Roger Innes
inneslab.bsky.social
Roger Innes
@inneslab.bsky.social
Plant immunologist developing disease resistant crops to make agriculture more sustainable. Professor at Indiana University. Outdoor enthusiast. Avid hiker and cyclist.
Our latest analysis of plant EVs led by Ben Koch with the help of Brian Rutter, @luciaborniego.bsky.social‬, @msr20.bsky.social‬, and Dillon Gardner is now available open access. LOTS of new data added to our previous bioRxiv posting. Check it out isevjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Arabidopsis Produces Distinct Subpopulations of Extracellular Vesicles That Respond Differentially to Biotic Stress, Altering Growth and Infectivity of a Fungal Pathogen
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by mammalian cells are highly heterogeneous in content and function. Whether this is also true for EVs secreted by plant cells is not yet known. To address this,...
isevjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Big news for #GreatLakes region plant scientists! Travel awards are now available for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference! Trainees can apply for a $300 travel grant to support their trip to Lansing, MI! #GLPSC2025
Learn more & apply by April 30: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
April 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Check out the great line up of speakers for the #2025ISMPMI Congress in Cologne, Germany this July. Deadline for abstract submission is next Tuesday March 11th. Lots of great new science and networking opportunities!
The #2025ISMPMI Congress is the largest event showcasing groundbreaking research in plant-microbe interactions—and we want YOU to showcase your research!

Submit your abstract by March 11 and join us July 13–17 in Cologne, Germany.

#PlantMicrobe #Research #AbstractSubmission #ISMPMI
March 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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The #2025ISMPMI Congress is the largest event showcasing groundbreaking research in plant-microbe interactions—and we want YOU to showcase your research!

Submit your abstract by March 11 and join us July 13–17 in Cologne, Germany.

#PlantMicrobe #Research #AbstractSubmission #ISMPMI
March 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When you publish in a society journal such as Plant Cell and MPMI, you are supporting your scientific community, including your own PostDocs and graduate students. Please think about how your publication decisions will have the most impact on the common good.
Society journals vs. #NatureRipoffs @manavellalab @ASPB @NaturePlants
February 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period."

Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.
February 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Big shoutout to the incredible women in our lab—you inspire us every day 💪

#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
February 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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New Discovery Paves the Way for More Resistant Soybeans to Combat $1.5 Billion Crop Loss from Nematode Infection (original article by Alexandra Margets et al. @acmargets.bsky.social @inneslab.bsky.social doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...): www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
January 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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MPMI recently published three prominent papers on breakthrough research in soybean cyst nematode management. See the thread below to read the press releases about the novel research 🫛🪱:
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January 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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What a great start to the year 2025. Just published online is our PNAS paper - Diverse plant RNAs coat Arabidopsis leaves and are distinct from apoplastic RNAs www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@pbaldrich.bsky.social @meghahs28.bsky.social @inneslab.bsky.social
Diverse plant RNAs coat Arabidopsis leaves and are distinct from apoplastic RNAs | PNAS
Transgenic expression of a double-stranded RNA in plants can induce silencing of homologous mRNAs in fungal pathogens. Although such host-induced g...
www.pnas.org
January 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Very happy to start the new year with publication of our new work on leaf surface RNA. Plant leaves secrete diverse RNAs that are surprisingly stable on their surfaces. Next question to answer: What do they do? www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
January 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Proud mentor of Ph.D. triplets! Congratulations to Suchismita Ghosh, Ben Koch, and Alexandra Margets! All have a great future in front of them. It's been a great six years in the Innes Lab.
December 21, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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Great to be able to comment with Jeff Dangl on a couple of important papers published today in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A common immune response node in diverse plants
Small molecules activate a defense mechanism shared by all flowering plants
www.science.org
December 20, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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Transfer of both sensor and helper NLRs enables broad taxonomic functionality - from Solanaceae to soybean/rice/Arabidopsis. #plantimmunity #plantbiology

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Interfamily co-transfer of sensor and helper NLRs extends immune receptor functionality between angiosperms
Plant nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat (NLR) immune receptors recognize pathogen effectors and activate defense. NLR genes can be non-functional in distantly related plants (restricted taxonomi...
www.biorxiv.org
December 13, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Me too!
an excellent program - i'll be there!
List of Keynote & Plenary speakers of 2025 IS-MPIMI Cologne. Looks quite interesting. I will be there! www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...
December 7, 2024 at 2:14 PM