Jack Rhodes
@jackrhodes.bsky.social
Postdoctoral 🌱 scientist at The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich. Interested in peptide-receptor and immune signalling.
#plantscience
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An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis
An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis
Angiosperm seed formation requires the coordinated development of the products of double fertilization—the embryo and the endosperm. The endosperm mediates efficient nutrient transfer from surrounding...
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September 10, 2026 at 11:52 AM
An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis
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A new study by the Cyril Zipfel group in collaboration with @rdplab.bsky.social reveals a key molecular dialogue in seed development that could help seed size engineering 🌱
We had a chat with Cyril and @jackrhodes.bsky.social to hear about their discovery and its implications 💬
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We had a chat with Cyril and @jackrhodes.bsky.social to hear about their discovery and its implications 💬
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The story behind a molecular dialogue with agricultural potential
A new study by the Cyril Zipfel group at The Sainsbury Laboratory in collaboration with the Plant Reproduction and Development Laboratory of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Lyon (France), sheds new…
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September 4, 2026 at 8:06 AM
A new study by the Cyril Zipfel group in collaboration with @rdplab.bsky.social reveals a key molecular dialogue in seed development that could help seed size engineering 🌱
We had a chat with Cyril and @jackrhodes.bsky.social to hear about their discovery and its implications 💬
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We had a chat with Cyril and @jackrhodes.bsky.social to hear about their discovery and its implications 💬
buff.ly/57FBInq
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2 years postdoc position open in Liam Elliott's team @liamelliottplants.bsky.social at @lbmcinlyon.bsky.social
Nice people, good place, excellent science !
#interface2026 meeting
@ensdelyon.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
Nice people, good place, excellent science !
#interface2026 meeting
@ensdelyon.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
September 9, 2026 at 7:20 AM
2 years postdoc position open in Liam Elliott's team @liamelliottplants.bsky.social at @lbmcinlyon.bsky.social
Nice people, good place, excellent science !
#interface2026 meeting
@ensdelyon.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
Nice people, good place, excellent science !
#interface2026 meeting
@ensdelyon.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
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🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱
www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...
www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...
The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research welcomes Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new director
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August 18, 2026 at 9:55 AM
🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱
www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...
www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...
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Our two studies on soybean receptor-peptide signaling were published 2025 and more recently. @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41.... www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Explained my work to my family. Video generated by AI.
August 18, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Our two studies on soybean receptor-peptide signaling were published 2025 and more recently. @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41.... www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Explained my work to my family. Video generated by AI.
Diverse phytocytokines derived from conserved subtilase scaffolds co-evolved with clustered receptors to confer defence responses in legumes
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Diverse phytocytokines derived from conserved subtilase scaffolds co-evolved with clustered receptors to confer defence responses in legumes - Nature Plants
This study identifies SubPEP variants in soybean that confer tissue-specific immunity via GmSubPEP Receptors. Their precursor genes and receptor genes are colocalized in genomic clusters, revealing th...
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August 18, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Diverse phytocytokines derived from conserved subtilase scaffolds co-evolved with clustered receptors to confer defence responses in legumes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A tomato MIK2-clade receptor is involved in the perception of a Fusarium-derived elicitor
Maroschek et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Maroschek et al.
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July 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
A tomato MIK2-clade receptor is involved in the perception of a Fusarium-derived elicitor
Maroschek et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Maroschek et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our new preprint is out! Using AI-guided design (RFdiffusion + ProteinMPNN), we engineered a plant immune receptor to recognise non-cognate pathogen effectors.
Huge thanks to our amazing co-authors for making this possible!
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Huge thanks to our amazing co-authors for making this possible!
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Computational design of de novo integrated domains enables rational control of pathogen effector recognition in plant NLR immune receptors.
The rapid evolution of plant pathogens poses a persistent threat to global agricultural sustainability, often outpacing the discovery and deployment of natural disease resistance genes. While bioengin...
doi.org
July 10, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Our new preprint is out! Using AI-guided design (RFdiffusion + ProteinMPNN), we engineered a plant immune receptor to recognise non-cognate pathogen effectors.
Huge thanks to our amazing co-authors for making this possible!
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Huge thanks to our amazing co-authors for making this possible!
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Reposted by Jack Rhodes
Time for another preprint from the lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Led by @yuanyuanzhang.bsky.social and @defengshen.bsky.social. We found some surprising secrets that connect and uncouple root barrier formation with systemic nitrogen signaling in shoots. see the thread below for more details
A tunable receptor separates root barrier formation from nutrient signaling through ligand-perception states
In roots, the endodermis controls nutrient entry by forming a barrier known as the Casparian strip. Yet how barrier-associated processes interface with systemic signaling remains unclear. Here, we sho...
