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Plant Immunity Lab
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The lab uncovers the mechanisms by which plants recognize pathogens and defend themselves.
AboutAbout the lab
The never-ending battle between plants and pathogenic microbes.
The lab studies how plants recognize pathogenic microorganisms and how they defend themselves.
Plants have sensors called NLR immune receptors, which detect pathogen invasion and trigger immunity.
Combining genome analysis, AI, and protein structure analysis, the lab predicts how receptors function from genome information and then tests those predictions.
Pathogens, for their part, remodel plant tissues to settle in. The lab also makes these strategies visible under the microscope.
Key terms
- NLR immune receptor
- A protein inside plant cells that detects pathogen invasion and triggers immunity
- Cyst nematode
- A tiny roundworm that parasitizes plant roots and causes severe damage to crops
- Three-dimensional structure
- The shape a protein takes when its chain of amino acids folds. The shape determines its function
ResearchResearch themes
The lab focuses on plant NLR immune receptors, aiming to understand both the diversity in how plants recognize pathogens and the features shared in how immunity is triggered. The goal is to clarify the whole picture of the plant NLR immune system.
*Illustrative imageMechanisms of plant immune responses
Focusing on plant NLR immune receptors, the lab investigates how plants recognize pathogens and how they trigger and regulate immune signaling.
*Illustrative imageHow pathogens manipulate plants
Microbes that parasitize plants cause major changes in host cells to create a comfortable environment for themselves. The lab studies how cyst nematodes, which parasitize roots, cause plant cells to fuse, by making the process visible under the microscope.
*Illustrative imageModifying immune molecules based on three-dimensional structure
Combining genome analysis, AI, and protein structure analysis, the lab predicts the function of immune receptors from genome information. Based on the results, it modifies molecules involved in immunity and tests how they work.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral and undergraduate students, secretaries, and technical assistants.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorHiroaki Adachi
- Assistant ProfessorMina Ohtsu
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Downy Mildew on 'Valiant' cultivar (Vitis vinifera x Vitis labrusca x Vitis riparia)” David S. Jones, Patricia McManus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Mechanisms of plant immune responses: “Nicotiana benthamiana” Chandres / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- How pathogens manipulate plants: “Aculus tetanothrix (Eriophyidae) - (gall), Arnhem, Netherlands” This image is created by user B. Schoenmakers at Waarneming.nl, a source of nature observations in the Netherlands. / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Modifying immune molecules based on three-dimensional structure: “1bt1” PDBsum staff at the European Bioinformatics Institute / Public domain (cropped)
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