Lucía Borniego
@luciaborniego.bsky.social
Plant biologist 🧬🌱/ Postdoc fellow in Roger Innes' lab at IU Bloomington.
When I am not in the lab you can find me chasing sunsets at the beach 🌴 ☀️
When I am not in the lab you can find me chasing sunsets at the beach 🌴 ☀️
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🌟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 🗣️
Excited to share the first members of our keynote lineup!
🔹 Federico Ariel
🔹 Brian Gregory
🔹 Polly Hsu @pollyhsulab.bsky.social
🔹 Rosa Lozano-Durán @geminiteamlab.bsky.social
🔹 Hervé Vaucheret
More speakers and more info coming soon!
Excited to share the first members of our keynote lineup!
🔹 Federico Ariel
🔹 Brian Gregory
🔹 Polly Hsu @pollyhsulab.bsky.social
🔹 Rosa Lozano-Durán @geminiteamlab.bsky.social
🔹 Hervé Vaucheret
More speakers and more info coming soon!
August 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🌟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 🗣️
Excited to share the first members of our keynote lineup!
🔹 Federico Ariel
🔹 Brian Gregory
🔹 Polly Hsu @pollyhsulab.bsky.social
🔹 Rosa Lozano-Durán @geminiteamlab.bsky.social
🔹 Hervé Vaucheret
More speakers and more info coming soon!
Excited to share the first members of our keynote lineup!
🔹 Federico Ariel
🔹 Brian Gregory
🔹 Polly Hsu @pollyhsulab.bsky.social
🔹 Rosa Lozano-Durán @geminiteamlab.bsky.social
🔹 Hervé Vaucheret
More speakers and more info coming soon!
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𝐏𝐆𝐑𝐏𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐌𝐚́𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚
Posttranscriptional gene regulation in Plants 🌱🧬
🗺️ Beautiful city of Málaga (Spain)
🗓️ 5-7 Oct 2026
Organizers:
@manavellalab.bsky.social
@kmerchante.bsky.social
@laura-ah.bsky.social
More info: very soon!
Posttranscriptional gene regulation in Plants 🌱🧬
🗺️ Beautiful city of Málaga (Spain)
🗓️ 5-7 Oct 2026
Organizers:
@manavellalab.bsky.social
@kmerchante.bsky.social
@laura-ah.bsky.social
More info: very soon!
July 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
𝐏𝐆𝐑𝐏𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 - 𝐌𝐚́𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚
Posttranscriptional gene regulation in Plants 🌱🧬
🗺️ Beautiful city of Málaga (Spain)
🗓️ 5-7 Oct 2026
Organizers:
@manavellalab.bsky.social
@kmerchante.bsky.social
@laura-ah.bsky.social
More info: very soon!
Posttranscriptional gene regulation in Plants 🌱🧬
🗺️ Beautiful city of Málaga (Spain)
🗓️ 5-7 Oct 2026
Organizers:
@manavellalab.bsky.social
@kmerchante.bsky.social
@laura-ah.bsky.social
More info: very soon!
Reposted by Lucía Borniego
‘What we do is deliver information to plants,’ so they can learn how to defend themselves from attacks, Federico Ariel, founder and chief scientific officer of Apolo Biotech, explains.
RNA as a replacement for chemical pesticides
Argentinian start-up Apolo Biotech is teaching plants to fight infections
www.chemistryworld.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
‘What we do is deliver information to plants,’ so they can learn how to defend themselves from attacks, Federico Ariel, founder and chief scientific officer of Apolo Biotech, explains.
Reposted by Lucía Borniego
IU biologist Roger Innes, newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences, is advancing research on plant immune systems that could increase crop yields and reduce costs for farmers. @inneslab.bsky.social @msr20.bsky.social @luciaborniego.bsky.social
Read more: go.iu.edu/8tDD
Read more: go.iu.edu/8tDD
June 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
IU biologist Roger Innes, newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences, is advancing research on plant immune systems that could increase crop yields and reduce costs for farmers. @inneslab.bsky.social @msr20.bsky.social @luciaborniego.bsky.social
Read more: go.iu.edu/8tDD
Read more: go.iu.edu/8tDD
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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
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/...
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It's exciting to see the New plant biology/agriculture members of the National Academy of Sciences, especially former NAASC member @inneslab.bsky.social !
#nas162
Robin Buell
Alice Cheung
Christoph Benning
Roger Innes
Hailing Jin
Uta Paszkowski (international) www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...
#nas162
Robin Buell
Alice Cheung
Christoph Benning
Roger Innes
Hailing Jin
Uta Paszkowski (international) www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...
National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...
www.nasonline.org
April 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It's exciting to see the New plant biology/agriculture members of the National Academy of Sciences, especially former NAASC member @inneslab.bsky.social !
#nas162
Robin Buell
Alice Cheung
Christoph Benning
Roger Innes
Hailing Jin
Uta Paszkowski (international) www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...
#nas162
Robin Buell
Alice Cheung
Christoph Benning
Roger Innes
Hailing Jin
Uta Paszkowski (international) www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...
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Plant Sci. Res. Weekly -- Abundant RNAs on the leaf surface (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA) @msr20.bsky.social @luciaborniego.bsky.social @inneslab.bsky.social @pbaldrich.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @plantteaching.bsky.social https://plantae.org/abundant-unusual-rnas-on-the-leaf-surface
Abundant, unusual RNAs on the leaf surface | Plantae
It seems that there is no end to the surprises that RNA provides. To the old-school trio of mRNA, tRNA, and rRNA, the past 20 years have added miRNA, siRNA, tasiRNA and others, all with unique and…
plantae.org
January 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Plant Sci. Res. Weekly -- Abundant RNAs on the leaf surface (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA) @msr20.bsky.social @luciaborniego.bsky.social @inneslab.bsky.social @pbaldrich.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @plantteaching.bsky.social https://plantae.org/abundant-unusual-rnas-on-the-leaf-surface
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Scientists discovered that plants can send RNA to their leaf surfaces, possibly helping control fungal infections even before the fungus breaches the plant. This suggests plants might use RNA to manage microbes living on their leaves, with a range of RNA types involved, particularly tRNAs.
Diverse plant RNAs coat Arabidopsis leaves and are distinct from apoplastic RNAs.
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
doi.org
January 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Scientists discovered that plants can send RNA to their leaf surfaces, possibly helping control fungal infections even before the fungus breaches the plant. This suggests plants might use RNA to manage microbes living on their leaves, with a range of RNA types involved, particularly tRNAs.
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RNA molecules on plant leaves may influence microbial communities, potentially affecting plant health and interactions. This discovery highlights a new aspect of plant-microbe interactions. doi.org/g8xrjt
New research reveals RNA on leaves may impact microbial communities
Biologists at Indiana University Bloomington have shown that the surfaces of plant leaves are coated with a diverse array of RNA molecules.
phys.org
January 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
RNA molecules on plant leaves may influence microbial communities, potentially affecting plant health and interactions. This discovery highlights a new aspect of plant-microbe interactions. doi.org/g8xrjt
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Did you know there are RNAs on leaf surface and are stable? Do check out our new publication which shares an amazing science and opens new avenues to explore more 😊.
New year New hopes New enthusiasm 🎉
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New year New hopes New enthusiasm 🎉
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Did you know there are RNAs on leaf surface and are stable? Do check out our new publication which shares an amazing science and opens new avenues to explore more 😊.
New year New hopes New enthusiasm 🎉
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
New year New hopes New enthusiasm 🎉
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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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
@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
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
@pbaldrich.bsky.social @meghahs28.bsky.social @inneslab.bsky.social
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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
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....