Maeda Plant Metabolism Lab
@hiroshi-maeda.bsky.social
Hiroshi Maeda Lab at UW-Madison studies plant metabolic evolution and engineering by bringing together diverse researchers and ideas. (https://maeda.botany.wisc.edu/)
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Our latest Plant Physiology paper identified four mutations in DAHP synthases that act synergistically to supercharge the shikimate pathway in BOP grasses, boosting aromatic chemical production. Read more at 🔗 tinyurl.com/yfvpvzm5
We greatly appreciate the support from @NSF PGRP and MCB!
We greatly appreciate the support from @NSF PGRP and MCB!
Thank you Dinesh Christendat for hosting the wonderful visit! I really enjoyed meeting with many students and faculty and learning about exciting plant science happening in Toronto!
Join us today (Nov 14) as we welcome Prof Hiroshi Maeda @hiroshi-maeda.bsky.social for his talk on “Tackling the complexity of plant metabolic network from Arabidopsis to Caryophyllales”. See you at 11am in RW432!
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Thank you Dinesh Christendat for hosting the wonderful visit! I really enjoyed meeting with many students and faculty and learning about exciting plant science happening in Toronto!
The Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA) is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Arthur Neish Young Investigator Award and applications for the TPJ-PSNA Early Career Award!
The deadline is January 30, 2026.
Find the guideline at: www.psna-online.org/awards
#PSNA #PlantMetabolism
The deadline is January 30, 2026.
Find the guideline at: www.psna-online.org/awards
#PSNA #PlantMetabolism
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA) is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Arthur Neish Young Investigator Award and applications for the TPJ-PSNA Early Career Award!
The deadline is January 30, 2026.
Find the guideline at: www.psna-online.org/awards
#PSNA #PlantMetabolism
The deadline is January 30, 2026.
Find the guideline at: www.psna-online.org/awards
#PSNA #PlantMetabolism
Our latest Plant Physiology paper identified four mutations in DAHP synthases that act synergistically to supercharge the shikimate pathway in BOP grasses, boosting aromatic chemical production. Read more at 🔗 tinyurl.com/yfvpvzm5
We greatly appreciate the support from @NSF PGRP and MCB!
We greatly appreciate the support from @NSF PGRP and MCB!
October 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our latest Plant Physiology paper identified four mutations in DAHP synthases that act synergistically to supercharge the shikimate pathway in BOP grasses, boosting aromatic chemical production. Read more at 🔗 tinyurl.com/yfvpvzm5
We greatly appreciate the support from @NSF PGRP and MCB!
We greatly appreciate the support from @NSF PGRP and MCB!
Our new study in Nature Plants maps how "multi-tasking" enzymes in plants transfer nitrogen, a key step toward improving crop N use efficiency. 🌱
Big thanks to our collaborators from Max Planck, Hokkaido Univ, & MSU, and for support from @NSF and @DOE.
Learn more: rdcu.be/eFOFN
#PlantMetabolism
Big thanks to our collaborators from Max Planck, Hokkaido Univ, & MSU, and for support from @NSF and @DOE.
Learn more: rdcu.be/eFOFN
#PlantMetabolism
Mapping multi-substrate specificity of Arabidopsis aminotransferases
Nature Plants - Systematic characterization of Arabidopsis aminotransferase family enzymes uncovered many previously unrecognized activities and revealed their multi-substrate specificity, aspects...
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September 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Our new study in Nature Plants maps how "multi-tasking" enzymes in plants transfer nitrogen, a key step toward improving crop N use efficiency. 🌱
Big thanks to our collaborators from Max Planck, Hokkaido Univ, & MSU, and for support from @NSF and @DOE.
Learn more: rdcu.be/eFOFN
#PlantMetabolism
Big thanks to our collaborators from Max Planck, Hokkaido Univ, & MSU, and for support from @NSF and @DOE.
Learn more: rdcu.be/eFOFN
#PlantMetabolism
Save the date! The 65th Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA) meeting is coming to Madison, WI, from June 15-19, 2026.
Join us at the Memorial Union for exciting science, supportive community, and Wisconsin's finest! More info at psna-online.org
#PSNA2026 #Phytochemistry #PlantScience
Join us at the Memorial Union for exciting science, supportive community, and Wisconsin's finest! More info at psna-online.org
#PSNA2026 #Phytochemistry #PlantScience
September 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Save the date! The 65th Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA) meeting is coming to Madison, WI, from June 15-19, 2026.
Join us at the Memorial Union for exciting science, supportive community, and Wisconsin's finest! More info at psna-online.org
#PSNA2026 #Phytochemistry #PlantScience
Join us at the Memorial Union for exciting science, supportive community, and Wisconsin's finest! More info at psna-online.org
#PSNA2026 #Phytochemistry #PlantScience
Plants make thousands of #phenolic compounds—like morphine, auxin, anthocyanins, lignin—from the #ShikimatePathway. In our #TIBS review, Jorge El-Azaz discussed how multiple enzyme isoforms fine tune the production of diverse aromatic natural products in plants.
#Metabolism #SyntheticBiology
#Metabolism #SyntheticBiology
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August 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Plants make thousands of #phenolic compounds—like morphine, auxin, anthocyanins, lignin—from the #ShikimatePathway. In our #TIBS review, Jorge El-Azaz discussed how multiple enzyme isoforms fine tune the production of diverse aromatic natural products in plants.
#Metabolism #SyntheticBiology
#Metabolism #SyntheticBiology
Reposted by Maeda Plant Metabolism Lab
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 📚
Curious how AI + multi-omics are revolutionizing plant metabolism research? 🌱
Check out Dang´s lab @plantbiocore.bsky.social, nice review on unlocking nature’s chemistry for next-gen bioproduction
#plantscience #AI
@ubcpress.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70288
Curious how AI + multi-omics are revolutionizing plant metabolism research? 🌱
Check out Dang´s lab @plantbiocore.bsky.social, nice review on unlocking nature’s chemistry for next-gen bioproduction
#plantscience #AI
@ubcpress.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70288
From data to discovery: leveraging big data in plant natural products biosynthesis research
Decoding complex plant metabolic pathways remains a significant scientific challenge. This review highlights how the integration of increasingly abundant big data from multi-omics technologies with a....
doi.org
July 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 📚
Curious how AI + multi-omics are revolutionizing plant metabolism research? 🌱
Check out Dang´s lab @plantbiocore.bsky.social, nice review on unlocking nature’s chemistry for next-gen bioproduction
#plantscience #AI
@ubcpress.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70288
Curious how AI + multi-omics are revolutionizing plant metabolism research? 🌱
Check out Dang´s lab @plantbiocore.bsky.social, nice review on unlocking nature’s chemistry for next-gen bioproduction
#plantscience #AI
@ubcpress.bsky.social
📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70288
Reposted by Maeda Plant Metabolism Lab
Excited to see this collaboration project out in @theplantcell.bsky.social ; Maize big embryo 6 reveals roles of plastidial and cytosolic prephenate aminotransferases in seed and plant development academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
Maize big embryo 6 reveals roles of plastidial and cytosolic prephenate aminotransferases in seed and plant development
Plastidial and cytosolic pathways of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis have partially redundant roles in amino acid homeostasis and growth of seed and plant
academic.oup.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Excited to see this collaboration project out in @theplantcell.bsky.social ; Maize big embryo 6 reveals roles of plastidial and cytosolic prephenate aminotransferases in seed and plant development academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...