Prof. Keiko Torii
@keikoutorii.bsky.social
'Plant twitter' via stomatal pores. I'm a Scientist. Views my own. she/her
Somos las biólogas vegetales! Santiago, Chile 🌱🇨🇱🥰 #WomenInScience
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Somos las biólogas vegetales! Santiago, Chile 🌱🇨🇱🥰 #WomenInScience
Congrats, Momoko @prunus-persica123.bsky.social and all! Excited to see how our former postdoc's work unfolded the mutual inhibitory mechanism bet/w EPFL2 peptide hormone & auxin underpins the intervals of auxin maxima 🌿🔬🥳
Just published @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just published @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Congrats, Momoko @prunus-persica123.bsky.social and all! Excited to see how our former postdoc's work unfolded the mutual inhibitory mechanism bet/w EPFL2 peptide hormone & auxin underpins the intervals of auxin maxima 🌿🔬🥳
Just published @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just published @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Why plant embryos do not differentiate stomata? Discovery of the key peptide hormone. Embryo-specific peptide EPFL8, perceived by ERECTA, inhibits SPCH in a TMM-independent manner. Excellent work by the Torii Lab alumnus, Prof. Xingyun Qi. Congrats🌱🔬!
academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
October 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Why plant embryos do not differentiate stomata? Discovery of the key peptide hormone. Embryo-specific peptide EPFL8, perceived by ERECTA, inhibits SPCH in a TMM-independent manner. Excellent work by the Torii Lab alumnus, Prof. Xingyun Qi. Congrats🌱🔬!
academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
My commentary published in Current Biology! “Plant regeneration: Breaking the silence of totipotency by reprogramming a stomatal precursor cell” Full text available →
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lzT-3QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lzT-3QW8S...
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My commentary published in Current Biology! “Plant regeneration: Breaking the silence of totipotency by reprogramming a stomatal precursor cell” Full text available →
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lzT-3QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lzT-3QW8S...
🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity- at The Univ. Texas at Austin, Molecular BioSciences.
Deadline Nov 1st. Please spread the words and APPLY! Contact me if you have any questions.
apply.interfolio.com/175001
So wonderful to catch up w/ long-term friends & colleagues and discuss about exciting topics of plant science in beautiful Denver ⛰️🥰!
September 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
So wonderful to catch up w/ long-term friends & colleagues and discuss about exciting topics of plant science in beautiful Denver ⛰️🥰!
Had fantastic time visiting my colleagues/friends at Univ. Edinburgh Molecular Plant Science Dept. Steven, Karen, Andrew, Justin and more, thanks for your hospitality and sharing exciting science! Great extra day for science after #PPRM2025 and to enjoy beautiful Scotland 🌱🏰🥰
September 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Had fantastic time visiting my colleagues/friends at Univ. Edinburgh Molecular Plant Science Dept. Steven, Karen, Andrew, Justin and more, thanks for your hospitality and sharing exciting science! Great extra day for science after #PPRM2025 and to enjoy beautiful Scotland 🌱🏰🥰
Big thanks to Frank and the TSL receptor crews for
organizing such a FANTASTIC meeting in beautiful Edinburgh! Nice to get to know the people and learn about their exciting science. So honored to share history of plant peptides & receptors in development, and some future directions🌱🥰 #PPRM2025
organizing such a FANTASTIC meeting in beautiful Edinburgh! Nice to get to know the people and learn about their exciting science. So honored to share history of plant peptides & receptors in development, and some future directions🌱🥰 #PPRM2025
September 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Big thanks to Frank and the TSL receptor crews for
organizing such a FANTASTIC meeting in beautiful Edinburgh! Nice to get to know the people and learn about their exciting science. So honored to share history of plant peptides & receptors in development, and some future directions🌱🥰 #PPRM2025
organizing such a FANTASTIC meeting in beautiful Edinburgh! Nice to get to know the people and learn about their exciting science. So honored to share history of plant peptides & receptors in development, and some future directions🌱🥰 #PPRM2025
Hyemin unraveled the mechanisms of heterodimeric partner selectivity among the stomatal master regulatory TFs, their biological significance, and manipulation by small molecules. She is an award-winning confocal microscopist🔬🌱-Congrats, again!
