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The Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience Through International Teamwork (C-SPIRIT) is an NSF Global Center that unites researchers from 5 countries to address agricultural challenges and develop sustainable solutions. https://c-spirit.org
🎉 Congrats to So-Ra Han, Tae-Jin Oh, & Jun Hyuck Lee on their new paper 🔬🌱

They characterize a GH16 beta agarase from Antarctic Gelidibacter and show how polysaccharides influence its activity, advancing C SPIRIT goals for sustainable agriculture 🌍

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#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 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....

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November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔔 C-SPIRT Member Talk Tomorrow! Featuring Dr. Cobus Smit from the University of York 🧬

📣 Title: Untangling the threads that shaped plant biosynthetic gene clusters
🗓️ When: Friday, November 21 | 12-1 pm ET
🔗 Zoom: ubc.zoom.us/j/6739059915... (passcode 784447)

#PlantScience
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Congrats to Hatem Rouached (@hatem-rouached.bsky.social), Hui-Kyong Cho, Nadia Bouain, Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social ), & team on their new paper showing how plants sense low phosphorus & delay flowering thru bGLU25 & GRP7🎉
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📰 msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/11...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
C-SPIRIT is excited to see Nicola Patron & Robert VanBuren (@bobvanburen.bsky.social) serving as discussion leaders at the 2025 Plant Genomes, Systems Biology & Engineering meeting! 🌱✨
📍 Dec 3-6, 2025 | Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Event info: meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.asp...

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November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Congrats to C-SPIRIT’s Karine Prado, Matt Stata, Charles Hawkins, Sue Rhee as well as their colleagues on their new manuscript! 🌿

The team shows how a desert plant rewires photosynthesis to thrive in extreme heat 🌡️

📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

#plantscience
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Congrats to C-SPIRIT Member Jun Hyuck Lee (Korea Polar Research Institute) and colleagues on their new publication! 🌱❄️

Their study shows how ABA protects Antarctic moss during freeze thaw stress and supports C-SPIRIT work on plant resilience. 🌍

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...

#plantscience
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🎉 Congrats to Dr. David Wishart (@wishartnode.bsky.social, University of Alberta), winner of the 2025 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering! 🌿

🔗 ualberta.ca/en/news/spotlights/2025/10-oct/metabolomics-professor-wins-canadas-top-science-engineering-prize.html

#plantscience
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🌍 World Science Day for Peace and Development celebrates how science builds trust, peace, and sustainability.

🔬 C-SPIRIT advances that mission through global research in plant resilience and sustainable agriculture.

Learn more: www.unesco.org/en/days/scie...

Our site: c-spirit.org

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November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This week we held our 2025 C-SPIRIT Stakeholder Board Annual Summit: research updates, trust mapping, and big conversations on stakeholder engagement. Our in-person crew also enjoyed dinner & two building tours!

See more pics: c-spirit.org/events/photos/

Learn more: c-spirit.org

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November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Our October 2025 newsletter is here 🌱
Featuring a blogpost on Aim 5, an institutional feature on Cornell University, new member publications, upcoming events, social media posts, & more!

👉 Read now: createsend.com/t/y-2C6B6E98...

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#plantscience
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🥔 C-SPIRIT in the Field!

Researchers, with help from MSU Extension, are collecting data from 90 potato plots at MSU’s Montcalm Research Center after short heat treatments. Field teams are monitoring conditions, measuring plant responses, and collecting environmental data.

#plantscience
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
October 24th is International Day of Climate Action! 🌎

This day brings people together to raise awareness & take meaningful steps to confront climate change.

C-SPIRIT connects plant and microbe science to sustainable, climate-ready farming.

💡 Learn more: c-spirit.org/research

#plantscience
October 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🌽 RIKEN researcher Miyo (Yamane) Fujimaki spent 2 months in at MSU, studying how ethanol treatments help maize handle drought, heat, & salinity.

Miyo also built wonderful friendships & connections across the MSU community. She’ll be back next year to keep growing this collab! 🌾

#plantscience
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
👏 Congrats to C-SPIRIT member Tae-Jin Oh (Sun Moon University) & colleagues on their new Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics paper! They discovered CYP107E41, a novel enzyme advancing green biocatalysis, echoing C-SPIRIT’s mission for sustainable ag.

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ab...

#plantscience
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today is World Food Day! 🌍
Created by the UN, this day highlights the need for global cooperation to build sustainable & resilient food systems.

This year’s theme (Hand in Hand for Better Foods & a Better Future) resonates with our mission.

🌿 c-spirit.org
🌍 fao.org/world-food-day
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October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
C-SPIRIT’s Robert VanBuren (MSU) is speaking at the XXI SMB Plant Biology Congress in Mérida, Mexico! 🌾

💬 Leveraging evolutionary innovations in grasses to develop climate resilient agriculture
🗓️ Thursday, Oct 23 | 9:45–10:15 am CT

Learn more: smbplant.quimica.unam.mx

#plantscience
October 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🎉 Congrats to C-SPIRIT Members So-Ra Han and Tae-Jin Oh (Sun Moon University) as well as their colleagues on their new paper in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules!

A great example of global collaboration driving scientific innovation 🌍

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October 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
C-SPIRIT’s Sue Rhee (@rheelab.bsky.social) is giving a keynote at the XXI SMB Plant Biology Congress! 🌱
🗓️ Oct 21 | 6:30-7:15 pm CT
💬 Drug discovery for agriculture: Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork

See more: smbplant.quimica.unam.mx
#PlantScience
October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🎉 Congrats to Daisuke Todaka, Motoaki Seki, Kenji Miura, & colleagues on their new paper in Scientific Reports!

4-CPA & ethanol boost tomato growth, fruit quality, & heat tolerance — advancing C-SPIRIT’s mission for sustainable, resilient agriculture. 🌱🍅

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#plantscience
October 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🌍 ASPB Plant Biology 2026 is set for Ottawa, Canada, July 18–22, 2026

📢 Call for proposals & abstracts is open
🌱 Symposia & workshops: Oct 31, 2025
🌱 Independent abstracts: Jan 2, 2026
🌱 Posters: June 19, 2026

Learn more & submit
🔗 plantbiology.aspb.org/submit-a-pro...

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October 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📌 Institutional Feature Series | No. 16: Michigan State University

MSU’s 37 members contribute to 6 areas of work: discovery, annotation, gene-pathway studies, lab/field testing, toxicity testing, and broader impacts. We're lucky to have their expertise!

🔗 c-spirit.org/research

#PlantScience
October 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Our September newsletter is out! 🌿

Inside:
🔹Blogpost on C-SPIRIT’s role in the bioeconomy
🔹Spotlight on the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences
🔹Member publications
🔹Upcoming events
...and more!

👉 Read: createsend.com/t/y-23A65796...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Congrats to C-SPIRIT members Daisuke Todaka and Motoaki Seki (RIKEN CSRS) and colleagues on their new Plant Biotechnology paper! 🎉

Their study shows ethanol plus sufficient light boosts cassava drought resilience by activating ABA signaling & more. 🌱🌍

🔗 doi.org/10.5511/plan...

#plantscience
September 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pennycress drought trials are off and running! 🌱 On 9/19, C-SPIRIT members Danielle Hoffmann and Briana Hashim, with the help of Paige Smith and Katherine Egeler, planted 96 rows of pennycress MSU. Part of C-SPIRIT’s mission to grow climate-resilient crops! 🌍

#plantscience
September 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM