Kiran Raj
@kiranrajrki.bsky.social
Proud member of the Symbiosis Signaling Group with Dr. Martina Ried-Lasi. #Symbiosis #Mycorrhiza #RootBiology
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Salicylic acid biosensor, SalicS1, tracks the plant immune hormone salicylic acid in real time - revealing propagation of hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
October 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Salicylic acid biosensor, SalicS1, tracks the plant immune hormone salicylic acid in real time - revealing propagation of hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team
In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...
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I attended a really inspiring talk by Jose Dinneny today as the Thornton-Massa speaker at Colorado State University. His vision for the future of agriculture with synthetic biology was really thought-provoking. It’s great to learn AND get inspired! @josedinneny.bsky.social @csuagbio.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I attended a really inspiring talk by Jose Dinneny today as the Thornton-Massa speaker at Colorado State University. His vision for the future of agriculture with synthetic biology was really thought-provoking. It’s great to learn AND get inspired! @josedinneny.bsky.social @csuagbio.bsky.social
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Webinar on Quantitative Approaches to Cellular Aspects of Plant Ion Homeostasis on Thursday October 16th: 3-4pm BST
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Webinar on Quantitative Approaches to Cellular Aspects of Plant Ion Homeostasis on Thursday October 16th: 3-4pm BST
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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✨ Paper spotlight ✨
#Lithium in plants
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) This #TansleyReview presents emerging insights into lithium’s role in #plants. Once thought to mimic sodium, lithium is now known to use distinct transport mechanisms and uniquely affect enzymes and DNA.
#Lithium in plants
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) This #TansleyReview presents emerging insights into lithium’s role in #plants. Once thought to mimic sodium, lithium is now known to use distinct transport mechanisms and uniquely affect enzymes and DNA.
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
#Lithium in plants
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) This #TansleyReview presents emerging insights into lithium’s role in #plants. Once thought to mimic sodium, lithium is now known to use distinct transport mechanisms and uniquely affect enzymes and DNA.
#Lithium in plants
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) This #TansleyReview presents emerging insights into lithium’s role in #plants. Once thought to mimic sodium, lithium is now known to use distinct transport mechanisms and uniquely affect enzymes and DNA.
Reposted by Kiran Raj
A tiny white-petalled weed beloved of plant biologists has received a CRISPR-fueled makeover, turning it into a supersized ruby-colored bloom www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Blooms supersized - Nature Biotechnology
Nature Biotechnology - Blooms supersized
www.nature.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A tiny white-petalled weed beloved of plant biologists has received a CRISPR-fueled makeover, turning it into a supersized ruby-colored bloom www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I really like the series of profiles @newphyt.bsky.social is currently publishing.
The new one is on @stanfordstomata.bsky.social:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience #PlantLuminaries
The new one is on @stanfordstomata.bsky.social:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience #PlantLuminaries
September 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I really like the series of profiles @newphyt.bsky.social is currently publishing.
The new one is on @stanfordstomata.bsky.social:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience #PlantLuminaries
The new one is on @stanfordstomata.bsky.social:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience #PlantLuminaries
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Plant receptor-like kinases sense extrinsic and host-derived signals and shape the microbiome (Cell Host Microbe) @carahaney.bsky.social @jumpy-botanist.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/0uZR93w
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
Review: Plant receptor-like kinases sense extrinsic and host-derived signals and shape the microbiome | Plantae
Plant genomes contain hundreds of genes encoding receptor-like kinases (RLKs), which are membrane-spanning proteins with an extracellular perception domain and an intracellular signaling domain.
buff.ly
September 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Plant receptor-like kinases sense extrinsic and host-derived signals and shape the microbiome (Cell Host Microbe) @carahaney.bsky.social @jumpy-botanist.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/0uZR93w
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
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Looking for some clarity in the labyrinth of terms regarding lateral root initiation (priming, founder cell specification, pre-branch sites, oscillation zone, root clock,...)? Here is our new paper hopefully bringing some light in the darkness:
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Marker-assisted in vivo imaging reveals pre-patterning events prior to lateral root organogenesis
The branching pattern of the Arabidopsis root is established as early as in the distal tip of the primary root.
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September 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Looking for some clarity in the labyrinth of terms regarding lateral root initiation (priming, founder cell specification, pre-branch sites, oscillation zone, root clock,...)? Here is our new paper hopefully bringing some light in the darkness:
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
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We are pleased to announce that @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social has been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026 by the @bspp.bsky.social.
“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.”
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“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.”
buff.ly/VvoR27Q
September 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We are pleased to announce that @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social has been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026 by the @bspp.bsky.social.
