📬 C-SPIRIT News: June & July 2026 Our latest issue looks back at the 2026 All-Hands Meeting, spotlights the Kusano Lab and teams at Guelph and RIKEN, and shares new publications, upcoming events and social media posts from across the Center. 🌱 🔗 createsend.com/t/y-37E18AEB... #plantscience

New C-SPIRIT publication! 🍅🌱 C-SPIRIT members Toon Suzuki and Hiroshi Ezura, with Mariko Takayama (University of Tsukuba), found that enhanced GABA biosynthesis helped tomatoes maintain yield while increasing GABA and dry matter under salt stress. 🧂 📖 doi.org/10.1002/pei3... #plantscience

🌍 It's World Nature Conservation Day! 🌱 Today reminds us that protecting nature means investing in a more sustainable future. At C-SPIRIT, we support that mission by discovering plant- and microbe-derived compounds that help crops thrive under environmental stress. 💚 #plantscience

🌱 New C-SPIRIT Publication! 📚 Congrats to C-SPIRIT member Jun Hyuck Lee and colleagues on their new paper in Fitoterapia! 🎉 They identified five previously undescribed compounds from Antarctic moss, including one with promising bioactivity. 🌿 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.fi... #PlantScience

Murphy Zabala shares C-SPIRIT potato research at MSU 🌱 At MidSURE, MSU’s undergrad research symposium, Murphy presented work on variety-specific growth and physiological responses in potatoes. Murphy is an REU student from Cuyahoga Community College working in Ola Skirycz’s lab! #plantscience

Congratulations to Hui-Kyong Cho and Hatem Rouached (@hatem-rouached.bsky.social) of Michigan State University as well as their collaborators on their new article “Coumarins link iron deficiency to TOR inhibition in plants” published in Current Biology! 🌿🔬 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #PlantScience

New C-SPIRIT publication! 🌽 Congrats to MSU researchers Maddy Creach, Addie Thompson, Robert VanBuren, as well as their collaborators, on their new publication! In it, they combine multi-omics data to improve maize trait prediction across environments. 🧬 📘 doi.org/10.1093/plce... #plantscience

C-SPIRIT Team Member Highlight! 🌱 Congratulations to C-SPIRIT member Joe Hamm (@istudytrust.bsky.social) on his promotion to Full Professor in the MSU College of Social Science! 🎉 We’re proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition of his scholarship, leadership, and service. #plantscience

🌱 Upcoming C-SPIRIT team member talk! 🔬 Dr. Sue Rhee will present at #PlantBiology2026 🇨🇦 Her talk explores how Arabidopsis RHAMNOSE 1 forms “rhamnosomes” that help drive UDP-rhamnose synthesis and plant development. 🗓️ Monday, July 20, 4:10 pm EDT 📍 Room 214 🔗 plantbiology.aspb.org/ #plantscience

🌱 New C-SPIRIT publication! Congratulations to C-SPIRIT members Sean Robertson, Chi Dang, Asher Pasha, Nicholas Provart, and Olivia Wilkins as well as their collaborators, on the publication of their article in New Phytologist! 🌾🧬 📖: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience

🌱 Our 2026 C-SPIRIT All-Hands Meeting! 🌏 Last week, our team gathered in person at RIKEN Yokohama in Japan for pipeline working time, a poster session, networking, and dinner aboard the Yakatabune Suzuyoshi Riverboat 🚢✨ Thank you to our hosts, organizers, and attendees 💚 #PlantScience

🧬 New C-SPIRIT Publication! Congratulations to C-SPIRIT members Prakash Paudel, Kamal Prasad Regmi, and Tae-Jin Oh of Sun Moon University on their new Bioorganic Chemistry article on CYP154C10 biocatalysis! doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #plantscience

🌱 C-SPIRIT is headed to IBS 2026! 🌏 Our members will present in the JST ASPIRE Symposium session “International Research Center for Enhancing Plant Resilience" 🎤 Featuring Motoaki Seki, Kathe Rivera-Zuluaga, Nick Schlecht, Miyo Yamane, Shogo Kuwayama, Toon Suzuki & Suzuka Matsuki #PlantScience

🌱 New C-SPIRIT Publication! Congrats to Jayram Karmacharya, Prasansah Shrestha & Tae-Jin Oh of SunMoon University on their new publication "CotA Laccase-Catalyzed Catechol Oxidation for Functional Chitosan and Iron oxide Nanoparticles in Aqueous Systems"! 🧪 📖 doi.org/10.1007/s109... #CSPIRIT

Last week, C-SPIRIT members Cobus Smit, Gaurav Moghe, and Benjamin Lichman attended #PSNA2026 in Madison, WI! 🌱🔬 They shared work spanning plant biosynthetic gene cluster evolution, AI/ML tools for plant biochemistry, and nicotine biosynthesis 🧬💻🌿 #PlantScience

