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Catch up on the most recent MPMI Editor’s Picks authored by Sabhjeet Kaur et al., "Suppression of a Transketolase Mutation Leads to Only Partial Restoration of Symbiosis in Sinorhizobium meliloti"; Yilin Zhang et al., "Interaction Between Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus-GAV Movement Protein and VOZ Proteins Delays Flowering of Plant"; and Diana Gomez De La Cruz et al., "The XopAE Effector from Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. manihotis Targets HSP20-like p23 Cochaperone to Suppress Plant Basal Immunity."

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2025 IS-MPMI Congress

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With over 1,280 participants, 800 posters, and 40+ sessions, the week was filled with meaningful exchange and collaboration. Your energy and engagement made it a memorable celebration of innovation in plant-microbe interactions.​ Stay tuned for details on IS-MPMI Rewind, and we'll see you 18–22 July 2027 in Jeju, South Korea, for the 21st IS-MPMI Congress.​

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Message from the IS-MPMI President

Recent workforce reduction and spending freezes enacted by the U.S. Federal Government are having far-reaching negative effects on science. Some of our member group leaders in the U.S. Federal Government lost their jobs last month. This has left students, postdocs, and staff adrift and disrupted collaborations around the world. Most of our postdoc members in federal labs have also were fired. Although there have been court-ordered reinstatements, these are temporary, and the future is uncertain.​ Some universities have decided not to admit new graduate students this cycle, and several have frozen hiring. U.S. investigators have received stop work orders on projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, and proposal review has been paused for many federal funding programs. These are extraordinary and challenging times.

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