Plant Science Spotlight

plant-sci.bsky.social

30 outubro 2026 14:40

🌱🧬Plants can now control their microbes. Engineered Bacillus subtilis translates target genes only when supplied O-methyl-tyrosine, which Arabidopsis, tomato & poplar were built to produce—enabling plant-driven control of microbial activity @jennbrophy.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tae Seok Moon

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30 outubro 2026 05:49

Our work is out in Chemical Engineering Journal! "Catabolic network in Rhodococcus jostii PET for ethylene glycol upcycling" Possible thanks to collaborations among 3 labs & amazing young researchers. @jcvi.org @elsevierconnect.bsky.social 50 days free www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sadaf Shadan

sshadan.bsky.social

22 outubro 2026 14:09

In plant roots, each of the various cell types are thought to follow one developmental program. Work @nature shows that, instead, many root cell types can adopt an environment-responsive state, revealing a new layer of root-cell identity that becomes prevalent during water stress. rb.gy/tkd2dy

Are plant roots really made up of concentric layers of homogeneous, differentiating cell types? In our new study, out now in @nature.com, we show a more complex picture: two distinct cell states within root lineages, shaped in part by the environment. 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Plant Science Spotlight

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21 outubro 2026 21:17

🌱🧬Noncanonical amino acids as a plant-to-microbe control switch. Plants biosynthesize O-methyl-tyrosine; engineered Bacillus subtilis reads it to switch on specific genes Demonstrated in Arabidopsis, tomato & poplar—programmable plant–microbe partnership #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...