Kei Hiruma
Studying Plant-Microbe-Microbe interactions, especially parasitic-mutualistic continuum.
- Reposted by Kei HirumaJoin us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬 Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers. APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
- Thank you very much for your nice commentary! we will do what you suggest in this.
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- Reposted by Kei Hiruma📣 Now announcing the journal publication 📄 of our work in @newphyt.bsky.social on how Verticillium undermines the plant's 🌱 "cry for help": terrific work by @antonkraege.bsky.social & @wolki95.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....
- Reposted by Kei HirumaI’m very happy to see my fist article now officially published 🥳 great work by my partner in crime @wolki95.bsky.social and the rest of @teamthomma.bsky.social! Find it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... or have a look at the 🧵⬇️
- Last week, our latest @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social preprint was released, a joint-venture of @antonkraege.bsky.social & @wolki95.bsky.social and co-directed by @nicksnelders.bsky.social a 🧵
- Reposted by Kei HirumaIt’s been 14 years since I uploaded a video on YouTube showing that Striga does not infect other members of the Orobanchaceae family.JSPS Fellow Simon came to Japan and carried out mutant screening to find mechanism and it was 10 years ago that the mutant was finally obtained. A long journey.
- Simon's mutant finally published! Well done, Satoko' lab with Harro, Tobimatsu, Tohge collaborations. Glucosylation of endogenous haustorium-inducing factors underpins kin avoidance in parasitic plants | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by Kei Hiruma📣 New @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social preprint, another joint-venture of @wolki95.bsky.social & @antonkraege.bsky.social, co-directed by @nicksnelders.bsky.social. Here’s a 🧵
- Reposted by Kei HirumaOur latest work is out! We set out to see if we could recreate soil-nurturing plant growth in vitro. The plants looked happy and we see microbiome-induced cell-type-specific responses! A modest step but a fun challenge 😁
- Artificial Soil (ArtSoil): recreating soil conditions in synthetic plant growth media biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Kei HirumaNew PhD opportunity in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social through the BBSRC NRP DTP Programme - see details of host to apply below biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/van...
- Reposted by Kei HirumaNew opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!
- We are pleased to announce the release of our special issue, “Diverse Symbiotic Relationships between Plants and Microbes in the Phyllosphere and Rhizosphere,” now available in Plant Biotechnology (open access)! www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/plant...
- We’re delighted to share that our paper has been just accepted in PCP! We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed! t.co/obQyD1rzI1
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- Reposted by Kei HirumaWe proudly present a new preprint by Leon Pierdzig et al: Wall teichoic acids, glycopolymers specific to Gram-positive bacteria, trigger defense and cell death in Arabidopsis. Cysteine-rich RLKs act as key components in their perception. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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- Reposted by Kei HirumaWIND1 controls cell fate transition through histone acetylation and deacetylation during somatic embryogenesis biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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- We have posted our latest preprint. We explore how an endophytic fungus promotes plant growth and fitness under fluctuating nitrogen-limited conditions in both field and laboratory settings, in additively with bacteria attracted to its hyphae. We hope you enjoy it!
- Reposted by Kei HirumaHere comes the final version. Congratulations Erika, Yasu, Ken, and all others involved! @yasukadota.bsky.social @shirasulab.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Yasuhiro Kadota @yasukadota.bsky.social from RIKEN, also @shirasulab.bsky.social lab colleague, talks about identification of nematode MAMP and its receptor. Many years of hard work sacrificing bunch of C. elegans in single slide. Not this image
- Reposted by Kei HirumaI'm very happy that this paper is now published in PNAS! Isochorismate-based salicylic acid biosynthesis appears to have emerged in the Brassicales after the divergence of C. papaya, likely within the timeframe between the divergence of B. maritima and R. odorata. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Kei HirumaHuge thanks to the amazing team at @currentbiology.bsky.social for highlighting fungi in this special issue. Many excellent reviews and perspectives from so many mycological heroes. Lots of great material to use in teaching/outreach. 🍄
- Our newest special issue is now live! Check it out to discover more about diverse and beautiful Fungi🍄🍄🟫🍄 On the cover: the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, releasing its spores in the early morning light. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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- Reposted by Kei HirumaOur newest special issue is now live! Check it out to discover more about diverse and beautiful Fungi🍄🍄🟫🍄 On the cover: the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, releasing its spores in the early morning light. www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Reposted by Kei HirumaCongratulations to Uta Paszkowski from @cropscicentre.bsky.social - elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA in recognition of her significant contributions to understanding symbiotic relationships between plants & fungi. @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Kei HirumaStory behind our recent paper on tandem kinases is out! Written by @yichangsung.bsky.social. #MPMI #PlantBiology www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- We have identified a fungal transcription factor, CtBOT6, as a key regulator of the diverse lifestyles exhibited by the root-associated endophyte Colletotrichum tofieldiae along the mutualism–parasitism continuum. Congratulation on @rujimatsu.bsky.social! www.cell.com/current-biol...
