Steve Marek
@stephenmarek2
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Fungi, fungal biology, mycology, plant pathology, MPMI, entomopathogens, mushrooms, genomics, music, beer, life...opinions are my own, he/him/his ππ¦ π±πΎπ¬π§«
Stillwater, OK
Joined June 2013
Accelerating wheat breeding, from Toluca in Mexico to the world ββ From Tolucaβs disease hotspots to global wheat fields, CIMMYT scientists are fast-tracking resistant varieties using cutting-edge genomic selection
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Isothermal Detection Methods for Fungal Pathogens in Closed Environment Agriculture https://t.co/TIbyXN4DBD
#mdpijof via @JoF_MDPI
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Schneider et al. reveal new roles for NUDTs in inositol pyrophosphate (PP-InsP) signaling, #plant nutrient and #immune responses, and highlight a cross-kingdom conservation of PP-InsP-metabolizing enzymes. https://t.co/in8wUbonUI
@WileyLifeSci #PlantSci #JIPB #Arabidopsis #Nudix
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Food will be more affordable β if we double funds for agriculture research now
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Nature - A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
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AI pinpoints aspens and standing dead trees in forests using aerial imagery https://t.co/3GphdcWJov via @physorg_com
phys.org
Aspens and standing dead trees, which are important to forest biodiversity, can be reliably identified from openly available aerial imagery using methods developed by researchers from the University...
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Root-driven microbiome memory enhances plant disease resistance https://t.co/jpMe58HiM0
#plantscience
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Fantastic opportunity to explore the world of plants, microbes, insects, and their interactions while honing your professional skills. Join us!
One-year taught MSc in Global Plant Health. 21 September 2026 entry. Scholarships available. Learn from @talbotlabTSL @jonathandgjones @KamounLab @wenboEffector @nobolly @berasymbionts @Frank_Menke Cyril Zipfel, Kamil Witek, Dan MacLean et al. https://t.co/2lONT0udcV
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Printing into agar the ballistic ascospore-ejection movement, like a comet streaking across the lab. Year after year, same wonder! π€©
Facing the wall again β for a new campaign of #Zymoseptoria tritici #ascospore ejection from #wheat debris.
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Rice enzyme OsPLC4 triggers CaΒ²βΊ and ROS bursts to drive ferroptotic cell death in immune response https://t.co/pgc9fmZuAI via @physorg_com
phys.org
A research team at Sejong University's Plant Immunity Laboratory, led by Professor Nam-Soo Jwa, has uncovered an important regulatory component of rice immunity.
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Incredible micrographs!! (3-reporter system available?)
Mycorrhiza symbiosis changes how plants interact with intracellular pathogens. New by @AlexWGuyon, @TheresaStaps, and Lyne Badot: Mutualist-pathogen co-colonization modulates phosphoinositide signatures at host intracellular interfaces https://t.co/LMkBXhU2hF Read further β¬οΈ
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Our beloved benthi @benthamiana as a model system to study the cell biology of mutualism-plant-pathogen interactions ππΌ #ClebratingAlumni
Mycorrhiza symbiosis changes how plants interact with intracellular pathogens. New by @AlexWGuyon, @TheresaStaps, and Lyne Badot: Mutualist-pathogen co-colonization modulates phosphoinositide signatures at host intracellular interfaces https://t.co/LMkBXhU2hF Read further β¬οΈ
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CsROS1b regulates autophagy through inducing hypomethylation of CsATG6 to enhance salt tolerance in cucumber (Guangling Chen, Xinyang Chen, Jingjing He, Na Xu, Ke Zhang, Yu Wang, Jin Sun) https://t.co/9VanhoIdUA
@ASPB #PlantSci
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A new species is described and illustrated as researchers analyse the taxonomy and phylogeny of the ππππ’πππ‘π’π ππππππ complex. π https://t.co/RFHBZmbXOI
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π± 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants Unique opportunity for early-career researchers to launch their own independent research programme in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities. https://t.co/60zDT8eDS9
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Phenylacetate hydroxylase SsPhacA modulates p- Β coumaric acid accumulation to regulate the mating/filamentation of Sporisorium scitamineum:
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SsPhacA regulates the phenylalanine metabolic pathway to modulate p-coumaric acid accumulation, which increases the transcriptional level of SsPRF1, thereby regulating sexual reproduction in S....
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Out now! Decreased cytoplasmic crowding via inhibition of ribosome biogenesis can trigger Candida albicans filamentous growth @RobertArkowitz Read it here: https://t.co/hSprHOd6aF
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Aww...bless its heart! It thinks it's Bipolaris!
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If you are new to mycology, want to learn more, improve your microscopy - and your fungus identification skills - take a look at our residential beginners' workshop - in Barnsley, June 2026: https://t.co/syCVYv7UsX
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Selecting Cotton Cultivars with Nematode Resistance and Tolerance. Check out this new resource from Extension at https://t.co/v4UGoFmEv0. By @JeffBarizon @MandyBish1 @StrayerScherer @bobkemerait @cropdisease @DaisyHAhumada @alabamaED @IanMSmall1 @intiazchowdhury @cropdoc08
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Five important financial moves for PhD students https://t.co/TMvqoyJmll Creating and sticking to a budget Building your savings as a safety net Managing your debt Exploring other income streams Planning for the unexpected
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Nature - Students and a financial planner give their advice on budgeting, saving and investing during doctoral studies.
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