🌱🤖 New C-SPIRIT Publication! Congrats to C-SPIRIT members Gaurav Moghe, Alen Zimić, Nicholas Provart, Olivia Wilkins, Robert VanBuren, Sue Rhee, and Yuying Xie & colleagues on their new The Plant Cell Perspective on GenAI and plant science training. 🌎🌿 📖 doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

🌱 Welcome to C-SPIRIT, Henry! Henry Nvenankeng will join Michigan State University as a Research Associate within the Rhee Lab this August, studying how nematodes respond to plant-derived compounds and environmental stress. 🪱🔬 We are so excited to have Henry on the C-SPIRIT team! #PlantScience

📢 New C-SPIRIT Publication! Congrats to Byeollee Kim, So-Ra Han, Jun Hyuck Lee, Tae-Jin Oh & colleagues on their new article! They report the genome of polar-adapted Pseudomonas sp. PAMC25886, offering insight into cold adaptation & biodegradation. ❄️🧬 📖 doi.org/10.1128/mra.... #plantscience

📬 Our May 2026 C-SPIRIT Newsletter is out now! This month: the launch of a new Lab Spotlight series feat. the Provart Lab at UToronto, a KOPRI feature, a new member publication, upcoming events, & social media posts. 🌱 🔗 createsend.com/t/y-630438C3... Sub: forms.gle/hWQycasrts2m... #plantscience

📢 Upcoming C-SPIRIT Member Talk! C-SPIRIT member Gaurav Moghe from Cornell will present “Advancing biochemical studies with LLMs and PLMs” for the AgBioData webinar series. 📅 June 3, 1 PM EDT 📍 Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8203835612... , passcode: 160683 🔗 www.agbiodata.org/webinars #plantscience

Huge congrats to C-SPIRIT member Dr. Younsuk Dong on receiving the 2026 CANR Early Career Researcher Award at MSU! 💧🌱 His work advancing sustainable irrigation and water management is helping support resilient agriculture for the future. Read more: www.canr.msu.edu/news/younsuk... #plantscience

Happy Fascination of Plants Day! 🌱 Plants are fascinating, essential, and full of possibility. At C-SPIRIT, we’re proud to support international collaboration in plant science for a more sustainable and resilient future. #plantscience

Huge congrats to C-SPIRIT member Robert VanBuren (@bobvanburen.bsky.social) on receiving the 2026 CANR Mid-Career Researcher Award at MSU! 🌱 His work advancing climate-resilient crops is making a real impact on the future of agriculture. Read more: www.canr.msu.edu/news/hoffman... #plantscience

📬 Our April 2026 C-SPIRIT Newsletter is out now! This month: a new blog post on our MSU SciFest outreach, a Simon Fraser University feature, new publications, upcoming events, & community highlights. 🌱 🔗 msunatsci.cmail20.com/t/y-e-akrukk... Subscribe: forms.gle/hWQycasrts2m... #plantscience

📢 C-SPIRIT team member talk! Dr. Cobus Smit (University of York, @cobussmit.bsky.social) will be speaking at #pint26 🍻 🌱 Medicines for Plants – Can we make crops climate resilient? 📅 May 19 | 7:30 PM BST 📍 York (Red Goat Climbing) 🔗 pintofscience.co.uk/event/health... #PlantScience

Happy Earth Day! 🌱🌍 A more sustainable future starts with resilient plants—that’s why C-SPIRIT connects global teams to drive plant innovation and resilience. #EarthDay #PlantScience

🎉 Congrats to C-SPIRIT member Mazhar Sher (SDSU) & colleagues on their paper in Environmental Monitoring & Assessment! They use deep learning to rapidly detect nitrate & nitrite in water from test strip images, supporting sustainable ag & ecosystem health. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s106... #plantscience

🎉 Congratulations to C-SPIRIT member David Douches from MSU on receiving the 2026 Innovation Celebration Technology Transfer Achievement Award! His work bridges lab discovery & agriculture, advancing more resilient & sustainable crops. 🌱 🔗 Read more: www.canr.msu.edu/news/david-d... #plantscience

At the C-SPIRIT Booth at MSU's Science Festival, see how different compounds help defend crops to survive scorching heat, dry soil, or hungry insects! By studying these special natural helpers, C-SPIRIT helps farmers grow strong crops and support a more sustainable future for agriculture.

April 7th is #WorldHealthDay 🌍 Plant health is easy to overlook, but it underpins our crops, food systems, ecosystems, and long-term human health. Our work at C-SPIRIT focuses on building plant resilience to support that bigger picture 🌱 #plantscience