August 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hyemin unraveled the mechanisms of heterodimeric partner selectivity among the stomatal master regulatory TFs, their biological significance, and manipulation by small molecules. She is an award-winning confocal microscopist🔬🌱-Congrats, again!
Congratulations, our one-and-only grad student, Dr. Hyemin Seo @texasscience.bsky.social for the successful thesis defense with flying colors 🎉🍾🌱🧬🧪! We are so proud of you🥰
August 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Congratulations, our one-and-only grad student, Dr. Hyemin Seo @texasscience.bsky.social for the successful thesis defense with flying colors 🎉🍾🌱🧬🧪! We are so proud of you🥰
Torii Lab, Summer 2025🌱🤘 @utexasresearch.bsky.social @hhmi.org
August 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Torii Lab, Summer 2025🌱🤘 @utexasresearch.bsky.social @hhmi.org
Torii Lab postdoc Dr. Pengfei Bai presenting an atlas of receptor-kinase associatome & proximitome (collaboration w/ one and only @edwardmarcotte.bsky.social), and identification of CME components enforcing stomatal patterning🌱 #PlantBio2025.
Our Prereprint 😘:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our Prereprint 😘:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Torii Lab postdoc Dr. Pengfei Bai presenting an atlas of receptor-kinase associatome & proximitome (collaboration w/ one and only @edwardmarcotte.bsky.social), and identification of CME components enforcing stomatal patterning🌱 #PlantBio2025.
Our Prereprint 😘:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our Prereprint 😘:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Torii lab member and ASPB SURF recipient Chiaki Komatsu presenting her poster at the #PlantBio2025.
"Proteomic profiling of receptor-like kinase signaling network critical for stomatal morphogenesis".
Great job, Chiaki🥰🌱! #PlantScience #UndergraduateResearch
"Proteomic profiling of receptor-like kinase signaling network critical for stomatal morphogenesis".
Great job, Chiaki🥰🌱! #PlantScience #UndergraduateResearch
August 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Torii lab member and ASPB SURF recipient Chiaki Komatsu presenting her poster at the #PlantBio2025.
"Proteomic profiling of receptor-like kinase signaling network critical for stomatal morphogenesis".
Great job, Chiaki🥰🌱! #PlantScience #UndergraduateResearch
"Proteomic profiling of receptor-like kinase signaling network critical for stomatal morphogenesis".
Great job, Chiaki🥰🌱! #PlantScience #UndergraduateResearch
A peek-a-boo view of Mt. Fuji from my neighborhood. Love y'all, Japan, till next time 😘🗻
July 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A peek-a-boo view of Mt. Fuji from my neighborhood. Love y'all, Japan, till next time 😘🗻
One of the best parts of the conference at the university campus - Catching up with a Torii Lab alumnus, Prof. Daniel Sloan at CSU 🐏!
Dan joined the Torii Lab 20 years ago as a fresh college graduate- he chromosome walked to the MUTE locus, a master regulator of stomatal differentiation 🥰🌱.
Dan joined the Torii Lab 20 years ago as a fresh college graduate- he chromosome walked to the MUTE locus, a master regulator of stomatal differentiation 🥰🌱.
July 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
One of the best parts of the conference at the university campus - Catching up with a Torii Lab alumnus, Prof. Daniel Sloan at CSU 🐏!
Dan joined the Torii Lab 20 years ago as a fresh college graduate- he chromosome walked to the MUTE locus, a master regulator of stomatal differentiation 🥰🌱.
Dan joined the Torii Lab 20 years ago as a fresh college graduate- he chromosome walked to the MUTE locus, a master regulator of stomatal differentiation 🥰🌱.
