Issue No. 3, 2010 International Society for Reporter Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions IN THIS ISSUE MPMI’s Impact Factor on the Rise! MPMI’s Impact Factor .............................1 The 2009 Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Impact Factors were recently released, and Molecular Plant-Microbe MPMI Focus Issue Interactions’ (MPMI’s) one-year impact factor rose to 4.407, an Editorial Overview ...................................1 increase of nearly 6.6%! According to Thomson Reuter’s Journal A Letter from the President ...............2 Citation Reports (JCR), which publishes the ISI Impact Factors, Gregory Martin Named a journal’s impact factor is the average number of times its Noel T. Keen Awardee ..........................3 recent articles were cited in the JCR cover year. Recent articles are those published in the two years preceding the JCR cover Meet IS-MPMI Members ......................5 year. Impact factors are calculated yearly for those journals that Noel T. Keen Award Nomination are indexed in JCR. The impact factor is useful in understanding Deadline .........................................................6 the significance of absolute citation frequencies. A separate calculation is a journal’s five-year impact factor. MPMI’s five- MPMI Articles from 20 Years Ago ................................................6 year impact factor made an impressive increase of more than 12.5% to 4.844. Thank you to all journal authors, reviewers, and editors! Your efforts contribute to the continued XV International Congress ..................7 success of the journal. Become a part of the success story, publish in MPMI. n MPMI Journal Articles .............................8 Digital Version of MPMI Focus Issue Editorial Overview: IS-MPMI Reporter .........................................9 Cell Biology of Plant-Virus Interactions Employment ..............................................10 MPMI Senior Editors John P. Carr and Biao Ding Current Reviews in October MPMI .............................................................11 Viral infection has long been a powerful experimental system Open Access for MPMI Articles ....11 for fundamental discoveries in biology, ranging from molecular Welcome New Members ................12 mechanisms of gene expression at the cellular level to cell-to-cell communication at the organismal level. In early molecular studies Review of the Pseudomonas on plant viral infection, the central focus was on the identification syringae Conference .............................13 of viral factors responsible for replication, cell-to-cell and long- Coming Events ........................................16 distance movement, elicitation of plant defense responses, and induction of symptoms. Findings from these studies laid the foundation for subsequent investigations of the host factors involved in these processes. The research discoveries themselves John Carr and the cutting-edge multidisciplinary research tools that were IS-MPMI Members developed have firmly established the cell biology of plant-virus interactions as a vibrant field of current biological research. Invited to Kyoto! They have significantly advanced, and will continue to have an Ko Shimamoto, impact on, investigations of basic biological principles far beyond chair of the virology. The November 2010 MPMI Focus Issue will showcase Organizing these exciting developments with five invited reviews and nine Committee for research papers, covering replication, movement, resistance, and the IS-MPMI 2011 interviral interaction mechanisms. It is our special privilege and XV International honor to introduce these articles below. Congress, invites all members to The ability to replicate in a host cell is central to the ability of a attend the 2011 virus to initiate infection of the whole plant. The viral proteins Biao Ding Congress, which responsible for viral genomic amplification have long been well will be held for known. To fully understand viral replication mechanisms requires knowledge of the the first time in East Asia. See host factors. In the issue, Ishibashi and colleagues discuss a series of host factors that page 7 for full details from the function positively or negatively in viral replication, based on studies from the Tobacco chair. mosaic virus (TMV) model system. Host factors involved in the replication of other plant viral model systems have also been identified. The TMV analysis presented illustrates the MPMI Focus Issue Editorial Overview continued on page 4 Published by the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions IS-MPMI • 3340 Pilot Knob Road • St. Paul, MN 55121 U.S.A. • Phone: +1.651.454.7250 • Fax: +1.651.454.0766 • www.ismpminet.org A Letter from the President IS-MPMI Reporter Our society, founded 20 years