Yi-Chang Sung （宋宜璋）
@yichangsung.bsky.social
Postdoc scientist at UC Davis. Working on molecular plant microbe interaction.
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@charisramsing.bsky.social gave a great seminar on Clavibacter for UC Davis’ Plant Pathology Department today. New insights into tomato colonization and effector recognition. #MPMI
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
@charisramsing.bsky.social gave a great seminar on Clavibacter for UC Davis’ Plant Pathology Department today. New insights into tomato colonization and effector recognition. #MPMI
1st time being a plenary speaker! Thanks for the invitation from @plantpathpete.bsky.social and @williamsanu.bsky.social to the Stromolo Conference 2025, sharing my recent findings on plant tandem kinases! Good to visit Canberra again after my PhD!
And next up we have @yichangsung.bsky.social from @gittacoaker.bsky.social lab talking about tandem kinases … #strompath25
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
1st time being a plenary speaker! Thanks for the invitation from @plantpathpete.bsky.social and @williamsanu.bsky.social to the Stromolo Conference 2025, sharing my recent findings on plant tandem kinases! Good to visit Canberra again after my PhD!
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Registrations for the Stromlo Plant Pathogen Conference #StromPath25 are rolling in fast and the program is now full!
Exciting lineup from Japan, Korea, USA, UK, NZ + strong local crew. Join us in Canberra — rego open until Nov 13.
Program available here tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
Exciting lineup from Japan, Korea, USA, UK, NZ + strong local crew. Join us in Canberra — rego open until Nov 13.
Program available here tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
10th Stromlo Plant Pathology Conference | wheatbiosecurity
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October 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Registrations for the Stromlo Plant Pathogen Conference #StromPath25 are rolling in fast and the program is now full!
Exciting lineup from Japan, Korea, USA, UK, NZ + strong local crew. Join us in Canberra — rego open until Nov 13.
Program available here tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
Exciting lineup from Japan, Korea, USA, UK, NZ + strong local crew. Join us in Canberra — rego open until Nov 13.
Program available here tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
Our review on disease resistance gene diversity in Triticeae is finally online 🌾🌾! Gained so many insights writing it with Yinghui Li & Liubov Govta and from the guidance of gittacoaker.bsky.social & Tzion Fahima. Fascinated by plant resistance gene diversity—excited to share!
September 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Our review on disease resistance gene diversity in Triticeae is finally online 🌾🌾! Gained so many insights writing it with Yinghui Li & Liubov Govta and from the guidance of gittacoaker.bsky.social & Tzion Fahima. Fascinated by plant resistance gene diversity—excited to share!
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Registrations are rolling in for the 2025 Stromlo Plant Pathology meeting in Canberra (Nov 27–28)! Secure your spot! Speakers: @yasukadota.bsky.social, Cecille Segonzac, @thamlab.bsky.social, @yichangsung.bsky.social, Tek Tay & @danielsyu.bsky.social. Register at tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
#strompath25
#strompath25
10th Stromlo Plant Pathology Conference | wheatbiosecurity
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August 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Registrations are rolling in for the 2025 Stromlo Plant Pathology meeting in Canberra (Nov 27–28)! Secure your spot! Speakers: @yasukadota.bsky.social, Cecille Segonzac, @thamlab.bsky.social, @yichangsung.bsky.social, Tek Tay & @danielsyu.bsky.social. Register at tinyurl.com/3e3tx9j2
#strompath25
#strompath25
Submitted my first NIH grant proposal ! 🤞🤞🤞
June 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Submitted my first NIH grant proposal ! 🤞🤞🤞
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Excited this MS is out! Here, we genome edited Pire in tomato, a conserved E3 ligase controlling NADPH oxidase accumulation in Arabidopsis. Edited lines exhibited enhanced resistance to foliar bacterial pathogens, but not two root colonizing pathogens. #PlantImmunity
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Gene editing of the E3 ligase PIRE1 fine-tunes reactive oxygen species production for enhanced bacterial disease resistance in tomato
An E3 ligase helps control plant immune responses and regulates reactive oxygen species production, offering a strategy to boost disease resistance in leav
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June 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Excited this MS is out! Here, we genome edited Pire in tomato, a conserved E3 ligase controlling NADPH oxidase accumulation in Arabidopsis. Edited lines exhibited enhanced resistance to foliar bacterial pathogens, but not two root colonizing pathogens. #PlantImmunity
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👀 EFR-mediated PTI restricts transient transformation and genome editing, but not T-DNA integration.
