{"id":389,"date":"2017-05-20T20:23:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T00:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/?page_id=389"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T19:00:09","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/?page_id=389","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Dr. Sargis Karapetyan<\/b>, current research scientist, <b>Dr. Musoki Mwimba<\/b>, former graduate student and post-doctoral fellow, and <b>Dr. Tianyuan Chen<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, have published their work in <b>PNAS<\/b>. Congratulations, Sargis, Musoki, and Tianyuan!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jianbin Su and Walter Gassmann, at <b>PNAS<\/b>, highlights the <b>Dong<\/b> lab&#8217;s recent paper in their article titled,  Gating of immune-triggered cell death is a redox rhythm\u2013specific output. Read the review <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2025\/11\/pnas-2025-Gating-of-immune-triggered-cell-death-is-a-redox-rhythm\u2013specific-output.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2024<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Dr. Lijun Cao<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Sargis Karapetyan<\/b>, current research scientist, <b> Heejin Yoo<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, <b>Dr. Tianyuan Chen<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Dr. Musoki Mwimba<\/b>, former graduate student and post-doctoral fellow, and <b>Xing Zhang<\/b>, have published their work in <b>Science<\/b>. Congratulations, Lijun, Sargis, Heejin, Tianyuan, Musoki, and Xing!<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Dr. Jordan Powers<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow (and former graduate student), <b>Xing Zhang<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b> Raul Zavaliev<\/b> former research scientist, and <b>Roni Ochakovski<\/b>, current undergraduate student, have published their work in <b>Molecular Plant<\/b>. Congratulations, Jordan, Xing, Raul, and Roni!<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Dr. Tianyuan Chen<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Dr. George Green<\/b>, former graduate student, <b>Dr. Jonathan Motley<\/b>, former graduate student, <b>Dr. Musoki Mwimba<\/b>, former graduate student and post post-doctoral fellow, and <b>Sargis Karapetyan<\/b>, current research scientist, have published their work in <b>PNAS<\/b>. Congratulations, Tianyuan, George, Jonathan, Musoki, and Sargis!<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>2023<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Dr. Dong Renews HHMI Grant<\/b><br \/>\nThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute (<a title=\"HHMI\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HHMI)<\/a> has renewed <b>Dr. Xinnian Dong<\/b> as one of their distinguished investigators.<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Dr. Yezi Xiang<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow (and former graduate student), <b>Tianyuan Chen<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, and <b> Yang He<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, have published their work in <b>Nature<\/b>. Congratulations, Yezi, Tianyuan, and Yang!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yizhu Lin and Stephen N. Floor, at <b>Nature<\/b>, highlights the <b>Dong<\/b> lab&#8217;s recent paper in their article titled,  Dynamic regulation of messenger RNA structure controls translation. Read the review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-023-02673-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Robin A. Smith, at <b>Duke Today<\/b>, highlights the <b>Dong<\/b> lab&#8217;s recent paper in their article titled,  Unzipping mRNA Rallies Plant Cells to Fight Infection. Read the write up <a href=\"https:\/\/today.duke.edu\/2023\/09\/unzipping-mrna-rallies-plant-cells-fight-infection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Dr. Tianyuan Chen<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Guoyong Xu<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, <b> George Green<\/b>, former graduate student, <b> Lijing Liu<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, and <b> Jonathan Motley<\/b>, former graduate student, have published their work in <b>Cell Host &amp; Microbe<\/b>. Congratulations, Tianyuan, Guoyong, George, Lijing, and Jonathan!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robin A. Smith, at <b>Duke Today<\/b>, highlights the <b>Dong<\/b> lab&#8217;s recent paper. Read the review <a href=\"https:\/\/today.duke.edu\/2023\/02\/dying-plant-cells-alert-healthy-cells-save-themselves-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Morgan Carter, of <b>The University <i>of<\/i> North Carolina <i>at<\/i> Chapel Hill<\/b>, previews the <b>Dong<\/b> lab&#8217;s recent paper. Read the preview titled, After the trap snaps in the plant immune response, in <b>Cell Host &amp; Microbe Previews<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2023\/05\/review-after-the-trap-snaps-in-the-plant-immune-response-carter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2022<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Dr. Jinlong Wang<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Xing Zhang<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b> George Green<\/b>, former graduate student, and <b> Guoyong Xu<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, have published their work in <b>Cell<\/b>. Congratulations, Jinglong, Xing, George, and Guoyong!