ago, has continuously Editor-in-Chief: Jean-Pierre Metraux grown during these years, having an important Managing Editor: Michelle Bjerkness impact on the scientific community. Similarly, our Editor: Amanda Aranowski biannual congress, so far alternately located in Design: Joel Berg Europe and North America, has become more and The IS-MPMI Reporter is published three more attractive for scientists all over the world, with times per year by the International a steady increase of attendance, particularly young Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe scientists. Next year, we will start a new tradition, Interactions at 3340 Pilot Knob Road, Felice Cervone with the 2011 Congress being held in Kyoto, Japan, St. Paul, MN 55121 U.S.A. Phone: as recognition of the growing scientific contributions +1.651.454.7250, Fax: +1.651.454.0766, of our Asian colleagues to the field of plant-microbe E-mail: [email protected], Web: www.ismpminet.org. The IS-MPMI interactions. Kyoto is a charming city full of life and tradition, with a Reporter is distributed to all members. 1,200-year history. Established as Japan’s capital and emperor’s residence from 794 until 1868, it preserves the signs of its culture as testimonials of time. Ancient temples and shrines as well as private houses make this city IS-MPMI Board of Directors unique in many ways. Kyoto is a great place for dining out and also has President FELICE CERVONE beautiful natural surroundings where many festivals and ceremonies take President-Elect place. In the past, I personally experienced the beauty of the city and its SOPHIEN KAMOUN wonderful cuisine during a couple of visits. Immediate Past President, ex officio FEDERICO SANCHEZ The local Organizing Committee of the XV Congress, chaired by Ko Secretary Shimamoto from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, and MARIA J. HARRISON composed of Tomonori Shiraishi, Okayama University; Naoto Shibuya, Treasurer MATTEO LORITO Meiji University; Masayoshi Kawaguchi, National Institute for Basic Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Plant-Microbe Biology; Shinji Tsuyumu, Shizuoka University; Tetsuro Okuno, Kyoto Interactions University; Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kinki University; Ken Shirasu, RIKEN; GARY StaceY Tohru Teraoka, Tokio University of Agriculture; Yasuyuki Kubo, Kyoto Editor-in-Chief, IS-MPMI Reporter Prefectural University; and Kazuya Akimitsu, Kagawa University, is JEAN-PIERRE MÉTRAUX organizing a terrific program that will highlight the latest research in Director PETER DODDS pathogenic and symbiotic interactions. Director JANE GLAZEBROOK Eight plenary sessions will cover important topics, such as the mechanisms Director controlling the interactions of plants with insects, nematodes, and parasitic SHENG YANG HE plants; recognition and signaling; the biology of effector proteins; and the Director biotechnological applications of studies in plant-microbe interactions. EVA KONDOROSI Staff Contact, ex officio AMY HOPE Twenty-one concurrent sessions will also be organized, covering important topics, such as symbiotic and saprophytic plant-bacterium interactions; plant-oomycete interactions; mycorrhizal symbiosis; plant- IS-MPMI REPORTER DEADLINE nematode interactions; and plant-virus/viroid interactions; as well as The deadline for submitting items for nonhost resistance; plant responses; evolution of virulence susceptibility the next issue is December 15, 2010. and resistance; role of cell wall, quorum sensing, and plant hormones in Share your news, accomplishments, plant-microbe interactions; systems biology; and biocontrol. and upcoming meeting details with your colleagues. Submit articles, announcements, and any ideas you may Speakers will represent the most prestigious scientists in the different have for the next issue. You can send fields of plant-microbe interactions and most of them will be chosen from an e-mail (ismpmireportereditor@scisoc. the authors of the submitted abstracts. Tell your colleagues about the org) or submit your item online Kyoto Congress and, please, do not forget to renew your membership (www.ismpminet.org/newsletter/ to receive benefits and reduction in the 2011 Congress registration submissionform.asp). fee. Participate and enjoy the cutting-edge science in plant-microbe n Send items to: interactions presented at the XV Congress in Kyoto, August 2–6, 2011. Editor-in-Chief Jean-Pierre Métraux University of Fribourg Biology Dept. Rue Du Musee 10 Fribourg, 1700 Switzerland Phone: + 41 26 300 8811 E-mail: [email protected] 2 IS-MPMI Reporter Gregory B. Martin Named 2010 Noel T. Keen Awardee This year, the recipient of The protein kinase,” Martin stated. At Purdue, Martin and his American Phytopathological Society’s post-doctoral associates Jian-min Zhou and Xiaoyan (APS’s)