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July 7, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Time for another preprint from the lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Led by @yuanyuanzhang.bsky.social and @defengshen.bsky.social. We found some surprising secrets that connect and uncouple root barrier formation with systemic nitrogen signaling in shoots. see the thread below for more details
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Host specificity in cereal rust fungi is mediated by a conserved glycoside hydrolase family https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.20.726508v1
May 21, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Host specificity in cereal rust fungi is mediated by a conserved glycoside hydrolase family https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.20.726508v1
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Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
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May 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
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🔥 Hot new preprint before the Christmas break 🎄
Egg cell fertilization–dependent peptide receptor signaling mediates endosperm polarity
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Audrey Creff, @jackrhodes.bsky.social , Cyril Zipfel, Gwyneth Ingram and others
Egg cell fertilization–dependent peptide receptor signaling mediates endosperm polarity
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Audrey Creff, @jackrhodes.bsky.social , Cyril Zipfel, Gwyneth Ingram and others
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🔥 Hot new preprint before the Christmas break 🎄
Egg cell fertilization–dependent peptide receptor signaling mediates endosperm polarity
📖
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Audrey Creff, @jackrhodes.bsky.social , Cyril Zipfel, Gwyneth Ingram and others
Egg cell fertilization–dependent peptide receptor signaling mediates endosperm polarity
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Audrey Creff, @jackrhodes.bsky.social , Cyril Zipfel, Gwyneth Ingram and others
A mechanistic framework for the recognition of chemically diverse brassinosteroids by BRI1-family receptor kinases
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A mechanistic framework for the recognition of chemically diverse brassinosteroids by BRI1-family receptor kinases
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are chemically diverse plant steroid hormones produced via a branched biosynthetic pathway. The potent BR brassinolide is sensed by the membrane receptor kinase BRI1 and a SERK ...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A mechanistic framework for the recognition of chemically diverse brassinosteroids by BRI1-family receptor kinases
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The sTDIF signaling peptide modulates the root stele diameter and primary metabolism to accommodate symbiotic nodulation: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
The sTDIF signaling peptide modulates the root stele diameter and primary metabolism to accommodate symbiotic nodulation
Teyssendier de la Serve et al. identify a novel symbiotic response induced by nitrogen-fixing
rhizobia on host plant roots, corresponding to a stele diameter enlargement. This
response requires a TDIF...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The sTDIF signaling peptide modulates the root stele diameter and primary metabolism to accommodate symbiotic nodulation: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
New alleles of Arabidopsis BIK1 reinforce its predominant role in pattern-triggered immunity and caution interpretations of other reported functions
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June 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New alleles of Arabidopsis BIK1 reinforce its predominant role in pattern-triggered immunity and caution interpretations of other reported functions
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Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴 Edinburgh 🏴 8th-10th September
#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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@pprm2025.bsky.social
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#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025
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May 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴 Edinburgh 🏴 8th-10th September
#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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@pprm2025.bsky.social
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#plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci
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Multiplexed profiling of transcriptional regulators in plant cells
Multiplexed profiling of transcriptional regulators in plant cells
Transcriptional regulatory domains play key roles in plant growth, development, and environmental responses. Massively parallel reporter assays in yeast and animal cells have enabled large-scale studi...
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May 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Multiplexed profiling of transcriptional regulators in plant cells
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Very informative talk by @katherinedenby.bsky.social, EiC of @theplantjournal.bsky.social, on scientific publishing in the #PlantSciences. #MBP2025
Her points on how to choose a journal to publish in are below.
Happy to see that my favorite journals fit the bill. 👌
Her points on how to choose a journal to publish in are below.
Happy to see that my favorite journals fit the bill. 👌
February 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Very informative talk by @katherinedenby.bsky.social, EiC of @theplantjournal.bsky.social, on scientific publishing in the #PlantSciences. #MBP2025
Her points on how to choose a journal to publish in are below.
Happy to see that my favorite journals fit the bill. 👌
Her points on how to choose a journal to publish in are below.
Happy to see that my favorite journals fit the bill. 👌
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PRESS RELEASE - Professor Uauy appointed as Director of the John Innes Centre
Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Professor @cristobaluauy.bsky.social has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre.
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
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Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Professor @cristobaluauy.bsky.social has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre.
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
@ukri.org
Professor Uauy appointed as Director of the John Innes Centre | John Innes Centre
Following an international search, Professor Cristóbal Uauy has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre. Professor Uauy is internationally recognised for his significant…
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February 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
PRESS RELEASE - Professor Uauy appointed as Director of the John Innes Centre
Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Professor @cristobaluauy.bsky.social has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre.
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
@ukri.org
Following an international search, we are delighted to announce that Professor @cristobaluauy.bsky.social has been appointed as the next Director of the John Innes Centre.
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
@ukri.org
Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants
Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants
Parasitic plants initiate rapid de novo organogenesis of a specialized feeding structure called a haustorium upon contact with their hosts. Currently, little is known about the internal signals regula...
www.biorxiv.org
February 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants
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A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis
A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) cause major agricultural losses worldwide, yet the molecular basis of plant immunity against these pathogens remains poorly understood. To investigate how plants recog...
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February 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A trehalase-derived MAMP triggers LecRK-V-mediated immune responses in Arabidopsis
Endogenous RALF peptide function is required for powdery mildew host colonization
Endogenous RALF peptide function is required for powdery mildew host colonization
The receptor kinase FERONIA (FER) is a susceptibility factor for biotrophic powdery mildew fungal pathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. FER...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Endogenous RALF peptide function is required for powdery mildew host colonization
Immunity gene silencing increases transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana
Immunity gene silencing increases transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana
Agroinfiltration of Nicotiana benthamiana is routinely used for transient gene expression in plant sciences and molecular pharming. Here, we depleted transcripts of 21 different immunity-related genes...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Immunity gene silencing increases transient protein expression in Nicotiana benthamiana
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Lighten up your life! We built a “darkbox” with a CCD camera to image bacterial infections across entire trays of Arabidopsis plants. Our technical advance with Python image analysis pipeline out now! @havandenburg.bsky.social @nwtaks.bsky.social bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Non‐Invasive, Bioluminescence‐Based Visualisation and Quantification of Bacterial Infections in Arabidopsis Over Time
Development of a non-invasive high-throughput phenotyping pipeline to visualise and quantify progression of bioluminescent bacterial pathogens in Arabidopsis rosettes over time.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Lighten up your life! We built a “darkbox” with a CCD camera to image bacterial infections across entire trays of Arabidopsis plants. Our technical advance with Python image analysis pipeline out now! @havandenburg.bsky.social @nwtaks.bsky.social bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...