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robin A. Smith, of <b>Duke Today<\/b>, highlights the <b>Dong<\/b> lab&#8217;s recent paper. Read the review <a href=\"https:\/\/today.duke.edu\/2022\/08\/how-plants-reprogram-their-cells-fight-invaders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kyusik Q. Kim and Hani S. Zaher, of <b>Washington University in St. Louis<\/b>, reviews the <b>Dong<\/b> lab&#8217;s recent paper. Read the review titled, Translating while under attack: Plant defense mRNAs find a way, in <b>Molecular Cell Biology<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2022\/09\/wang_paper_review_molecular-cell_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <b>National Science Foundation<\/b> newsletter highlights the recent work from the <b>Dong<\/b> lab, published in <b>Cell<\/b>, in the article titled, Plants reprogram their cells to fight invaders. Here&#8217;s how. Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.nsf.gov\/news\/plants-reprogram-their-cells-fight-invaders-heres-how?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Eytan Zlotorynski, of <b>Nature Reviews in Molecular Cell Biology<\/b>, <i>Volume 23, October 2022<\/i>, reviews the <b>Dong<\/b> lab&#8217;s recent paper. Read the review titled, Mechanism of pathogen-induced cap-dependent translation in plants, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2022\/09\/nature-review-molecular-cell-biology-wang_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Dr. Raul Zavaliev<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Jordan Powers<\/b>, current graduate student, and <b> John Withers<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, as well as members of the Pei Zhou lab at <b> Duke University<\/b> have published their work in <b>Nature<\/b>. Congratulations, Raul, Jordan, John, and the Zhou lab!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Megan Rosen, of <b>HHMI<\/b>, highlights the <b>Dong<\/b> and Zhou labs recent paper. Read the review, titled, <b>&#8220;Structure of \u2018Gliding Bird\u2019 Plant Protein Could Lead to Better Crops&#8221;<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/news\/structure-gliding-bird-plant-protein-could-lead-better-crops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Judy Myers, of <b>Advanced Photon Source<\/b>, at the <b>Argonne National Laboratory<\/b>, highlights the <b>Dong<\/b> and Zhou labs&#8217; recent paper. Read the review, titled, <b>&#8220;New Research May Enhance Disease Resistance in Plants&#8221;<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2022\/09\/review-advanced-photon-source-nature-review2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2021<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Dr. Xinnian Dong<\/b> participated in a discussion titled, &#8220;Do plants have Immune Systems?&#8221; with the <b>BBC World news<\/b>, listen to it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/play\/w3ct1pr0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Nicely done, Xinnian!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2020<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Raul Zavaliev<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Raj Mohan<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, and <b>Tianyuan Chen<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellowc, have published their work in <b>Cell<\/b>. Congratulations, Raul, Raj, and Tianyuan!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Lucia Strader, of Duke University, and Dr. Tanya Mattag, of St. Jude&#8217;s Children&#8217;s Research Hospital, review Dr. Zavaliev&#8217;s recent paper. Read the review, titled, &#8220;I Will Survive: How NPR1 Condensation Promotes Plant Cell Survival,&#8221; in CellPress <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2020\/09\/strader_review_cellpress_zavaliev2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>John Withers<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Paul Zwack<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Lijing Liu<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, <b>Shunping Yan<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, as well as fellow HHMI collaborators from the Zheng lab at the University of Washington have published their work in <b>Nature<\/b>. Congratulations, John, Paul, Lijing, Shunping, and the members of the Zheng lab!<\/p>\n<p><b>2019<\/b><br \/>\n<b> Dr. Dong<\/b> is featured in <b> Current Biology<\/b> with a question and answer session and a brief biography of her scientific background. See the article <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2019\/11\/dong_qa_current_biology_2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<b>2017<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Paul Zwack<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, has been awarded the <b>Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Fellowship from NIH\/NIGMS<\/b> for 2 years of support.  Congratulations, Paul!