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Our latest publication on a set of GATEWAY vectors to accelerate gene function analysis in soybean composite plants to rapidly screen transgenic roots and investigate subcellular localization, protein–protein interactions, and root-pathogen interactions. rdcu.be/ec0c2

Very excited to see my first first author paper published in @PNASNews . We found the first effector regulator in plant-parasitic nematodes! Congratulations to all authors and co first author @ClemPellegrin. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Congratulations Anika and Clem, fantastic work! Happy to be a small part of this important story!

Each season #SCN pressure continues to spread across the Midwest – with 30 new counties infected in 2024! Explore pest management resources or find a soil testing lab near you: bit.ly/3BS6JZ3

@Fariba27209790 Yes, Nemacounter is trained to identify cysts by their characteristic shape and can identify cysts even in a sample that has some soil debris. One or two rounds of sucrose cleanup will help improve the recognition rate, but users can also manually correct misidentifications.

@BaumLabISU Awesome!👏 To obtain clean samples: Can NemaCounter also be used to count cysts separated from the soil? cleaning cysts separated from the root is much easier than cleaning cysts from the soil, and it might be that we can't obtain "clean samples" from the soil. Thanks!

Presenting Nemacounter: a new user-friendly tool for nematologists to aid in phenotypic assessment. Check out the Open Access publication in #ScientificReports, from lead author Joffrey Mejias and the Baum lab. rdcu.be/d8OgH

Thursday the 20th of February (15:00-16:15 CET) we'll organize the 2nd edition of our "Trends in Nematology" webinar series! As always, the webinar is free to attend. The theme of this edition will be "Advances in Bio-informatics". More info will follow very soon!

[Just Published in Sci. Data] Finally, a reliable long read genome for the quarantine pest Meloidogyne eenterolobii, with all raw and processed data publicly available ! Please use and share it 😉 nature.com/articles/s4159…

Proud of our collaborative work between the @RogerInnes1 and @BaumLabISU labs. Take a look!

🚨 Editor’s Pick Alert - Margets et al uncover a key soybean cyst nematode effector, Cysteine Protease 1 (CPR1), which inhibits plant immunity and targets a mitochondrial enzyme in soybean roots. This joint effort opens the door to engineering decoy substrates to boost plant defenses against many plant pathogens 🌱🐛. Don’t miss our November issue now to learn about exciting discoveries in #MPMI: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-0… @_acmargets @JFplantstuff @Anilm58 @remkv6_rick @trmaier @RogerInnes1 @BaumLabISU

👏👏👏Congratulations to @Seb_EvdA for being appointed Professor of Biotic Interactions, effective from 1 October. Sebastian is Head of the Plant-Parasite Interactions group here at the CSC. cropsciencecentre.org/news/sebastian…

Glad to share an article: generating PBS-1 based decoy substrate for SCN effector protease!!! apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.109…

Last few days left to apply! - deadline 16th. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47592/ #plantpath #plantscijobs

.@B_Mol_'s 1st paper now in @PLOSPathogens A predicted parasitic nematode effector set is: 1. Big, several hundred genes 2. Diverse, 391 families - some big, most very small 3. Tightly co-regulated 4. Approx. 50% conserved in last parasitic ancestor journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…

Tabula Glycine: The whole-soybean single-cell resolution transcriptome atlas biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

When scouting for #SCN females, experts say #soybean #farmers should look where the pest could be introduced: field entryways, fence lines, where windblown soil accumulates, and areas with unexplained #yield loss, high pH or flooding. Learn more: bit.ly/4cBg2ck.

A great collaborative effort between @RogerInnes1 lab and @BaumLabISU and outstanding work by first author @_acmargets!

Check out this fascinating report on the SUGR master regulator in cyst nematode from the @Seb_EvdA group! Glad to be able to contribute a small part to this developing story!

!!!Preprint alert with @B_Mol_ !!! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… The origin, deployment, and evolution of a plant-parasitic nematode effectorome. Includes the effector network, which we think is both beautiful and useful 😍 @plantsci @CropSciCentre @biorxivpreprint

It's National #NematodeDay! Thanks to everyone that participated in quizzes during September to learn if you are smarter than a nematode. Watch the videos from SCN Coalition experts for the answers: thescncoalition.com/nematodeday/