
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture! Jeff Dangl, the John N. Couch Distinguished Professor of Biology in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences and an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Jonathan D. G. Jones, senior group leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, Norfolk, England; and Brian J. Staskawicz, the Maxine J. Elliot Professor and chair of the Plant and Microbial Biology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. In this issue of Interactions, MPMI Assistant Features Editor Jawahar Singh talks with Jonathan Jones about his career path in “Dig Where the Potatoes Are: A Conversation with Jonathan Jones on Curiosity, Recognition, and the Future of Molecular Plant–Microbe Interactions.” Future issues will include interviews with Dr. Dangl and Dr. Staskawicz.