<\/p>\n<p><b>Guoyong Xu<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, Meng Yuan, visiting scientist from Huazhong Agricultural University in China, <b>Lijing Liu<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, <b>Edward Zhuang<\/b>, current undergraduate Duke student, <b>Sargis Karapetyan<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellow, and <b>Dr. Dong&#8217;s <\/b>papers, &#8220;uORF-Mediated Translation Allows Engineered Plant Disease Resistance Without Fitness Costs&#8221; and &#8220;Global Translational Reprogramming Is A Fundamental Layer of Immune Regulation in Plants&#8221; (<b>Nature<\/b>, May 17, 2017) have been featured in <b>Science<\/b>,  <b>Duke Research Blog<\/b>, and a video blog by the <b>Simple Biologist<\/b>.. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contributing <b> Science<\/b> writer Ryan Cross penned a wonderfully accessible piece about both articles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/news\/2017\/05\/rice-plant-engineered-tunable-immune-system-could-fight-multiple-diseases-once\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Contributing scientist for <b>Duke Research Blog<\/b> is <b> Jonathan Motley<\/b>, current graduate student in the Dong lab. Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/dukeresearch\/2017\/05\/17\/scientists-engineer-disease-resistant-rice-without-sacrificing-yield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kate Bredbenner, a Rockefeller University graduate student, AKA the <b>Simple Biologist<\/b> has produced a video blog breaking down about both article. Watch the video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3A6Kd2hcW3I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2017<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Dong Renews HHMI Grant<\/b><br \/>\nThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute (<a title=\"HHMI\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HHMI)<\/a> has renewed <b>Dr. Xinnian Dong<\/b> as one of their distinguished investigators.<\/p>\n<p><b>2015<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Dong Wang, Nita Amornsiripanitch, and Dr. Dong&#8217;s <\/b>paper, &#8220;A Genomic Approach to Identify Regulatory Nodes in the Transcriptional Network of Systemic Acquired Resistance in Plants&#8221; (<b>PloS Pathogens<\/b>, vol. 2 (2006), pp. 1042 &#8211; 1050) has been selected to be part of the 10th anniversary publication for PLoS Pathogens. Taken from their site &#8220;To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the launch of PLoS Pathogens, over 60 Section Editors, all experts on studies of viruses, bacteria, prions, fungi, oomycetes and parasites of animals and plants, were invited to select articles that they believed represented the very best exemplars from their respective fields. The resulting 42 articles were chosen for their scientific excellence, diversity and sheer influence on pathogens research and human health.&#8221; See the selected articles <a href=\"http:\/\/collections.plos.org\/pathogens-10th-anniversary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Dong<\/b>, is named one of &#8220;The World&#8217;s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015&#8221; by Thomas Reuters. Read the article <a title=\"Thomas Reuter 2015\" href=\"http:\/\/stateofinnovation.thomsonreuters.com\/worlds-most-influential-scientific-minds-report-2015?utm_term=jan&amp;utm_content=hcr-congrats&amp;utm_campaign=12772-HCR_WMISM-27815&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Eloqua#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Download a copy of the pdf <a title=\"Thomas Reuter 2015\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/reuter-_cited_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Jennifer Veigas<\/b>, science writer for <b>PNAS<\/b>, writes a wonderful profile of Dr. Dong, &#8220;Profile of Xinnian Dong,&#8221; <b>Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA <\/b>. Ms. Veigas&#8217;s profile is well written and enlightening. Read the article <a title=\"PNAS_Viegas_2015\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/pnas_2015_viegas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mian Zhou<\/b>, former graduate student, and <b>Wei Wang<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, of the the Dong lab, have published &#8220;Redox rhythm reinforces the circadian clock to gate immune response&#8221; in the June 22, 2015 edition of <b>Nature<\/b>, vol. 000 (2015), pp. 1 &#8211; 18. Mian and Wei, with help from <b>Musoki Mwimba<\/b>, previous graduate student, and <b>Jorge Marques<\/b>, current postdoc, in the Dong lab as well as Sargis Karapetyan, a graduate student from Nicolas Buchler&#8217;s lab, explain the correlation between the defense cycle and the circadian clock. <a title=\"Nature_2015\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/zhou_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robin A. Smith writes, &#8220;Dual Internal Clock Keep Plant Defenses on Schedule&#8221; in the June 22, 2015 edition of Duke Today. Read the article <a title=\"Zhou, Wang in Duke Today\" href=\"https:\/\/today.duke.edu\/2015\/06\/plantclocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Dual internal clocks keep plant defenses on schedule&#8221; in the June 22, 2015 edition of PhysOrg. Read the article <a title=\"Zhou, Wang in PhysOrg\" href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2015-06-dual-internal-clocks-defenses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Dual internal clocks keep plant defenses on schedule: Disturbing the tick-tock of one clock causes the other to tighten its timetable&#8221; in the June 23, 2015 edition of ScienceDaily. Read the article <a title=\"Zhou, Wang in Science Daily\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/06\/150622161844.