2025 turned out to be a great year overall, marked by high-impact publications and the successful graduation of five PhD candidates and two Master’s students.
In 2025, 20 publications were accepted, including in Science, Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, PNAS, Cell Reports, EBioMedicine, and the ISME Journal. Having at their heart protein structure, function, and engineering, these studies span plant and human biology, as well as fundamental and applied sciences.
Breakthrough discoveries in plant immunity and signaling, including kinase fusion proteins, NLR activation, and cooperative strigolactone perception (Nature Genetics, Science, Nature Communications).
Mechanistic insights into human disease, spanning pathogenic protein aggregation, neurodevelopmental disorders, and clinical genomics (PNAS, EBioMedicine, Commun. Biol.).
Advances in enzymology and metabolism, revealing regulatory mechanisms in carotenoid and strigolactone pathways (Nature Communications, Cell Reports).
Global and local and translational impact, including discovery of marine plastic-degrading PETase enzymes, rapid nanobody-based diagnostics for Zika virus detection (ISME Journal, ACS Synthetic Biology)
These publications reflect strong interdisciplinary collaboration and mentorship, with significant contributions from our graduating PhD and Master’s students, whose work is now shaping multiple research fields.
We congratulate all authors and graduates on this outstanding achievement and look forward to the continued impact of their scientific journeys.
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