Thomas A. DeFalco

This study identifies GORK as the K+ channel mediating flg22-induced K+ efflux and stomatal closure during PTI in Arabidopsis.

This study identifies a phosphorylation-dependent mechanism by which BIK1 regulates TTL3 to control cellulose biosynthesis under salt stress.

The paper generates new alleles of BIK1 and PBL1 using CRISPR-Cas9 and shows their central role in pattern-triggered immunity, while highlighting pleiotropic effects of T-DNA insertions.

This study investigates the conserved and divergent roles of CPK28 in immune homeostasis across land plants, showing functional conservation in some contexts but divergence in others.

This study shows that Arabidopsis WAKs are not required for oligogalacturonide-induced signaling and immunity.

This study identifies HERK1 and ANJ as female determinants that redundantly promote pollen tube burst in synergid cells during plant fertilization.