Team IS-MPMI

Ryan DelPercio is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis, Genome Center, investigating the transcriptional and regulatory networks underlying symbiotic nitrogen fixation and developing advanced CRISPR-based molecular tools. Learn how his research uncovered how soybean and its symbiotic partner Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens coordinate their transcriptional programs through time….

Join us in supporting our early-career members by giving to the Michael Mishkind Travel Fund. This fund honors the memory of Michael Mishkind, who was a long-time program director at the U.S. National Science Foundation and a strong supporter of research on plant biotic interactions. Learn how you can donate…

Your continued engagement strengthens IS-MPMI’s ability to champion our science, elevate new voices, and keep MPMI, our community’s premier forum, vibrant. IS-MPMI will be updating membership rates February 1, 2026. Members renewing a two-year membership may renew at the current rate through January 31, 2026….

Did you know that highlighting your research in Interactions increases readership compared to papers that don’t have Spotlights published in Interactions? Consider doing a Spotlight today!…

This InterView with Seogchan Kang, Professor of Plant Pathology at Penn State, was conducted by Hao-Xun Chang, a 2016 IS-MPMI student travel awardee, who is currently a post-doc at Michigan State University. Log in to join the conversation! Hao-Xun Chang (HXC): Thank you very much for accepting my invitation, and…

Explore recordings and posters from sessions on microbial infection strategies, effector interference, and local/inter-organ signaling in plant immunity and mutualistic interactions available in IS-MPMI Rewind….

Connect and collaborate with members in our new IS-MPMI Member Online Community on LinkedIn, and follow IS-MPMI and MPMI on Bluesky to keep up on events, news, and the latest research….

Editor’s note: Below is a response to the article in the last issue on imposter syndrome, which was written by Michelle Marks and Katelyn Butler. This response was written by IS-MPMI Interactions Advisory Board member Dr. Dan Klessig. As you will learn from his response, imposter syndrome can affect anyone,…

Join us in welcoming new members to the IS-MPMI community….

Interested in holding a satellite meeting at the congress? Facilities are available for groups wishing to hold such events in association with the congress. More information is on the meeting homepage.

…

A new study by Rune Hansen et al. published in MPMI has identified Aegilops cylindrica, a wild grass closely related to wheat, as a genetic reservoir for resistance against the fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici—the cause of Septoria tritici blotch. These findings open the door to breeding more resilient wheat varieties…

This InterView with Angela Sessitsch, head of the Competence Unit at the Austrian Institute of Technology, was conducted by Bruna Gonçalves Coutinho, a post-doc at the University of Washington. If you are interested in completing your own InterView, please contact Interactions Editor-in-Chief Dennis Halterman. Bruna Gonçalves Coutinho (BGC): You have…

Catch up on recent MPMI Editor’s Picks authored by Xiaoxiao Zhang et al., “Translocation of Effector Proteins into Plant Cells by the Flax Rust Pathogen Melampsora lini,” and Po-Yuan Shih et al., “A Salivary Effector of the Pea Aphid Interacts with Pea Proteins and Enhances Its Performance on the Host…

Most of us spend the majority of our time in the lab or office, but I know that some members are passionate about moving our newly found technologies into the field to improve crop production and provide food security throughout the world. To this end, I would like to highlight…

​Authors of journal articles generally aim to educate an audience made up of people already in their field. But what can researchers do to inspire new scientists—particularly kids? That’s where Frontiers for Young Minds comes in. Frontiers for Young Minds publishes journals with articles written by experts and then edited…