EPSO 6th Workshop on Plants and Microbiomes, Malaga 3.11.2025 – success and outcome. bit.ly/43jUtLg #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #biodiversity #EUFarm2Fork

Our article "Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" is finally published @plantphys.bsky.social! You can download the #OpenAccess PDF here: doi.org/10.1093/plph... But real connoisseurs of #AntimicrobialCompounds will want to get the vinyl boxset: #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

🌱📢46th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 16/10/2025 at 15.00 CET discussing The impact of ERC funding for Plant Sciences. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for spring seminars 👉http://bit.ly/3WpPYuC. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

We’re delighted to share that our paper has been just accepted in PCP! We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed! t.co/obQyD1rzI1

A long road to the Cover of Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI

Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI

✨🌙 ¡La Noche Europea de los Investigadores ya ha comenzado! Desde la EEZ-CSIC compartimos nuestra ciencia con tres talleres: plantas y bichos, microbiomas y nutrición animal y el mundo oculto visto con microscopía. ¡Visítanos en el stand de la @eezcsic.bsky.social! 🔬🌱🐄

Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI

Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI

Six years ago, I started at the MPIPZ with a head full of ideas. What a journey. I’m thrilled to share that, from Jan 2026, I will be moving to Zurich as a chaired associate professor at the University of Zurich. A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!

Congratulations Tonni🍻 Gonna miss you

updated preprint: Intriguingly, Arabidopsis responded with both, improved growth and enhanced defence to a maize-conditioned soil microbiome, and this dual microbiome feedbacks were mediated by priming of the defences. Credits to Katja Stengele et al.! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

SynCom of maize root bacteria: in team work, they detox differently. Interacting they redirect the metabolisation to an alternative degradation product. Credits: @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Dr. Christine Pestalozzi & teams @unibas.ch and @unibe.ch. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

www.unibas.ch/en/Research/... [some self-promo 🙈]

📜 A TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in Arabidopsis 🧑‍🔬 @henryjvr.bsky.social, @schandry.bsky.social, Claude Becker, Hiroaki Adachi, @kschlaeppi.bsky.social, et al. 📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome

Updated preprint: MMF1 is "a microbiota receptor” through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎯EPSO Contributions from plant research and innovation to EU circular regenerative and competitive #Bioeconomy – position paper from #PlantFactories, #Plants&Microbiomes and #Horticulture Working Groups. bit.ly/449vwSd. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

Here's a tutorial I wrote on how I design detection and cloning primers using Primer3. Hopefully it's helpful for students. 💚 binomicalabs.notion.site/PCR-Primer-D...

We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!

This is built on the foundation of one of the most compelling long-term forest studies in Europe. This will be one very lucky postdoc...

Are you interested in the ecology of deep soil forest fungi? We are hiring a postdoc (3y). More information here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

In order for trees to grow, they need to control their water balance meticulously. A study by researchers @unibas.ch & @tum.de shows how trees react to drought – and revises previous perceptions.

We will put forward a 500 million package for 2025-2027 to make Europe a magnet for researchers. As well as ambitious proposals for R&I in the next EU budget. We will also offer the best and brightest the right incentives to come to Europe ↓

Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/

Productivity of supplementary data 😂

📜 Marchantia polymorpha Defense Against Snail Herbivory 🧑‍🔬 Fabian Schweizer, @isabelmonte.bsky.social, Roberto Solano, Philippe Reymond 📔 Plant-Environment Interactions 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantEvoMPMI #Marchantia #Herbivory

Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭? We have several postdoc positions open at the moment! Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!

New paper in Microbiome (with fancy summary video): doi.org/10.1186/s401... 1. Many bacteria can realistically transition from soil to mature leaves. 2. Early stages post-germination shape colonization processes and diversity. 3. P-M-M interactions affect mostly deterministic colonzers. Enjoy!

PhD project offer: Plant secondary metabolites and the barley microbiome Supervisors: Dr. Matthew Agler, FSU www.bio.uni-jena.de/en/18304/pla...; Dr. John D'Auria, IPK Gatersleben More information: www.ice.mpg.de/402506/Proje... Apply now: jobs.ice.mpg.de/en/jobpostin...

Tracing evolution in Plants’ Transition to Land www.mpipz.mpg.de/5683322/pr-n... @mpipz.bsky.social

Gesucht: Administrative Assistenz für die Forschungsgruppe «Pflanzen Mikroben Interaktionen» jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Thrilled to share my first paper published at Current biology!! We found that the expression level of one single transcription factor converts beneficial root endophyte into pathogenic guy😈 (1/8) www.cell.com/current-biol...

We present MetaFlowTrain, an easy-to-build, highly parallelized, and cost-effective fluidic system for studying microbial exometabolites and their roles in modulating microbe–microbe–host interactions. Kudos to @chesneau-g.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social Give it a try: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interested in photosynthetic organisms? Looking for a space to focus on research and kick-start your journey as a group leader? We’d love for you to join us. We offer an incredibly competitive package—on par with about 2 ERC grants for 8 years—and a collaborative environment unlike anywhere else 1/2

In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers @tschopplab.bsky.social have now discovered that these skeletal cells do not just differ in their developmental origin, but also in their gene regulation. 👉 www.unibas.ch/en/News-Even...

#ASPBPlantCellTuesday #ICYMI

Extremely enjoyed the time with my former @mpipz.bsky.social colleagues, discussing about the root immunity and its link to leaf immunity at the JSPP conference @plantcellphysiol.bsky.social. Thanks a lot @kenichitsuda.bsky.social and @kschlaeppi.bsky.social for joining us!!

Credits to @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Dr. Christine Pestalozzi and the team at the University of Bern.

Interestingly, we found that interacting bacteria redirected the metabolisation of the antimicrobial compound to an alternative degradation product. In team work they do a different thing!.

Preprint alert: We investigated how maize root bacteria - alone vs in community - tolerate and metabolise antimicrobial compounds of their host plant. The capacity to metabolise such a toxin impacted community size, structure and importantly, fitness. Happy reading... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Finallly, the last chapter of my PhD thesis made it out as a preprint 🌽🧫🎉 In a community maize bacteria convert benzoxazinoids to different metabolites than when grown alone www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

📜 A TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in Arabidopsis 🧑‍🔬 @henryjvr.bsky.social, @schandry.bsky.social, Claude Becker, @kschlaeppi.bsky.social, et al. 📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #PlantMicrobiome

Nice article about our work 🧫🌽🌾

Good stuff @kschlaeppi.bsky.social and co-workers! Is it the dawn of a new era for NLRs biology? You could have waited a few more months though, you know that for people working with crops validation takes longer :)

Excited to share my postdoctoral work from Basel! We discovered a “microbiota receptor” in Arabidopsis that optimises plant immunity, the root microbiome composition, eventually leading to enhanced plant growth.

📌Vacancy at the University of Amsterdam! Join us at the Green Life Sciences with three open positions by my colleagues. 🌱🌻 1/3 PhD position on "Microbial Host Preference in Plant Stress Resilience" in the group of Dr. Kathrin Wippel: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Preprint alert: Here we report MMF1 - "a microbiota receptor” - through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. Happy reading... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Pesticides and excessive fertilizers harm crops and the environment. As an alternative, farmers can already buy “biologicals” - bacteria, fungi or mixes thereof. But recent research by @kschlaeppi.bsky.social and his team reveals why these often fall short and offers insights on improving them.