Our new paper out Nature Microbiology Phyllosphere microbiome induces a metabolic defence against pathogen infection and is exploited for prevention of panicle disease with a 50% reduction of chemical fungicide input. xiaoyu Hongda Fang Kun Qiao nature.com/articles/s4156…

It took us seven years and it is my honor to be able to participate in this research.

Great talk by Harvey Millar on utilising proteomics to modify composition of bread wheat at the 11th AOHUPO & 7th AOAPO congress, Changi, Singapore

📢Defence above ground This study reports that the resident panicle microbiota in rice modulates host metabolism to prevent Ustilaginoidea virens infection. nature.com/articles/s4157…… Mengcen Wang 王蒙岑 xiaoyu Kun Qiao Zhejiang University

Our research paper was chosen as Research Highlight by Nature Reviews Microbiology Mengcen Wang 王蒙岑 Nature Reviews Microbiology，introduces an original way of host plants to defend pathogen infection: rdcu.be/dclqj

A 7-year path towards exploring a disease-suppressive arsenal microbiologycommunity.nature.com/posts/a-7-year… #behindthepaper

We spent five busy and fulfilling days in Cairns and attend my first international conference IPMB2024. The more you meet, the more you will remind yourself to stay humble and seek knowledge. Thanks for the support from my supervisor Harvey Millar and I love proteins. 😁

Our video (about my previous work) has been selected in the shortslist of Science in Shorts 2024, youtu.be/D85mqAiHS3w?si… Although it not been included in the TOP 10, I am happy that we can share our work with the whole world in this way😁. Mengcen Wang 王蒙岑 Nature Microbiology

Chemical signalling in the phyllosphere microbiome—an overlooked transcriptional switch governing fungal pathogenicity？Let‘s find out in our new paper Nature Microbiology Thanks for collaboration @Tomi Gabriele Berg xiaoyu Hongda Fang nature.com/articles/s4156…

I'm proud to be on the list of authors

Had a fantastic night learning all about the @uwaresearch potential of Martian Gardens as part of @Plants4Space 🌱🧑‍🚀 Thank you International Space Centre 👏 Catch the UWA Plants for Space node at our Shenton Park Field Station Open Day on 13 September! Register: eventbrite.com.au/e/uwa-shenton-…

Celebrating a productive day in the field! 🌾 The UWA Research Plant Energy Biology team is hard at work at AGT collecting samples for our NUE project. Excited to see how our research can help optimize wheat production! #PlantScience #NitrogenUseEfficiency #teamwork

A very happy field trip and a meaningful Saturday.