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2014<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Jane Parker<\/b>, writes a wonderful preview, &#8220;Co-opting the Cell-Cycle Machinery for Plant Immunity,&#8221; <b>Cell Host &amp; Microbe<\/b> 16, December 10, 2014. Dr. Parker&#8217;s preview is written on our publication, &#8220;A Noncanonical Role for the CKI-RB-E2F Cell-Cycle Signaling Pathway in Plant Effector-Triggered Immunity,&#8221; in <b>Cell Host &amp; Microbe<\/b> 16, December 10, 2014. Read the article <a title=\"Jane Parker Preview 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/parker_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Dong<\/b>, is named one of &#8220;The World&#8217;s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014&#8221; in the June, 2014 publication by Thomas Reuters. Read the article <a title=\"Thomas Reuter 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/sciencewatch.com\/sites\/sw\/files\/sw-article\/media\/worlds-most-influential-scientific-minds-2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Download a copy of the pdf <a title=\"Thomas Reuter 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/thomas_reuter_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Duke Research Blog publishes, &#8220;Duke Researchers Cited for Their Infleunce&#8221; in the June 16, 2014 edition. Read the article <a title=\"Duke Researcher Blog 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/dukeresearch\/2014\/06\/13\/duke-researchers-cited-for-their-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Hearald Sun publishes, &#8220;Duke, UNC researchers recognized for influence&#8221; in the June 16, 2014 edition. Read the article <a title=\"The Herald Sun 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com\/news\/blog\/higheredch\/x805528118\/Duke-UNC-researchers-recognized-for-influence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Dr. Dong<\/b> is featured in <b>HHMI Bulletin,<\/b> Spring 2014\/ Vol. 27 No. 2. The article is titled <b>&#8220;Around The Clock,<\/b>&#8221; by Sarah C.P. William. Read the article <a title=\"HHMI Bulletin Spring 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/bulletin\/spring-2014\/around-clock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Click to download a copy of the HHMI Bulletin Spring 2014 <a title=\"HHMI Bulletin Spring 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/hhmi_bulletin_spring_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. To download a copy of the &#8220;Around The Clock&#8221; article click <a title=\"Around The Clock 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/hhmi_around_the_clock_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Dong<\/b> is featured in &#8220;Dawn attack: how plants anticipate pathogen infection,&#8221; by S.E. Gould on the <b>Scientific American <\/b>online blog. <a title=\"Scientific American Feb 2 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/lab-rat\/2014\/02\/02\/dawn-attack-how-plants-anticipate-pathogen-infection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scientific American blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Dong<\/b> is featured in <b>HHMI Bulletin,<\/b> Winter 2014\/ Vol. 27 No. 1. The article is titled <b>&#8220;Defenses Up,<\/b>&#8221; by Nicole Kresege. Read the article <a title=\"HHMI Bulletin Winter 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/bulletin\/winter-2014\/defenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Click to download a copy of the HHMI Bulletin Winter 2014 <a title=\"HHMI Bulletin Winter 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/hhmi_bulletin_winter_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. To download a copy of the &#8220;Defenses Up&#8221; article click <a title=\"Defenses Up 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/hhmi_defenses_up_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>2012<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Xiao-yu Zheng<\/b>, current graduate student, and <b>Natalie Weaver Spivey<\/b>, former graduate student, have published &#8220;Coronatine Promotes <i>Pseudomonas syringae<\/i>Virulence in Plants by Activating a Signaling Cascade that Inhibits Salicylic Scid Accumulation,&#8221; <b>Cell Host &amp; Microbe <\/b>, vol. 11 (2012), pp. 587-596 <a title=\"Zheng_2012\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/zheng_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Duke TODAY publishes, &#8220;Bacterium Signals Plant to Open Up and Let Friends In&#8221; in the June 13, 2012 edition featuring the publication. Read the article <a title=\"Duke TODAY 2012 pseudomonas\" href=\"http:\/\/today.duke.edu\/2012\/06\/pseudomonas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Zheng-Qing Fu<\/b>, <b>Shunping Yan<\/b>, and <b>Abdelaty