Volume 6 • 2022
A Letter from IS-MPMI President Mary Beth Mudgett
Our IS-MPMI community has proven to be remarkably resilient during these turbulent times. The launch of several new society initiatives has been instrumental in keeping us connected and enabling us to share our exciting research from afar….
InterStellar: Dr. Pam Ronald Awarded the International Wolf Prize in Agriculture
University of California-Davis distinguished professor and IS-MPMI member Dr. Pam Ronald has been awarded the 2022 International Wolf Prize in Agriculture “for pioneering work on disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance in rice.” The Wolf Prize is awarded for achievements in the interest of humankind and friendly relations among people….
InterConnections: Get to Know Gongjun Shi
Pyrenophora tritici-repentis causes tan spot, an important foliar disease of wheat worldwide. This fungal pathogen produces three necrotrophic effectors (Ptr ToxA, Ptr ToxB, and Ptr ToxC) to induce necrosis or chlorosis in wheat. Here, Gongjun Shi and colleagues report the genetic mapping, molecular cloning, and functional analysis of the fungal…
Present Your Research at the 2022 Early Career Showcase!
Senior graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are encouraged to present their MPMI research at the new Early Career Showcase. The showcase will take place online June 8–9 and September 20–21 and is free to all IS-MPMI members. Nominate yourself, a colleague, or a student before March 31….
What Is the Molecular Basis of Nonhost Resistance?
Find out the interesting way Ralph Panstruga and Matthew Moscou reframe the #6 Top 10 Unanswered Question in MPMI during the March MPMI Microgreens podcast….
Li-Jun Ma and Houlin Yu Featured in What’s New in MPMI! Virtual Seminar
Li-Jun Ma and Houlin Yu discuss their MPMI Editor’s Pick paper, “Metatranscriptomic Comparison of Endophytic and Pathogenic Fusarium–Arabidopsis Interactions Reveals Plant Transcriptional Plasticity,” in the latest What’s New in MPMI! Virtual Seminar….
Up Next—What’s New in MPMI! Virtual Seminar Presents Pritha Ganguly
Pritha Ganguly will discuss her recent MPMI Editor’s Pick paper, “The Natural Antisense Transcript DONE40 Derived from the lncRNA ENOD40 Locus Interacts with SET Domain Protein ASHR3 During Inception of Symbiosis in Arachis hypogaea,” during the upcoming What’s New in MPMI! Virtual Seminar. Register today!…
Submit Your Paper to the 2023 MPMI Focus Issue
The theme of the 2023 MPMI Focus Issue is The Plant Endomembrane System in MPMI. Learn more about the scope of the Focus Issue and plan to submit your manuscript by June 30, 2022….
New 2021 IS-MPMI Congress eSymposia Series Abstracts Published in MPMI
Abstracts from the December 1–2 eSymposia Series ePoster presentations are now available in the December 2021 issue of MPMI. This is a great opportunity to learn about the emerging science presented at the 2021 IS-MPMI online meeting….
New MPMI Editor’s Pick Announced!
Learn about new evidence revealing variability in the epitope regions of bacterial flagellin, including regions harboring the microbe-associated molecular patterns flg22 and flgII-28 that are recognized by pattern recognition receptors. Maria Malvino and colleagues discuss the “Influence of Flagellin Polymorphisms, Gene Regulation, and Responsive Memory on the Motility of Xanthomonas…
ROOT & SHOOT Is Accepting Travel Award Applications for Members of SACNAS or MANRRS
IS-MPMI is a partner society with the NSF-funded LEAPS Research Coordination Network, which helps support the Rooting Out Oppression Together and SHaring Our Outcomes Transparently (ROOT & SHOOT) program. ROOT & SHOOT is currently accepting travel award applications for members of the Society for the Advancement of Chicano/Hispanics and Native…
Preliminary Lineup of Concurrent Sessions and Workshops for 2023 IS-MPMI Congress Announced
The program for the 2023 IS-MPMI Congress, which will be held July 16–20 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, will feature concurrent sessions with new and exciting speakers and topics suggested by IS-MPMI members. All 18 concurrent session slots have been filled based on proposals from members. Two premeeting workshops have…
IS-MPMI Welcomes Timothy Friesen as Incoming Editor-in-Chief of MPMI
On January 1, 2023, USDA-ARS researcher Timothy Friesen will take over as MPMI editor-in-chief. Dr. Friesen’s long-standing involvement with MPMI makes him uniquely qualified for the role. He and his editorial board plan to add new article categories to help boost the visibility of MPMI and maintain its status as…
Celebrate a Great Year of MPMI Science: Most Cited and Most Read Articles Published in 2022
Explore the most cited and read papers published in MPMI in 2022….
Kick Off 2023 with the Next What’s New in MPMI! Virtual Seminar
Register to hear Emma Gachomo present the Editor’s Pick “Bradyrhizobium japonicum IRAT FA3 Alters Arabidopsis thaliana Root Architecture via Regulation of Auxin Efflux Transporters PIN2, PIN3, PIN7, and ABCB19” on January 17, 2023, and catch up with recent seminars presented by Kyungyong Seong and Yusuke Saijo….
Don’t Miss the MPMI Editor’s Picks from This Fall
Discover the Editor’s Picks from the September, October, and November issues of MPMI….
Letter from IS-MPMI President Roger Innes
It is with great pleasure that I send you my first update as IS-MPMI president. My heartfelt thanks to Mary Beth Mudgett (IS-MPMI immediate past president), who helped IS-MPMI overcome enormous challenges during the pandemic; MPMI Editor-in-Chief Jeanne Harris, who has overseen the transformation of MPMI into a Gold Open…
MPMI Editorial Board Awards Best Student Papers for 2021
To recognize the work of early-career scientists, the MPMI Editorial Board has implemented a new award series to honor the best papers published by student first authors. For 2021, Kyungyong Seong received the first place award for “Computational Structural Genomics Unravels Common Folds and Novel Families in the Secretome of…
InterStellar: Interview with Dr. Greg Martin, Newly Elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences
IS-MPMI members Dr. Greg Martin and Dr. Blake Meyers have earned membership in the prestigious U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Haesong Kim recently conducted an interview with Dr. Martin asking several questions about his research on the molecular basis of bacterial pathogenesis and the plant immune system, his mentors and…
InterStellar: Interview with 2022 APS Noel T. Keen Award Recipient Dr. Gitta Coaker
Dr. Gitta Coaker has received the 2022 Noel T. Keen Award from The American Phytopathological Society for research excellence in molecular plant pathology. Her research group studies a variety of plant–pathogen interactions, with central research questions focusing on plant immune signaling and pathogen effector biology….
