If you're interested in #PlantScience R&D work at a plant breeding company: @kwsgroup.bsky.social is hosting its annual R&D TalentCampus here in Einbeck on May 29th. More info here: www.kws.com/corp/en/care...

Our new article is now online on @natplants.nature.com! ✨ We identified and characterised AvrPm4 and SvrPm4, a pair of powdery mildew effectors controlling avirulence on the wheat kinase fusion resistance protein Pm4 🌾 check it out ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A good day por powdery mildew research community 😍! We described how virulence on Pm4 resistance gene is controlled but two effectors! Avirulence vs Suppression. Work led by @zoebernasconi.bsky.social, Aline Herger, Pilar Caro and @lukas-kunz.bsky.social 🌱🦠🧬A big thank you to everyone involved

With @lukas-kunz.bsky.social @marioncmueller.bsky.social @vwidrig.bsky.social @javicheztin.bsky.social and others

TEs aren’t just genomic parasites, they’re also engines of genomic novelty. Our new study with ~2,000 Z. tritici genomes shows repeated TE mobilization waves during global expansion. With @danielcroll.bsky.social & @guidopuccetti.bsky.social 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #TEworldwide

Glad to share our latest article “Off-season sex in #Zymoseptoria tritici: little room for late encounters”, which continues our series of studies conducted in #ADEPTeam @inrae-bioger.bsky.social on the epidemiological determinants & impact of sexual reproduction in STB. doi.org/10.1016/j.fg...

My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting! 🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution 🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible) 📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de ⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025 🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... Do get in touch or share 😊

Thanks a lot Isa @isabelmonte.bsky.social👩‍🔬for accepting our invitation🤩. Such a terrific talk, opening up new research lines hand-in-hand with #Trichoderma. MPMI in its purest state!!! Special thanks to @agrienvironcyl.bsky.social for funding the visit, and many more yet to come. 🌿🧫🦠🧬

A wheat NLR conferring broad-spectrum resistance against powdery mildew by recognizing two structurally diverse AVR effectors. Interested? Check out our newest preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our latest work from led by the one and only @zoebernasconi.bsky.social reporting on a decoy-based pathogen recognition by wheat tandem kinases. Check it out! 🌱 🦠 🔬🧬

Check out our new pre-print! ✨ We cloned AvrWTK4, the first wheat powdery mildew effector recognised by a tandem kinase protein, and show that an HMA-like integrated domain in WTK4 acts as pathogen decoy. Discover the whole story on bioRxiv ⬇️

Our latest article is now online! @PlantBiotechnologyJournal Expression of Arabidopsis FLS2 in N. benthamiana confers responsiveness to Ralstonia flg22 and activation of anti-bacterial immunity doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... By Meng Li, Yujiao Chen, and Yali Wei

Muy contento con el apoyo a nuestro proyecto en la convocatoria ITINERARIO PARA LA TRANSFERENCIA DE RESULTADOS, plan T-CUE @usal Trichoderma en acción!!! 😍 GIR Fitopatología y Control Biológico. @vwidrig.bsky.social tcue.usal.es/convocatoria...

Just back from #2025ISMPMI and #SEFIMEC2025, where we shared first results from the @cienciagob.bsky.social -funded TANGO project PID2022-142651OA-I00 . Great discussions, fresh insights and exciting new ideas! 🌱🔬🧪Kudos to David Encalada Bustamante...and none of it possible w/o @vwidrig.bsky.social

Thrilled to share our latest preprint! This work started during my PhD and was finished together with @jmadhuprakash.bsky.social. We found a Phytophthora infestans L-shaped effector that bridges a host TOL protein to activated NLRs to suppress immunity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/15

Check out our work on virulence on Pm4 controlled not by one, but two effectors! Avirulence vs. Suppression, a beautiful case of the arms race between wheat and mildew. Work led by @zoebernasconi.bsky.social , Aline Herger, Pilar Caro, and @lukas-kunz.bsky.social 😍🌱🦠! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

VERY HAPPY to share our last publication...In a world full of SNPs...k-mers made the most biological sense out of the complex wheat genome! 🌱🧬 genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Grateful to Benjaming Jaegle for the trust, & co-authors for their collaboration!

Our paper on the evolution of fungicide resistance in wheat powdery mildew is now published! Congrats to all coauthors! doi.org/10.1111/mpp....

