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Liu, X.; Zuo, J.; Tao, J.; Fernie, A. R.; Wang, H.; Jiang, Y.; Ma, L.; He, X.; Feng, X.; Liu, Y. et al.; Zheng, Y.; Wang, Y.: A multi-omics dissection of the molecular mechanisms underlying water soaking in fresh-cut watermelon. Molecular Horticulture 6, 20 (2026)

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Lu, X.; He, Y.; Weng, W.; Liu, Z.; Gao, Y.; Shi, Y.; Li, W.; Lai, D.; Zhao, M.; Jha, R. et al.; Zhao, H.; Li, G.; Guan, C.; Shao, S.; Ruan, J.; Woo, S. H.; Ouyang, Y.; Quinet, M.; Georgiev, M. I.; Fernie, A. R.; Hou, C.; Zhang, K.; Liu, X.; Zhou, M.: Domestication of Tartary Buckwheat Shaped a Regulatory Module for Seedling Salt Tolerance by Targeting the Magnesium Transporter Gene FtMGT2. Advanced Science 13 (8), e11570 (2026)

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Stitt, M.: Tobacco ‘antisense’ lines with a stepwise reduction in Rubisco allowed a network approach to the regulation of photosynthesis, metabolism, allocation and growth. Planta 263 (3), 67 (2026)

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Tiozon, R. J. N.; Sreenivasulu, N.; Fernie, A. R.: Chemical strategies for mineral bioavailability. nature food (2026)

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Andreou-Huotari, G.M.; Brosché, M.; Hoffmann, J.; Nikoloski, Z.; Laitinen, R.A.E.: Spliceosomal Factor SmF Modulates Temperature-Mediated Flower and Leaf Size Plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant, Cell and Environment (2026)

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Annunziata, M. G.; Feil, R.; Lohse, M.; Figueroa, C. M.; Hartman, M. D.; Esmailpour , M.; Nikoloski, Z.; Koehl, K. I.; Stitt, M.; Lunn, J. E. et al.; Fichtner, F.: The sucrose:trehalose 6-phosphate nexus is conserved in flowering plants with different phloem loading and carbon storage strategies. Journal of Experimental Botany 77 (2), pp. 578 - 591 (2026)

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Apodiakou, A.; Heyneke, E.; Alseekh, S.; Pinsorn, P.; Metzger, S.; Kopriva, S.; Schulze, W.; Hoefgen, R.; Whitcomb, S.: SNRK3.15 Is a Crucial Component of the Sulfur Deprivation Response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Direct 10 (1), e70132 (2026)

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Bai, C.; Zhou, X.; Wu, C.; Fernie, A. R.; Wang, Y.; Jiang, Y.; Tao, J.; Liu, Y.; Zuo, J.; Sun, H. et al.; Zheng, Y.: Molecular mechanisms underlying ClO₂-mediated disease resistance and delayed ripening in postharvest apricot fruit. Journal of Future Foods (2026)

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Bakker, J.; Boinot, M.; Schann, K.; Kahnt, J.; Glatter, T.; Erb, T. J.; Nattermann, M.; Wenk, S.: Evolution-assisted engineering of formate assimilation via the formyl phosphate route in Escherichia coli. Metabolic Engineering 93, pp. 208 - 217 (2026)

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Barbieri, G.; Parola, R.; Feil, R.; Rodriguez, M. S.: Wave-like SnRK1 Activation and Tre6P–Sucrose Imbalance Shape Early Salt Stress Response in Growing Alfalfa Leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 77 (2), pp. 625 - 639 (2026)

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Chen, H.; Zuo, J.; Wang, Y.; Li, T.; Bai, C.; Fernie, A. R.; Wang, R.; Shi, Y.; Tao, J.; Feng, X. et al.; Ren, Y.; Wang, L.; Zheng, Y.: Effects of low-voltage electrostatic field on post-harvest sugar metabolism and stress resistance in sweet corn. Postharvest Biology and Technology 231, 113859 (2026)