“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.”
buff.ly/VvoR27Q
“I am humbled to have been awarded the RKS Wood Prize 2026. I’d like to thank my research group and my TSL colleagues for their inspiration and support.”
buff.ly/VvoR27Q
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Complete transport cycle of human XPR1, regulated by InsP8 and KIDINS220 @cp-molcell.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...
August 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Complete transport cycle of human XPR1, regulated by InsP8 and KIDINS220 @cp-molcell.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...
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New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Jie Huang ( #PlantChemetics lab) and I wrote a dispatch on Zhang et al.'s work (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) describing a #protease effector that cleaves the extracellular domain of a plant receptor-like kinase, and it's none other than BAK1!
Enjoy!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ldGk3QW8S...
Enjoy!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ldGk3QW8S...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Jie Huang ( #PlantChemetics lab) and I wrote a dispatch on Zhang et al.'s work (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) describing a #protease effector that cleaves the extracellular domain of a plant receptor-like kinase, and it's none other than BAK1!
Enjoy!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ldGk3QW8S...
Enjoy!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ldGk3QW8S...
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📣We offer a #PhDposition @dfg.de-funded #RTG2670 BEAM: "Beyond Amphiphilicity - Self-Organization of Soft Matter via Multiple Noncovalent Interactions" with @marischuster.bsky.social.
🔗More: www.ipb-halle.de/en/career/jo...
📅Apply now!
#MolecularModelling #Proteases #SciJobs #PhDjobs
🔗More: www.ipb-halle.de/en/career/jo...
📅Apply now!
#MolecularModelling #Proteases #SciJobs #PhDjobs
July 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
📣We offer a #PhDposition @dfg.de-funded #RTG2670 BEAM: "Beyond Amphiphilicity - Self-Organization of Soft Matter via Multiple Noncovalent Interactions" with @marischuster.bsky.social.
🔗More: www.ipb-halle.de/en/career/jo...
📅Apply now!
#MolecularModelling #Proteases #SciJobs #PhDjobs
🔗More: www.ipb-halle.de/en/career/jo...
📅Apply now!
#MolecularModelling #Proteases #SciJobs #PhDjobs
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VACANCY - We’re recruiting for a visionary group leader to lead fundamental research on Discovery Plant Science as part of our vibrant research community
Successful candidate will be offered a six-year tenure-track position with the opportunity to apply for tenure:
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Successful candidate will be offered a six-year tenure-track position with the opportunity to apply for tenure:
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
August 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
VACANCY - We’re recruiting for a visionary group leader to lead fundamental research on Discovery Plant Science as part of our vibrant research community
Successful candidate will be offered a six-year tenure-track position with the opportunity to apply for tenure:
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
Successful candidate will be offered a six-year tenure-track position with the opportunity to apply for tenure:
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...
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Very nice cryo-EM structure of rice PHT1 phosphate transporter by Zhu Liu's lab in Wuhan. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Very nice cryo-EM structure of rice PHT1 phosphate transporter by Zhu Liu's lab in Wuhan. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I thought it might be interesting to look at a word cloud of the titles of the past month’s worth of Lupin publications. Here’s what I see: the top five words are white, breeding, data, phosphorus, and root. #research #science #plantscience
August 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I thought it might be interesting to look at a word cloud of the titles of the past month’s worth of Lupin publications. Here’s what I see: the top five words are white, breeding, data, phosphorus, and root. #research #science #plantscience
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🌿 Excited to share our new editorial on streptophyte trait evolution in the latest virtual issue from @newphyt.bsky.social, with @jandevries.bsky.social & @Ralph_Panstruga. The issue features several articles from MAdLand collaborations @watertoland.bsky.social
Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
August 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🌿 Excited to share our new editorial on streptophyte trait evolution in the latest virtual issue from @newphyt.bsky.social, with @jandevries.bsky.social & @Ralph_Panstruga. The issue features several articles from MAdLand collaborations @watertoland.bsky.social
Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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Final Program announced for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA).: tinyurl.com/2cfa8keo
August 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Final Program announced for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA).: tinyurl.com/2cfa8keo
Taking my first steps on #Bluesky 🌾
As a plant biologist, I believe science, like plants, thrives in supportive ecosystems.
Grateful to be here. Let’s grow together.
As a plant biologist, I believe science, like plants, thrives in supportive ecosystems.
Grateful to be here. Let’s grow together.
August 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Taking my first steps on #Bluesky 🌾
As a plant biologist, I believe science, like plants, thrives in supportive ecosystems.
Grateful to be here. Let’s grow together.
As a plant biologist, I believe science, like plants, thrives in supportive ecosystems.
Grateful to be here. Let’s grow together.