Alba Moreno Pérez
@alba-mp.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Scholar in Coaker Lab at UC Davis. I am studying plant immune responses during plant-microbe interactions.
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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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Our new paper is out in New Phytologist! We describe how the Ralstonia solanacearum effector RipAV suppresses plant immunity by directly interfering with key defense regulators. 🧵👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Ralstonia solanacearum effector RipAV targets plant U‐box proteins and induces proteasomal‐dependent degradation of BIK1
Plants have developed a complex immune system to detect and respond to invading pathogens. A critical aspect of this defense relies on regulatory mechanisms that control the activation of immune res...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Our new paper is out in New Phytologist! We describe how the Ralstonia solanacearum effector RipAV suppresses plant immunity by directly interfering with key defense regulators. 🧵👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Big news from the Demirer lab: first 4 research papers are preprinted! Check them out, feedback welcomed:
eCIS for plant protein delivery: tinyurl.com/mrx4d878
R2 for targeted insertion: tinyurl.com/5n73za6h
Transient expression: tinyurl.com/38p2ud6w
Chemotaxis assay: tinyurl.com/3nw9haes
More ⬇️
eCIS for plant protein delivery: tinyurl.com/mrx4d878
R2 for targeted insertion: tinyurl.com/5n73za6h
Transient expression: tinyurl.com/38p2ud6w
Chemotaxis assay: tinyurl.com/3nw9haes
More ⬇️
August 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Big news from the Demirer lab: first 4 research papers are preprinted! Check them out, feedback welcomed:
eCIS for plant protein delivery: tinyurl.com/mrx4d878
R2 for targeted insertion: tinyurl.com/5n73za6h
Transient expression: tinyurl.com/38p2ud6w
Chemotaxis assay: tinyurl.com/3nw9haes
More ⬇️
eCIS for plant protein delivery: tinyurl.com/mrx4d878
R2 for targeted insertion: tinyurl.com/5n73za6h
Transient expression: tinyurl.com/38p2ud6w
Chemotaxis assay: tinyurl.com/3nw9haes
More ⬇️
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How can we better understand the plant immune system? In my new @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social piece, I propose “immune cell states” as a framework for uniting molecular and cellular perspectives.
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
August 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
How can we better understand the plant immune system? In my new @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social piece, I propose “immune cell states” as a framework for uniting molecular and cellular perspectives.
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Don't miss this awesome work of @yichangsung.bsky.social on plant tandem kinases (TKPs)!!
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 3:16 PM
Don't miss this awesome work of @yichangsung.bsky.social on plant tandem kinases (TKPs)!!
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Happy to share our paper from a new research line led by @camolsan.bsky.social, where we engineered the T6SS of Pseudomonas putida to deliver effectors against bacterial competitors and fungal pathogens like Botrytis cinerea. @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social
jbioleng.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
jbioleng.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Engineering the T6SS of Pseudomonas for targeted delivery of antibacterial and antifungal effectors - Journal of Biological Engineering
Background Bacteria employ diverse molecular systems, such as the type VI secretion system (T6SS) to outcompete other microorganisms and adapt to ecological niches. The T6SS is a versatile nanomachine...
jbioleng.biomedcentral.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy to share our paper from a new research line led by @camolsan.bsky.social, where we engineered the T6SS of Pseudomonas putida to deliver effectors against bacterial competitors and fungal pathogens like Botrytis cinerea. @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social
jbioleng.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
jbioleng.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Thrilled to see this out! 🎉 doi.org/10.1111/pbi....
🌿🧬 Silencing immunity genes boosts transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana!
Congrats to all involved! A #PlantChemetics story first on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, now in @PlantBiotechJ.
#TransientExpression #MolecularPharming
🌿🧬 Silencing immunity genes boosts transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana!
Congrats to all involved! A #PlantChemetics story first on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, now in @PlantBiotechJ.
#TransientExpression #MolecularPharming
Immunity gene silencing increases transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
March 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Thrilled to see this out! 🎉 doi.org/10.1111/pbi....
🌿🧬 Silencing immunity genes boosts transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana!
Congrats to all involved! A #PlantChemetics story first on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, now in @PlantBiotechJ.
#TransientExpression #MolecularPharming
🌿🧬 Silencing immunity genes boosts transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana!
Congrats to all involved! A #PlantChemetics story first on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, now in @PlantBiotechJ.