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Covell, L.; Machado, M.; Vaz, M.G.M.V.; Martins, A.O.; Monte Bello, C.C.; Mubeen, U.; Rocha, D.N.; Martins, M.A.; Caldana, C.; Araújo, W.L. et al.; Nunes-Nesi, A.: Differential metabolic reprogramming due to nitrogen starvation leads to remobilization of storage metabolites in microalgal strains. Journal of Biotechnology 409, pp. 231 - 246 (2026)

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Ibrahim, M.; Khalil, A.; Attia, H.; Alseekh, S.; Mohamed, A.; EL-Yamany, M.: Gut Microbiome-Sphingolipid Metabolism-Brain Axis Interactions: Neuroprotective Effects of Amitriptyline as Functional Inhibitor of Acid Sphingomyelinase in a Mouse Model of Tauopathy. JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNE PHARMACOLOGY 21, 3 (2026)

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Kuhalskaya, A.; Li, X.; Lee, J.; Gonda, I.; von Steimker, J.; Bulut, M.; Karakas, E.; Fisher, J.; Krämer, K.; Rosental, L. et al.; Wijesingha Ahchige, M.; Garbowicz, K.; Klemmer, A.; Ruß, A.-K.; Donath, A.; Cuadros-Inostroza, A.; Boerjan, W.; Tieman, D. M.; Zamir, D.; Klee, H. J.; Alseekh, S.: Genetic architecture of the tomato fruit lipidome. PNAS Nexus 5 (1), pgaf401 (2026)

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Luo, Y.; Liu, Y.; Liu, J.; Liu, X.; Li, H.; Wu, Y.; Zhao, J.; Wang, Y.; Fang, W.; Jian, L. et al.; Zhuo, L.; Li, W.; Zhan, J.; Fernie, A. R.; Yan, J.: Optimizing thiamine pyrophosphate metabolism enhances crop yield and quality. Nature Communications 17, 165 (2026)

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Martinez Rivas, F.J.; Smith, M. A.; Zangishei, Z.; Alseekh, S.; Usadel, B.; Plaxton, W. C.; Fernie, A. R.: Malate matters: disrupting bacterial-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (BTPC) rewires tomato fruit development. Plant Physiology, kiag026 (2026)

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Nakamura, M.; Bente, H.; Derkacheva, M.; Gentry, M.; Landberg, K.; Thelander, M.; Sundberg, E.; Hennig, L.; Köhler, C.: Chromatin-associated DEK proteins maintain H3K27me3 balance and coordinate developmental transitions in plants. New Phytologist 249 (2), pp. 930 - 944 (2026)

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Ren, Y.; Mu, J.; Wang, Y.; Fernie, A. R.; Feng, X.; Tao, J.; Bai, C.; Ma, L.; Li, T.; Liu, Y. et al.; Chen, H.; Zuo, J.; Zheng, Y.: Inhibitory effect of low-voltage electrostatic field on postharvest black spot development in cauliflower. Journal of Future Foods (2026)

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Siani, R.; Si, Y.; Thaqi, S. K.; Stabl, G.; Gutjahr, C.; Schloter, M.: Loss of the flagellar regulator FlhC changes the transcriptional response of plant-associated Acidovorax delafieldii strains to metabolites from Rhizophagus irregularis-colonized Lotus japonicus roots. ISME Communications, ycaf235 (2026)

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Signorelli, S.; Velappan, Y.; Hermawaty, D.; Feil, R.; Couture, C.; Considine, J. A.; Lunn, J. E.; Considine, M. J.: Seasonal changes in the physiology and metabolism of grapevine latent buds. Journal of Experimental Botany, eraf547 (2026)

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Singh, A.; Schwartzenberg, R. J.-v.; Wagner, R.; Sandforth, L.; Sandforth, A.; Jähnert, M.; Ganslmeier, M.; Kabisch, S.; Perakakis, N.; Preißl, H. et al.; Fritsche, A.; Stefan, N.; Walther, D.; Ouni, M.; Birkenfeld, A. L.; Schürmann, A.: Stratifying high-risk prediabetes clusters using blood-based epigenetic markers. Biomarker Research 14, 19 (2026)