From lesions to lessons: 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of filamentous plant pathogen genomics. In our new review, we present lessons we learned over the past 2 decades and discuss the future of plant pathogen genomics. Take a first look! apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

Following thermal adaptation, we investigated Zymoseptoria tritici's responses to extreme temperature stresses using transcriptomics and kmer-based GWAS. 🌡️🧬 Check out our findings in the preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

@tbadet.bsky.social and I have a preprint out on transposon silencing in fungi! Genome size evolution is fascinating and showcases the dynamic nature of transposon activation. What we understand less are the dynamics of transposon defense systems encoded by the genomes. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

1/10 We are thrilled to share our preprint on spatial transcriptomics in wheat spikes led by the amazing @katielong.bsky.social and Ashleigh Lister. We resolved expression of 200 genes to cellular resolution. Pre-print👉 tinyurl.com/c7t3kncf., @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social

Nice and elegant work by @lukas-kunz.bsky.social and @marioncmueller.bsky.social. Congrats!!! journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

New preprint! I always wondered: How much diversity do pathogens have within a single field? This important to assess the risk of resistance breakdown or spread of fungicide resistance . Together with colleagues from BASF we looked into this. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I'm working on discussion papers for my MPMI class. Any favorite recent breeding/biotech plant immunity papers? From your work or others? #plantimmunity #MPMI

A haplotype-based evolutionary history of barley domestication www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Comparative Genomics Reveals Sources of Genetic Variability in the Asexual Fungal Plant Pathogen Colletotrichum lupini bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

(Thanks Katharina for posting!) Here is our first GWAS on M. polymorpha, to try deciphering the genetics of adaptation to pathogens in bryophytes. Wait for the thread to come by 1st author @karimaelm.bsky.social ! This builds on the M. polymorpha diversity panel 🔽 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thrilled to share our work on an unusual EXO70 clade unique to grasses and grass-like species 🌾! (1/8) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Are you interested in receptor kinase signalling and plant immunity? We have several positions open to join our team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social in Norwich. #plantscience #mpmi #plantimmunity #sceincejobs Please get in touch if you have questions 1/5

Wheat Initiative Newsletter - Dec 2024 mailchi.mp/julius-kuehn... "Must read" #3: The potencial of agronomic potential of rare introgressions in wheat 🌾🦠🔬 link.springer.com/article/10.1... work of Matthias Heuberger and Zoe Bernasconi 😀 #IntrogressionPapers

Our last science contribution of the year Long-read genomics reveal extensive nuclear-specific evolution and allele-specific expression in a dikaryotic fungus www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #mpmi #plantbiology #plantimmunity #plants #fungi. This was led by very talented Rita Tam plus great support

Proud to share TAPscan v4, automated annotation of 138 TF families; code, webtool and database available online. @watertoland.bsky.social @nfdi4plants.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @shiltemann.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

We're looking for a PhD student on disease mechanisms of the barley pathogen Ramularia collo cygni, supported by a (tax free) fellowship. Please RT.

We're looking for a predoc in molecular evolution. Basic computational skills desired. Minimum 1 year. Send me DM. Wanna know what a predoc is? Check👇 medium.com/age-of-aware...

Phylogenetic diversity doesn't necessarily mean functional diversity... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 PhD Opportunity in my lab on Plant Immune Receptor Bioengineering at @imperiallifesci.bsky.social 🌱 Start: October 2025 📅 Deadline: 12th January 2025 🇬🇧 Open to UK students 💰 Fully funded ℹ️ More info: tinyurl.com/w6ap9v9f ❗ #PlantImmunity #PlantPathology 🙏 Please share with interested candidates!

Rhizobium rhizogenes A4-derived strains mediate hyper-efficient transient gene expression in Nicotiana benthamiana and other solanaceous plants www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Associate Professor / Professor of Evolutionary Genomics www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49389/

Please repost! #PlantSciencesJobs Singh lab is expanding and still time to apply online. 2xPDRAs (postdocs) vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... 1 Research Assistant vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... Please email if you have informal inquiries.

Advanced Bioprinting of Hydrogels with Controlled Mineral Gradients for Regenerative Engineering of the Osteochondral Interface https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.25.625326v1

Accelerating whole-genome alignment in the age of complete genome assemblies https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.25.625328v1

We’re delighted to share our latest preprint from the Hogenhout lab (@saskiahogenhout.bsky.social) on the molecular mechanisms on plant-aphid interactions. Here we show how the aphid Mp10 effector protein acts as a local anaesthetic to suppress the plant perception of aphid attack

Tackling Wheat Powdery Mildew: New Insights for Breeding simplescience.ai/en/2024-11-1...

New!!!👇 #NLRbiology Kudos @amiralito_ @ryoheiterauchi @YuSugiharaY

Ecogeographic signals of local adaptation in a wild relative help to identify variants associated with improved wheat performance under drought stress www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...