Truly honored and humbled (and genuinely surprised) to be the 2025 IPGSA @ipgsa2025.bsky.social Silver Medalist along w/ the eminent plant biologists, John Bowman and Jenny Russinova. Thank you. Plant peptides rock!! 🥰
July 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Truly honored and humbled (and genuinely surprised) to be the 2025 IPGSA @ipgsa2025.bsky.social Silver Medalist along w/ the eminent plant biologists, John Bowman and Jenny Russinova. Thank you. Plant peptides rock!! 🥰
Our latest! K63-polyUb of the ERECTA receptor kinase by PUB30/31 is required for the ligand induced receptor endocytosis for stomatal patterning. Our results show that ERECTA signals at the PM. Congrats, Liangliang, Minh & the team🌱!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Our latest! K63-polyUb of the ERECTA receptor kinase by PUB30/31 is required for the ligand induced receptor endocytosis for stomatal patterning. Our results show that ERECTA signals at the PM. Congrats, Liangliang, Minh & the team🌱!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
So proud of you 🥰🎓
June 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So proud of you 🥰🎓
I am deeply honored to join the NAS and to add my name to the book of President Abraham Lincoln. As an International Member, I aspire to strengthen the scientific ties between the USA and Japan, and to contribute to the progress of science in this complex global landscape.
April 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I am deeply honored to join the NAS and to add my name to the book of President Abraham Lincoln. As an International Member, I aspire to strengthen the scientific ties between the USA and Japan, and to contribute to the progress of science in this complex global landscape.
Congratulations, Prof. Ilya Finkelstein @texasscience.bluesky.social for winning the 2025 Edith & Peter O’Donnell Awards and delivering the Award Lecture🏅 for his innovative gene editing technologies and beyond! Pictured w/ me, who just became a new member of TAMEST.
February 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Congratulations, Prof. Ilya Finkelstein @texasscience.bluesky.social for winning the 2025 Edith & Peter O’Donnell Awards and delivering the Award Lecture🏅 for his innovative gene editing technologies and beyond! Pictured w/ me, who just became a new member of TAMEST.
Our latest! Made to the cover of ScienceAdvances! The power of chemistry unveiled the signal specificity boundary bet/w development & immunity.
Congrats, Arvid, Krishna, Pengfei @texasscience.bsky.social
and all the collaborators 🥳⚗️🌱.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congrats, Arvid, Krishna, Pengfei @texasscience.bsky.social
and all the collaborators 🥳⚗️🌱.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Our latest! Made to the cover of ScienceAdvances! The power of chemistry unveiled the signal specificity boundary bet/w development & immunity.
Congrats, Arvid, Krishna, Pengfei @texasscience.bsky.social
and all the collaborators 🥳⚗️🌱.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Congrats, Arvid, Krishna, Pengfei @texasscience.bsky.social
and all the collaborators 🥳⚗️🌱.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Received the Diploma. Frame with leaf and inflorescence motifs.
(NAS is founded by President Lincoln, from the Republican party... There is no red or blue in science, and it is the scientific investigations that uncover how the world works and predicts the future)
(NAS is founded by President Lincoln, from the Republican party... There is no red or blue in science, and it is the scientific investigations that uncover how the world works and predicts the future)
January 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Received the Diploma. Frame with leaf and inflorescence motifs.
(NAS is founded by President Lincoln, from the Republican party... There is no red or blue in science, and it is the scientific investigations that uncover how the world works and predicts the future)
(NAS is founded by President Lincoln, from the Republican party... There is no red or blue in science, and it is the scientific investigations that uncover how the world works and predicts the future)
It took long time. I'm truly grateful how the story turned out. As a starting PI, my then outstanding postdoc, now Prof. Elena Shpak @elenashpak.bsky.social and I did a bunch of domain studies, like our first publication from the lab. Attached is the signaling model back then. Pretty empty 😆!!
January 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It took long time. I'm truly grateful how the story turned out. As a starting PI, my then outstanding postdoc, now Prof. Elena Shpak @elenashpak.bsky.social and I did a bunch of domain studies, like our first publication from the lab. Attached is the signaling model back then. Pretty empty 😆!!
This project started 2000s, we made ERECTA C-term deletions, some conferred hyper stem/pedicel elongation. Back then, we didn't know the identity of the ligands, co-receptors, inhibitors, cytoplasmic signaling components or TFs. As such, we could not tackle the mechanism behind hyperactivity.
January 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This project started 2000s, we made ERECTA C-term deletions, some conferred hyper stem/pedicel elongation. Back then, we didn't know the identity of the ligands, co-receptors, inhibitors, cytoplasmic signaling components or TFs. As such, we could not tackle the mechanism behind hyperactivity.
My partner and I, at the very official occasion..
January 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My partner and I, at the very official occasion..