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Strand, D.; Ruf, S.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Bock, R.: Proton channel inactivation results in loss of chloroplast NDH complex activity. Plant Physiology, kiag010 (2026)

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Xu, C.; Wang, Y.; Fei, N.; Basang, Y.; Yang, H.; Dunzhu, J.; Yuan, H.; Wang, M.; Zha, S.; Da, W. et al.; Xiongnu, T.; Basang, P.; Yang, C.; Xu, Q.; Wei, Z.; Gan, Y.; Tang, Y.; Fernie, A. R.; Chen, Z.; Luo, J.; Guo, G.; Zeng, X.: Metabolic adaptations of Qingke: A review of stress resilience and nutritional functions. The Crop Journal (2026)

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Xu, R.; Ferguson, J.; Breil-Aubert, M.; Kromdijk, J.; Nikoloski, Z.: Generalizability and transferability of machine learning models using hyperspectral reflectance data for maize traits. Scientific Reports (2026)

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Zhang, S.-C.; Lin, Y.-C.; Wu, C.-Y.; Hsieh, Y. E.; Meng, Y.-Z.; Yang, S.-H.; Fan, T.-Y.: Effects of Blue Light and Feeding on the Physiological Performance of Reef Corals, Stylophora pistillata and Pocillopora damicornis. Zoological Studies 65, 6 (2026)

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Zhang, Y.; Fernie, A. R.: Nanocoated bacteria for sustainable fertilization. nature food 7, pp. 13 - 14 (2026)

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Zhu, J.; Santos-González, J.; Wang, Z.; Strothans, T.; Ribeiro, C.; Henrique, T.; Zhang, A.; Melnyk, C. W.; Meyers, B. C.; Köhler, C.: Long-distance transport of siRNAs with functional roles in pollen development. Nature Plants (2026)

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Zhu, Q.; Van de Velde, S.; Wijnants, S.; Carolus, H.; Jacobs, S.; Sofras, D.; Vandecruys, P.; Van Goethem, O.; Feil, R.; Vergauwen, R. et al.; Van Genechten, W.; Van den Ende, W.; Rybak, J. M.; Himmelreich, U.; Lunn, J. E.; Van Dijck, P.: Accumulation of Trehalose 6-Phosphate in Candidozyma auris results in Decreased Echinocandin Resistance and Tolerance. Nature Communications 17, 311 (2026)

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Deng, R.; Chen, X.; Fernie, A. R.; Zhang, Y.: Scalable AI-driven protein engineering with AiCE. Molecular Plant 18 (12), pp. 2054 - 2056 (2025)

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Doghri, M.; Rodríguez, V.; Erban, A.; Alcántara-Enguidános, A.; Rosa-Téllez, S.; Kopka, J.; Renau-Morata, B.; Ros, R.: Increasing temperatures and CO2 impact on primary and specialized metabolism of Brassica species. PLANT STRESS 18, 101083 (2025)

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Fàbregas, N.; Yoshida, T.; Fernie, A. R.: Bidirectional crosstalk between plant hormone signaling and metabolism. Plant Physiology, kiaf630 (2025)

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Feng, X.; Meng, D.; Wang, Y.; Fernie, A. R.; Bai, C.; He, X.; Tao, J.; Zhou, X.; Ren, Y.; Zuo, J. et al.; Zheng, Y.: Chlorine dioxide affects metabolism of harvested cauliflower. Postharvest Biology and Technology 230, 113735 (2025)

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Fernie, A. R.: Spotlight on “Proximity proteomics reveals a mechanism of fatty acid transfer at lipid droplet-mitochondria- endoplasmic reticulum contact sites” by Bezawork-Geleta et al. 2025. Journal of Mitochondria, Plastids and Endosymbiosis 3 (1), 2493930 (2025)