Saleh<\/b>, current post-doctoral fellows, have published &#8220;NPR3 and NPR4 are receptors for the immune signal salicylic acid in plants&#8221;, <b>Nature<\/b>,<a title=\"Fu_2012\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/fu_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research News &amp; Views, written by Andrea A. Gust and Thorsten Nurnberger, in <b>Nature<\/b>, vol. 486 (14 June, 2012), pp. 198 &#8211; 199, features the NPR3 &amp; NPR4 article. Read the highlight <a title=\"Nature Review SA 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/review_fu_nature_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Editor&#8217;s Choice, written by John F. Foley, in <b>Science Signaling<\/b>, vol. 5, Issue 229 (19 June, 2012), pp. 170, features the NPR3 &amp; NPR4 article. Read the highlight <a title=\"Science Signaling SA 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/stke.sciencemag.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/sigtrans;5\/229\/ec170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Highlight, written by Magali Moreau, Miaoying Tian, and Daniel F. Klessig, in <b>Cell Research<\/b>, (26 June, 2012), features the NPR3 &amp; NPR4 article. Read the highlight <a title=\"Cell Research SA 2012\" href=\"\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/review_in_cell_research_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Karolina Mukhtar<\/b>, former post-doctoral fellow, has published &#8220;The HSF-like transcription factor TBF1 is a major molecular switch for plant growth-to-defense transition, <b>Current Biology<\/b>, vol. 22 no. 2 (January, 2012), pp. 103 &#8211; 112 <a title=\"Mukhtar 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/mukhtar_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research News publishes, &#8220;Call to Arms&#8221; in the January 12, 2012 edition featuring the work of Dr. Dong. Read the article <a title=\"HHMI write up of TBF1\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/TBF1_writeup_HHMI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Highlights in <b>Nature Immunology<\/b>, vol. 13 no. 4 (April, 2012), pp. 315, features the TBF1 paper. Read the highlight <a title=\"Nature Highlight Mukhtar 2012\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/mukhtar_nature_highlight_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2011<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Dong Receives HHMI-GBMF Grant<\/b><br \/>\nThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (GBMF) has selected <b>Dr. Xinnian Dong<\/b> as one of fifteen investigators from across the USA to receive a grant. Read the article <a title=\"HHMI-GBMF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hhmi.org\/news\/plantscience20110616.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. <b>Congratulations Xinnian!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Wei Wang<\/b>, current graduate student, and <b>Jinyoung Barnaby<\/b>, former graduate student, of the the Dong lab, have published &#8220;Timing of plant immune responses by a central circadian regulator&#8221; in the February 3, 2011 edition of <b>Nature<\/b>, vol. 470 (2011), pp. 110-114. <a title=\"Nature_2010\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/wang_2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cristina Luiggi writes, &#8220;Preparing for infection&#8221; in the February 2, 2011 edition of the TheScientist. Read the article <a title=\"Wang, Barnaby in TheScientist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-scientist.com\/news\/display\/57972\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>C. Robertson McClung writes, &#8220;Defence at dawn&#8221; in the February 3, 2011 edition of Nature. Read the article <a title=\"Wang, Barnaby in Nature\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/donglab\/files\/2017\/01\/McClung_news_views_2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Karl Leif Bates writes, &#8220;Immune Defense Revs for Morning Attack&#8221; in the February 3, 2011 edition of the Duke News. Read News &amp; Views <a title=\"Wang, Barnaby in Duke News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dukenews.duke.edu\/2011\/02\/plantimmune.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Von Michael Lange writes, &#8220;Immunabwehr der Pflanzen ist an eine innere Uhr gekoppelt&#8221; in the February 4, 2011 edition of Dradio.de. (Translation: &#8220;Immune defense of the plants is linked to an internal clock&#8221;) Read the article <a title=\"Wang, Barnaby in Dradio.de\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dradio.de\/dlf\/sendungen\/forschak\/1380986\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sindya N. Bhanoo writes, &#8220;To Defend Against Disease, a Plant Checks the Clock&#8221; in the February 8, 2011 edition of the New York Times. Read the article <a title=\"Wang, Barnaby in NYT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/08\/science\/08obplant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Dr. Sargis Karapetyan, current research scientist, Dr. Musoki Mwimba, former graduate student and post-doctoral fellow, and Dr. Tianyuan Chen, former post-doctoral fellow, have published their work in PNAS. Congratulations, Sargis, Musoki, and Tianyuan! 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