Professor at UC Davis, studying plant immunity and bacterial pathogens. Loves weightlifting, running, and the outdoors. Views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3ml5h6lwyoc2gThis work shows that experimental context shapes Arabidopsis immune responses, with implications for how we interpret PRR signaling assays. Heavy lifting by @alba-mp.bsky.social and undergrad researcher Hanxu Sha (who will now pursue her PhD in a plant biology lab at Stanford). [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5h6lwyoc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3ml5gyaxqzc2gCongratulations on your new position Yi-Chang! You will be greatly missed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 00:28 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5gyaxqzc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3mjpzz45wyc2dWe are hiring! We’re excited to recruit a postdoc to our lab at UC Davis to work on plant immune engineering and single-cell analyses of plant pathogen interactions. Apply by June 1. Please repost. https://www.coakerlab.org/postdoctoral-position.html17 Apr 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpzz45wyc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3mitqo54kws2ySad to hear that Sally Miller @samtime.bsky.social, an excellent scientist and person passed away. Her research had huge impact on applied plant pathology. I overlapped with her at OSU and she was a champion for many early career researchers. https://plantpath.osu.edu/our-people/sally-miller06 Apr 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitqo54kws2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3miji22ifik2gI’m not enjoying this season of reality.02 Apr 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3miji22ifik2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3mia6b5janc2enice comprehensive review on plant cell surface receptors. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.7080029 Mar 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mia6b5janc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3mhh6erm6rc24work on a grant proposal - oh that seems like an interesting and relevant paper. Oh sh*t, that's my paper grossly plagiarized in a crappy way. 🫠19 Mar 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhh6erm6rc24https://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3mhdtsnmprs2zhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-026-01284-018 Mar 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdtsnmprs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3mh2ge4bbgs2k11 months14 Mar 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh2ge4bbgs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gittacoaker.bsky.social/post/3mgt2aviwe22sCAR1 NLR is preferentially expressed in guard cells and mediates stomatal immunity against AvrE1 during invasion (to some P. syringae isolates). https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.09.710543v111 Mar 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:gi2nmb3yhjad5srto5vr2qs5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgt2aviwe22s