#TransientExpression #MolecularPharming
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Happy to share a new preprint from the lab. We compared Nanopore long reads to Illumina short reads for use in assembly and population-level variant calling and genotyping. We were surprised by which approaches and pipelines were most accurate. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A comparison of short- and long-read whole genome sequencing for microbial pathogen epidemiology
Whole genome sequencing provides the highest resolution for characterizing pathogen evolution, epidemiology, and diagnostics. Genome assemblies contain information on the identity and potential phenot...
www.biorxiv.org
February 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Happy to share a new preprint from the lab. We compared Nanopore long reads to Illumina short reads for use in assembly and population-level variant calling and genotyping. We were surprised by which approaches and pipelines were most accurate. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨 We’re hiring–please spread the word! 🚨 Our lab at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking for a pre-doc intern to join our research on plant immunity. If you’re a current undergrad/master’s or recent graduate interested in gaining research experience, please apply! tatsuyanobori.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🚨 We’re hiring–please spread the word! 🚨 Our lab at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social is looking for a pre-doc intern to join our research on plant immunity. If you’re a current undergrad/master’s or recent graduate interested in gaining research experience, please apply! tatsuyanobori.com
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Yes, well done 👏. The team shows that there are distinct bacterial populations that affect leaf growth of young leaves and repress plant defense genes. They also include a section on limitations of the study. All papers should include such a section, please.
🦠🧫🌱🌍🧬🖥🧪
WOW! Really impressive and convincing work shows that leaf microbiota modulated tradeoff between defense and growth of leaves in maize!
Good to see research that has no need to oversell microbiota effects!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
WOW! Really impressive and convincing work shows that leaf microbiota modulated tradeoff between defense and growth of leaves in maize!
Good to see research that has no need to oversell microbiota effects!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Yes, well done 👏. The team shows that there are distinct bacterial populations that affect leaf growth of young leaves and repress plant defense genes. They also include a section on limitations of the study. All papers should include such a section, please.
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📜 Transformation of flg22 perception into electrical signals decoded in vasculature leads to sieve tube blockage and pathogen resistance
🧑🔬 @furch-lab.bsky.social, Aart J. E. van Bel, et al.
📔 Science Advances
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantSignaling
🧑🔬 @furch-lab.bsky.social, Aart J. E. van Bel, et al.
📔 Science Advances
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantSignaling
Transformation of flg22 perception into electrical signals decoded in vasculature leads to sieve tube blockage and pathogen resistance
Flg22-triggered dual electric signals are crucial for generation of local and systemic defense responses.
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
📜 Transformation of flg22 perception into electrical signals decoded in vasculature leads to sieve tube blockage and pathogen resistance
🧑🔬 @furch-lab.bsky.social, Aart J. E. van Bel, et al.
📔 Science Advances
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantSignaling
🧑🔬 @furch-lab.bsky.social, Aart J. E. van Bel, et al.
📔 Science Advances
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantSignaling
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very interesting to hear RARE also in P-bodies
February 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
very interesting to hear RARE also in P-bodies
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(1/3) Plant pathology and agroeconomics - the #PlantScience in this week's @science.org:
Plant-derived phytoalexin, erucamide, blocks the bacterial type III secretion system to enhance plant defence
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Plant-derived phytoalexin, erucamide, blocks the bacterial type III secretion system to enhance plant defence
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A widespread plant defense compound disarms bacterial type III injectisome assembly
Numerous gram-negative bacterial pathogens employ the type III secretion system (T3SS), a multiprotein injectisome, to deliver virulence proteins into host cells and cause diseases. We uncover erucami...
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
(1/3) Plant pathology and agroeconomics - the #PlantScience in this week's @science.org:
Plant-derived phytoalexin, erucamide, blocks the bacterial type III secretion system to enhance plant defence
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Plant-derived phytoalexin, erucamide, blocks the bacterial type III secretion system to enhance plant defence
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thrilled to make my first post on Bluesky! Even more excited to be presenting today at the IS-MPMI Early Career Showcase alongside an amazing lineup of speakers. Don’t miss this opportunity—join us!
@ismpmi.bsky.social
www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025-...
@ismpmi.bsky.social
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2025 Early Career Showcase
......2025 Early Career Showcase...Registration NOW OPEN!Join the 2025 Early Career Showcase: A Global Gathering for Advancing Plant-Microbe Research Explore new breakthroughs in plant...
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February 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thrilled to make my first post on Bluesky! Even more excited to be presenting today at the IS-MPMI Early Career Showcase alongside an amazing lineup of speakers. Don’t miss this opportunity—join us!
@ismpmi.bsky.social
www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025-...
@ismpmi.bsky.social
www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025-...