W.-J. Cai

High temperature treatment optimized for symbiont suppression in an obligatory gut bacterial symbiosis in the stinkbug Plautia stali

This study investigates the effect of high temperature on symbiont suppression in the stinkbug Plautia stali, finding that 37°C treatment effectively reduces symbiont titers with minimal host damage.

Wounding perception by jasmonate-mediated JAZ condensation in plants

This study reveals that JAZ1 undergoes phase separation in response to wounding, facilitating rapid jasmonate signaling by reducing its interaction with MYC2 and recruiting COI1 for degradation.

Plasma membrane association and resistosome formation of plant helper immune receptors

This study identifies the role of positively charged residues in helper NLRs for phospholipid binding and plasma membrane association, and shows effector activation induces NRG1 oligomerization at the plasma membrane.

A transferrable and interpretable multiple instance learning model for microsatellite instability prediction based on histopathology images

This paper develops a transferable and interpretable deep learning model for MSI prediction from histopathology images, achieving high AUC scores in two cohorts.