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Fernie, A. R.; Timm, S.: Differing metabolic responses of guard cells to blue light. New Phytologist 248 (5), pp. 2184 - 2186 (2025)

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Lopes, A.; Sandoval-Ibanez, O.; Arrivault, S.; Rolo, D.; Loiacono, F.V.; Erban, A.; Karcher, D.; Obst, S.; Ruf, S.; Kopka, J. et al.; Bock, R.: Plastid Engineering for Photosynthesis-Driven Synthesis of Hyaluronic Acid in Tobacco. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2025)

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Moratti, F. G.; Lonoce, C.; Obst, S.; Kroop, X.; Karcher, D.; Ruf, S.; Bock, R.: A Set of Intein-Split Selectable Marker Genes for Efficient Co-Transformation. Plant Biotechnology Journal (2025)

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Østerlund, I.; Nyboe Ørting, S.; Leverett, A.; Théroux-Rancourt, G.; Ebrahimi, S.; Wang, Y.; Nikoloski, Z.; Kromdijk, J.; Persson, S.: Rho GTPase overexpression impacts leaf internal architecture and mesophyll conductance in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 248 (6), pp. 3053 - 3066 (2025)

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Sánchez de Medina-Hernández, V.; Nava-García, M.M.; Bianchi, A.; Clavel, M.; Papareddy, R.K.; Benchalel, L.; Andreev, V.I.; Mathur, V.; Mohseni, A.; Garcia-León, M. et al.; Gao, P.; de la Concepción, J.C.; Picchianti, L.; Grujic, N.; Kobylinska, R.; Abdrakhmanov, A.; Duverge, H.; Anand, G.; Leibrock, N.; Ma, J.; Raffeiner, M.; Crawford, T.S.; Argirò, L.; Matuszkiewicz, M.; Wun, C.-L.; Kanne, J.V.; Meinhart, A.; Roitinger, E.; Bäurle, I.; Kang, B.H.; Petersen, M.; Üstün, S.; Kulathu, Y.; Clausen, T.; Ramundo, S.; Dagdas, Y.: Cross-species interactome analysis uncovers a conserved selective autophagy mechanism for protein quality control in plants. Developmental Cell (2025)

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Satanowski, A.; Marchal, D.G.; Perret, A.; Petit, J.-L.; Bouzon, M.; Döring, V.; Dubois, I.; He, H.; Smith, E.N.; Pellouin, V. et al.; Petri, H.M.; Rainaldi, V.; Nattermann, M.; Burgener, S.; Paczia, N.; Zarzycki, J.; Heinemann, M.; Bar-Even, A.; Erb, T.J.: Design and implementation of aerobic and ambient CO2-reduction as an entry-point for enhanced carbon fixation. Nature Communications 16 (1), 3134 (2025)

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Wang, Y.; Guan, Z.; Wang, Q.; Wang, H.; Yin, X.; Zhu, Z.; Gong, Z.; Qin, Y.; Fernie, A. R.; Deng, X. et al.; Zhu, F.; Yin, P.; Cheng, Y.: Structural basis of VLCFA chain-length determination by the KCS6-CER2 complex in plants. Science Advances 11 (51), eadz9463 (2025)

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Arrivault, S.; Medeiros, D.B.; Sales, C. R. G.; Guenther, M.; Kromdijk, J.; Fernie, A. R.; Stitt, M.: Metabolite profiling reveals slow and uncoordinated adjustment of C4 photosynthesis to sudden changes in irradiance. Plant Physiology 199 (3), kiaf508 (2025)

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Cao, P.; Shen, S.; Yang, J.; Fernie, A. R.; Luo, J.; Wang, S.: Phenolamides: metabolic architects of plant adaptation. Trends in Plant Science (2025)