This study combines floral stage targeting 🌷, immune evasion 🛡️, and Agrobacterium engineering 🔧 to boost plant genome editing efficiency.
#Agrobacterium
#GenomeEditing
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This study combines floral stage targeting 🌷, immune evasion 🛡️, and Agrobacterium engineering 🔧 to boost plant genome editing efficiency.
#Agrobacterium
#GenomeEditing
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Floral Stage Optimization and Immune Evasion Enhance Agrobacterium-Mediated Genome Editing in Arabidopsis
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation via floral inoculation (AMT-FI) enables genetic engineering without tissue culture. It is widely used in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, yet its efficiency ...
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May 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
👀 EFR-mediated PTI restricts transient transformation and genome editing, but not T-DNA integration.
This study combines floral stage targeting 🌷, immune evasion 🛡️, and Agrobacterium engineering 🔧 to boost plant genome editing efficiency.
#Agrobacterium
#GenomeEditing
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This study combines floral stage targeting 🌷, immune evasion 🛡️, and Agrobacterium engineering 🔧 to boost plant genome editing efficiency.
#Agrobacterium
#GenomeEditing
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Paper submitted! One of the last in @jerrytli.bsky.social’s stellar PhD.
May 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Paper submitted! One of the last in @jerrytli.bsky.social’s stellar PhD.
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Phoebe Sinner and @yichangsung.bsky.social presented their work on vector borne effectors and Tandem Kinase Proteins @ucdavis.bsky.social host microbe interactions meeting. Great job by both!!
May 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Phoebe Sinner and @yichangsung.bsky.social presented their work on vector borne effectors and Tandem Kinase Proteins @ucdavis.bsky.social host microbe interactions meeting. Great job by both!!
Our Research Briefing on the tandem kinase proteins paper is online now!
Curious about the story behind our TKP paper?
📄 Research Briefing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄 Research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Curious about the story behind our TKP paper?
📄 Research Briefing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄 Research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A plant dual-kinase protein traps a pathogen effector to trigger immunity - Nature Genetics
Tandem kinase proteins (TKPs) are key regulators of plant immunity. We found that RWT4, a wheat TKP, confers resistance to the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae by directly recognizing the effector A...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our Research Briefing on the tandem kinase proteins paper is online now!
Curious about the story behind our TKP paper?
📄 Research Briefing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄 Research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Curious about the story behind our TKP paper?
📄 Research Briefing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄 Research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Story behind our recent paper on tandem kinases is out! Written by @yichangsung.bsky.social. #MPMI #PlantBiology www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A plant dual-kinase protein traps a pathogen effector to trigger immunity - Nature Genetics
Tandem kinase proteins (TKPs) are key regulators of plant immunity. We found that RWT4, a wheat TKP, confers resistance to the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae by directly recognizing the effector A...
www.nature.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Story behind our recent paper on tandem kinases is out! Written by @yichangsung.bsky.social. #MPMI #PlantBiology www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌾 Excited to share our research on plant tandem kinase proteins (TKPs)! It’s been fascinating to explore how TKPs interplay effectors to activate plant immunity. Big thanks to my supervisor @gittacoaker.bsky.social, my undergrad student Suji Baik, and our collaborators—it's truly a team effort!
Wheat tandem kinase RWT4 directly binds a fungal effector to activate defense - Nature Genetics
This study shows that RWT4, a wheat tandem kinase, confers resistance to the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae by directly binding to the pathogen effector AvrPWT4 and activating host defense.
www.nature.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:08 AM
🌾 Excited to share our research on plant tandem kinase proteins (TKPs)! It’s been fascinating to explore how TKPs interplay effectors to activate plant immunity. Big thanks to my supervisor @gittacoaker.bsky.social, my undergrad student Suji Baik, and our collaborators—it's truly a team effort!
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I'm very excited our most recent work on plant tandem kinases (TKPs) has finally been published! TKPs are a fascinating protein family conferring disease resistance to fungi. Originally in bioRxiv. Many thanks to @yichangsung.bsky.social for leading this work. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wheat tandem kinase RWT4 directly binds a fungal effector to activate defense - Nature Genetics
This study shows that RWT4, a wheat tandem kinase, confers resistance to the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae by directly binding to the pathogen effector AvrPWT4 and activating host defense.
www.nature.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I'm very excited our most recent work on plant tandem kinases (TKPs) has finally been published! TKPs are a fascinating protein family conferring disease resistance to fungi. Originally in bioRxiv. Many thanks to @yichangsung.bsky.social for leading this work. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
First post on Bluesky is to Stand up for Science!
March 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
First post on Bluesky is to Stand up for Science!