Exciting News! I'm launching my independent research group at Academia Sinica, IPMB (IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所), Taipei, Taiwan) this fall. We'll study plant idioblasts; cell differentiation, gene regulatory network, and evolution. Stay tuned for updates on our research. #PlantBiology #IPMB

The 2025 IS-MPMI Congress returns to its origins in Germany after 43 years! First held in Bielefeld in 1982, the premier event on molecular plant-microbe interactions now heads to Cologne, July 13–17. Join > 1,400 experts: ismpmi.org/Events/2025Con… #ISMPMI2025 #PlantMicrobe

[Dr. Ka-Wai Ma KaWaiMa@lab] Conserved immunomodulation and variation in host association by Xanthomonadales commensals in Arabidopsis root microbiota Nature Plants nature.com/articles/s4147…

💥💥A post-doc position 💥💥on wheat powdery mildew evolution and genomics is available in my lab CCDM in Australia. Get in touch with me for more info! Check out this job on SEEK: seek.com.au/job/82416351?t…

We are ready to recruit new postdocs to join our team at MPI Biology Tübingen! Please help us spread the words. Thank you!!! 😊

We are so pleased to have the legendary Prof. Gerd Jürgens in town to deliver Grace Chen memorial lecture! What an amazing career Prof. Jürgens has and is still going strong.

[Dr. Chuan Ku Chuan Ku] Host-Calibrated Time Tree Caps the Age of Giant Viruses Molecular Biology and Evolution Molecular Biology and Evolution academic.oup.com/mbe/article/42…

Glad to give an Oral talk in IPMB Minisympossium 2025 IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所) in presence of distinguished scientists Sophien Kamoun Tolga Bozkurt Philip Carella Enoch Lok Him Yuen and #IPMBfaulty .....Thanks to my PI LaySunMa （馬麗珊） for the opportunity and Dr. Wu Chih-Hang Wu for organizing the symposium.

chibbhibhaskar IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所) Sophien Kamoun Tolga Bozkurt Enoch Lok Him Yuen LaySunMa （馬麗珊） Chih-Hang Wu Great talk Chibbhi! And all IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所) PhD & postdocs we heard from over these past 2 days. Lots of amazing science 🤓 🌱 🦠

Thrilled to the exciting science and networking from our guests and all speakers in this #MPMI mini symposium organized by Chih-Hang Wu IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所)

Great review of fungal effectors Structure‐guided insights into the biology of fungal effectors - Le Naour‐‐Vernet - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

📣NEWS: TSL Executive Director Prof. Nick Talbot Nick Talbot has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), recognising his contributions to plant pathology, open science & global collaboration! tsl.ac.uk/news/nick-talb…

Internship in Taiwan For UG, PG and Doctoral students of diverse background Monthly stipend of NT$75,000 – NT$80,000 (Approx. INR 2,00,000) Free accommodation Details at aicteinternship.in/international-… Apply by 15th September 2025

Very excited to share my PhD research, "N-glycosylated effectors target maize PMEIs," IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所), now available as a preprint! 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… Grateful to my PI, LaySunMa （馬麗珊）, for guidance in making this work possible! 🌽🔬#FungalEffectors #Glycosylation #MaizeDefense

GH25 lysozyme mediates tripartite interkingdom interactions and microbial competition on the plant leaf surface. Congratulations to Zarah Sorger, Priyamedha Senguptaa for a great work! Thanks to Eric Kemen and Parker Lab for the wonderful collaboration. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to share our new work mBio reporting two #Agrobacterium DGC proteins control virulence and #T6SS interbacterial competition via distinct strategies. Congrats to 1st author, my PhD student Xuan (Stephenson) Lai for the achievement and co-authors Manda Yu IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所).

[IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所) Seminar] 2025-04-29 11:00; A134, Ag Tech Bldg Speaker：Dr. Gitta Coaker Gitta Coaker (Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, USA) Title：Exposing Pathogen Variation: Engineering Plant Immunity and Investigating Spatial Defense

A new immune receptor for chitosan involved in fungal recognition. doi.org/10.1016/j.tcsw…. ⁦ECMM⁩ ⁦ISHAM⁩ ⁦British Society for Medical Mycology⁩ ⁦MRC Centre for Medical Mycology⁩ ⁦YoungECMM⁩ ⁦The Young ISHAM⁩ ⁦British Society for Immunology⁩ ⁦FrankvandeVeerdonk⁩

It was a true pleasure hosting ShihLab for his seminar at IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所)! Fantastic discussion on plant synthetic biology and Agrobacterium research. Erh-Min Lai LaySunMa （馬麗珊） Chuan Ku Shih-Long Tu

📢 #AcademicJobs Tenure-track faculty positions in plant biology and plant-related microbiology Intramural funding, core facilities, generous startup, and a vibrant research environment at IPMB Academia Sinica (中研院植微所) 中央研究院 Academia Sinica #Taiwan recruitment.ipmb.sinica.edu.tw 🗓️ Deadline: Aug. 31, 2025