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De la Concepcion, J.; Duverge, H.; Kim, Y.; Julian, J.; Xu, H.; Watt, M.; Ikene, S.; Bianchi, A.; Grujic, N.; Papareddy, R. et al.; Grishkovskaya, I.; Haselbach, D.; Murray, D.; Clavel, M.; Irwin, N.; Dagdas, Y.: Electrostatic changes enabled the diversification of an exocyst subunit via protein complex escape. Nature Plants 11, pp. 2350 - 2367 (2025)

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Flexas, J.; Fernie, A. R.; Usadel, B.; Alonso-Forn, D.; Ardiles, V.; Ball, M. C.; Ballesteros, D.; Bravo, L.; Brodribb, T. J.; Carriquí, M. et al.; Castanyer-Mallol, F.; Cavieres, L. A.; Chondol, T.; Clemente-Moreno, M. J.; Coopman, R. E.; Corcuera, L.; De Vries, J.; Diaz-Espejo, A.; Dolezal, J.; Ergo, V.; Fernández, H.; Fernández-Marín, B.; Galmes, J.; García-Plazaola, J. I.; Quintanilla, L. G.; Gulías, J.; Hernández, A.; Luo, K.; Martínez-Abaigar, J.; Nadal, M.; Niinemets, Ü.; Núñez-Olivera, M. E.; Ostria-Gallardo, E.; Perera-Castro, A. V.; Pérez-López, U.; Ribas-Carbo, M.; Roig-Oliver, M.; Rojas, R.; Sáez, P.; Tosens, T.; Viveros, R.; Xiong, D.; Yan, J.; Zhang, Y.; Gago, J.: What can we learn from the ecophysiology of plants inhabiting extreme environments?: from ‘sherplants’ to ‘shercrops’. Journal of Experimental Botany 76 (14), eraf236, pp. 4831 - 4848 (2025)

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Florez-Rueda, A.M.; Scharmann, M.; de Souza, L. P.; Fernie, A. R.; Bachelier, J. B.; Figueiredo, D.D.: Genomic imprinting in an early-diverging angiosperm reveals an ancient mechanism for seed initiation in flowering plants. New Phytologist 249 (4), pp. 1580 - 1591 (2025)

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Giustini, C.; Dal Bo, D.; Storti, M.; Van Vlierberghe, M.; Baurain, D.; Cardol, P.; Zhang, Y.; Fernie, A. R.; Fitzpatrick, D.; Aro, E. et al.; Allorent, G.; Albanese, P.; Tolleter, D.; Curien, G.; Finazzi, G.: A Mitochondrially Related Plastidial Transporter Regulates Photosynthesis in the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Physiologia Plantarum 177 (6), e70640 (2025)

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Iglesias-Sanchez, A.; Del-Saz, N. F.; Ezquerro, M.; Feixes-Prats, E.; Ribas-Carbo, M.; Fernie, A. R.; Rodriguez-Concepción, M.; Florez-Sarasa, I.: Activation of alternative oxidase ensures carbon supply for ethylene and carotenoid biosynthesis during tomato fruit ripening. Plant Physiology 199 (3), kiaf516 (2025)

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Jaeger, C.; Lintelmann, J.; Franke, R.; Artati, A.; Cecil, A.; Broda, F.; Klawonn, F.; Erban, A.; Kopka, J.; Fuchs, B. et al.; Sommer, U.; Neumann-Schaal, M.; O’Connor, G.: Analytical practices, use and needs of standard and reference materials in the German-speaking metabolomics community: results of an online survey. Metabolomics 21, 171 (2025)

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Karakas, E.; Fernie, A. R.: What metabolomics has taught us about tomato fruit ripening and quality. Journal of Experimental Botany 76 (21), pp. 6245 - 6258 (2025)

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Sales, C.; Arrivault, S.; Tonetti, T.; Clapero, V.; Vath, R.; Cubas, L.; Stitt, M.; Kromdijk, J.: Sub-optimal temperature leads to tighter coupling between photosynthetic electron transport and CO2 assimilation under fluctuating light in maize. Plant Physiology 199 (3), kiaf581 (2025)

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