB https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/36/12/4932/7828328
December 26, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Kadota, fascinated by the strategy of Samurais in Japan, grew into a deep curiosity about the molecular battles between plants and microbes. #WeAreASPB https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/36/12/4932/7828328
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📣 NEW VACANCY: Postdoctoral Scientist in the Cyril Zipfel group.
🌿 Decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immunity
🌱 Identify & characterise pattern recognition receptors
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
🌿 Decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immunity
🌱 Identify & characterise pattern recognition receptors
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
December 16, 2024 at 5:42 PM
📣 NEW VACANCY: Postdoctoral Scientist in the Cyril Zipfel group.
🌿 Decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immunity
🌱 Identify & characterise pattern recognition receptors
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
🌿 Decipher the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immunity
🌱 Identify & characterise pattern recognition receptors
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
Reposted by Yukihisa Goto
📢 NEW VACANCY: Senior Laboratory Technician in the Cyril Zipfel group.
🌱 🛡️ Contribute to fundamental research on plant immunity
🧬 Conduct molecular biology experiments
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
🌱 🛡️ Contribute to fundamental research on plant immunity
🧬 Conduct molecular biology experiments
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
December 16, 2024 at 5:41 PM
📢 NEW VACANCY: Senior Laboratory Technician in the Cyril Zipfel group.
🌱 🛡️ Contribute to fundamental research on plant immunity
🧬 Conduct molecular biology experiments
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
🌱 🛡️ Contribute to fundamental research on plant immunity
🧬 Conduct molecular biology experiments
⏳ Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
Reposted by Yukihisa Goto
📣 NEW VACANCY: Predoctoral Internship in the Cyril Zipfel group
For:
▶️ Students considering future PhD studies
▶️ ‘Year-in-industry’ undergrads
🌱🧬 with an interest in plant science research
⏳Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
For:
▶️ Students considering future PhD studies
▶️ ‘Year-in-industry’ undergrads
🌱🧬 with an interest in plant science research
⏳Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
December 16, 2024 at 5:40 PM
📣 NEW VACANCY: Predoctoral Internship in the Cyril Zipfel group
For:
▶️ Students considering future PhD studies
▶️ ‘Year-in-industry’ undergrads
🌱🧬 with an interest in plant science research
⏳Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
For:
▶️ Students considering future PhD studies
▶️ ‘Year-in-industry’ undergrads
🌱🧬 with an interest in plant science research
⏳Apply soon! Application review already starts 6 Jan '25
www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
Reposted by Yukihisa Goto
Are you interested in receptor kinase signalling and plant immunity?
We have several positions open to join our team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social in Norwich.
#plantscience #mpmi #plantimmunity #sceincejobs
Please get in touch if you have questions
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We have several positions open to join our team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social in Norwich.
#plantscience #mpmi #plantimmunity #sceincejobs
Please get in touch if you have questions
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December 16, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Are you interested in receptor kinase signalling and plant immunity?
We have several positions open to join our team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social in Norwich.
#plantscience #mpmi #plantimmunity #sceincejobs
Please get in touch if you have questions
1/5
We have several positions open to join our team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social in Norwich.
#plantscience #mpmi #plantimmunity #sceincejobs
Please get in touch if you have questions
1/5
Reposted by Yukihisa Goto
New report out about Europe beginning its 1st field trial of gene-edited grape vines (see below) 🧬✂️🍇
Find out what happened when the 1st CRISPR tomato 🍅🧬✂️ launched to the Japanese market, prompting govts around the world to re-evaluate GE tech for practical applications...
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
Find out what happened when the 1st CRISPR tomato 🍅🧬✂️ launched to the Japanese market, prompting govts around the world to re-evaluate GE tech for practical applications...
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
November 27, 2024 at 10:13 AM
New report out about Europe beginning its 1st field trial of gene-edited grape vines (see below) 🧬✂️🍇
Find out what happened when the 1st CRISPR tomato 🍅🧬✂️ launched to the Japanese market, prompting govts around the world to re-evaluate GE tech for practical applications...
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
Find out what happened when the 1st CRISPR tomato 🍅🧬✂️ launched to the Japanese market, prompting govts around the world to re-evaluate GE tech for practical applications...
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
Reposted by Yukihisa Goto
Chitin soil amendment triggers systemic plant disease resistance through enhanced pattern-triggered immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.08.627391v1
December 10, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Chitin soil amendment triggers systemic plant disease resistance through enhanced pattern-triggered immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.08.627391v1
Reposted by Yukihisa Goto
Our paper is officially published in The Plant Cell!
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The leucine-rich repeat receptor kinase QSK1 regulates PRR-RBOHD complexes targeted by the bacterial effector HopF2Pto
A bacterial effector exploits a plant receptor kinase, a component of immune receptor complexes, and reduces immune receptor accumulation to desensitize pl
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December 3, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Our paper is officially published in The Plant Cell!
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