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Khong‐Sam Chia

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Approach:experimental assay· 6 Organism:plant (other)· 6 Assay:proteomics· 4 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1

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Philip CarellaiD· 5 shared Alexa S. TyszkaiD· 2 shared Jonathan D. G. JonesiD· 2 shared Joseph F. WalkeriD· 2 shared Kristina GrenziD· 2 shared AmirAli ToghaniiD· 1 shared Baptiste CasteliD· 1 shared Chih‐Hang WuiD· 1 shared

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2024-2026 · peak 4/yr

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A Blast Fungus Effector Targets a Tubby-like F-box Protein to Suppress Plant Immunity

Indira Saado, J. R. Bennett, Luyao Huang, Khong‐Sam Chia, Nicholas J. Talbot, Mark James Banfield

This study identifies Tie1, a fungal effector that targets OsTLP7 to suppress plant immunity by altering its localization and transcriptional activity.

bioRxiv · Oct 30, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

Herbaria provide a valuable resource for obtaining informative mRNA

Alexa S. Tyszka, Khong‐Sam Chia, Eric C Bretz, Linda Mansour, Drew A. Larson, Nathanael Walker‐Hale, Philip Carella, Joseph F. Walker

This study demonstrates that RNA from herbarium specimens can be used for transcriptomics, validating the functional use of archival mRNA from a 1956 plant specimen.

Genome Research · Jun 1, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Canonical NLR immune receptor architecture enforces EDS1-dependency onto divergent TIR domains

Elenor Kennedy, Khong‐Sam Chia, He Zhao, Jonathan D. G. Jones, Philip Carella

The paper shows that NLR immune receptor architecture enforces EDS1-dependency on diverse TIR domains in plants.

bioRxiv · May 21, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology

A helper NLR channels organellar calcium to trigger plant immunity

Tarhan Ibrahim, Freddie J. King, AmirAli Toghani, Luyao Wang, Saskia Jenkins, Enoch Lok Him Yuen, Hung-Yu Wang, Cristina Vuolo, Nick Moritz Eilmann, Vanda Gabriela Adamkova, Khong‐Sam Chia, Baptiste Castel, Jonathan D. G. Jones, Philip Carella, Chih‐Hang Wu, , Tolga O. Bozkurt

This study identifies NRG1 as a plant NLR receptor that targets chloroplasts to trigger immunity by channeling stromal calcium into the cytosol, revealing a novel mechanism for organelle-specific immune signaling.

Science · Apr 30, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants

Kayla Robinson, Lucia Buric, Kristina Grenz, Khong‐Sam Chia, Michelle T. Hulin, Wenbo Ma, Philip Carella

The paper identifies conserved virulence factors in Pseudomonas viridiflava that enable infection of both liverworts and flowering plants.

Current Biology · Apr 1, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

A Necrotizing Toxin Promotes Pseudomonas syringae Infection Across Evolutionarily Divergent Plant Lineages

Kristina Grenz, Khong‐Sam Chia, Emma K Turley, Alexa S. Tyszka, Rebecca E. Atkinson, Jacob Reeves, Martin J. Vickers, Martin Rejzek, Joseph F. Walker, Philip Carella

This study identifies syringomycin as a key necrotizing toxin that enables Pseudomonas syringae to infect diverse plant lineages, including non-flowering species.

Cell Host & Microbe · Dec 19, 2024Peer-reviewedPlant Biology