Volume 8 • 2024
InterDisciplines: 2023 Future Science Prize in Life Sciences Awarded to Dr. Jijie Chai and Dr. Jian-Min Zhou
Congratulations to Dr. Jijie Chai and Dr. Jian-Min Zhou, winners of the 2023 Future Science Prize in Life Sciences in China! Drs. Chai and Zhou won this prestigious award for their discovery of resistosomes….
InterConnections: Get to Know Freddie King
Freddie King, Ph.D. student at Imperial College London, is the first author on a recent review published in MPMI summarizing mechanisms of perihaustorial effectors from oomycetes. Learn more about Freddie and how these proteins manipulate host immunity at the haustorial-plant interface….
InterConnections: Get to Know Kamesh Regmi
Kamesh Regmi and co-authors in the Innes lab at Indiana University Bloomington combined high-pressure freezing and freeze-substitution with serial block-face scanning electron microscopy to generate 3D models of the cytological events that occur during the susceptible interaction between Colletotrichum and Arabidopsis. Learn more about Kamesh and the study findings….
InterConnections: Get to Know Tom Waksman
Meet Dr. Tom Waksman, postdoctoral associate in the Bos lab at the University of Dundee, and first author of the recent MPMI paper “Computational Prediction of Structure, Function and Interaction of Myzus persicae (Green Peach Aphid) Salivary Effector Proteins.” Waksman and co-authors used computational methods to predict functional properties of…
Read the Latest MPMI Editor’s Pick
In the latest MPMI Editor’s Pick, Zitong Yang et al. show how the Phytophthora sojae effector PsCRN108 suppresses plant immunity by inhibiting the expression of Heat Shock Protein (HSP) family genes, shedding light on a new mechanism by which CRN effectors manipulate transcription factors to impact immunity….
Catch up on What’s New in MPMI Virtual Seminars
Listen to the What’s New in MPMI Virtual Seminar presented by Hasna Boubakri on “A Nonspecific Lipid Transfer Protein with Potential Functions in Infection and Nodulation.”…