With Eugene Koonin, we wrote a rather comprehensive review on the origin, evolution and organization of the #virosphere. We describe all 10 viral realms and the logic behind them, and so much more. Check it out! comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/ar...

An Indiana University biology professor has been kicked out of his university lab after speaking up in defense of international postdocs who were targeted for deportation. www.science.org/content/arti...

We are all Roger. This is a despicable attack on the very essence of what academic science is about. Reason. Humanity. International collaboration.

'Scientific advancement depends on freedom, openness, and truth - the very values fascism eventually destroys. Our collective response will shape the future.'

this is not my ideal way of seeing my lab published in Science magazine, but, here we are. Roger is well known as a devoted life-long plant scientist, but he is also an incredible human being who shows constant kindness and encouragement to everyone around him. this is simply not fair.

Sharing for no reason www.nasonline.org/directory-en...

Final version of our NRG1 MS is out! We uncover a surprising mechanism: the helper NLR NRG1 targets organellar membranes to trigger immunity Great collaborations with @KamounLab, @JiorgosKourelis, @jonathandgjones, @AdamWu9527, and the @Phil_Carella labs! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

🚨Job alert: We are looking for a #phd student to join us @unil.bsky.social to study the evolution & function of gene regulatory sequences in the context of crop domestication using genomics, genome editing and imaging 🌱🍅🧬. #plantscience #scijobs #plantscijobs. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3u73csma

1/8 🔥 New preprint dropped: Dynamic co-existence of bacteriophages and their hosts 🦠 in the Arabidopsis thaliana 🌱 phyllosphere Work led by the indomitable @sheilaroitman.bsky.social‬ #plantscience #microbiome #holobiont www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

VIRUS on the BEACH made the buzzzz We therefore extended the deadline for abstract submission till April 30th Come join us and remember “Fun Science & Cool Ambiance” isdv2026.com/submissions

In our recent review, we explore how the spliceosome is targeted by effectors from diverse plant-interacting organisms—and how these effectors can serve as powerful molecular probes to uncover the mechanisms of splicing regulation in plants. @geminiteamlab.bsky.social #PlantScience #RNA #Splicing

Next position advertised by our cluster: We are searching for a Lab Manager running the single cell-sequencing lab at Heidelberg University. adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...

our cluster is searching for a technical assistant for supporting joint plant phenotyping experiments to be carried out at the University of Hohenheim www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/job-openi...

RNA splicing generates a functionally specialized Rep protein isoform in geminiviruses — enabling timely control of the viral cycle. Strikingly, similar strategies might have evolved in DNA viruses infecting different kingdoms: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Spearheaded by @delphinem-p.bsky.social!

Pls RT‼️ @hanhtkvu.bsky.social lab @embl.org & we @cosheidelberg.bsky.social are looking for a #postdoc to study #regeneration x #autophagy across kingdoms of life. www.health-life-sciences.de/opportunitie... Pls spread the word & get in touch if you are interested.

Looking to work with and learn from world-leading experts in plant cell imaging? I’ve got an open PhD position www.photobodies.com/about-6 in the framework of the AGILE Marie Curie Doctoral Network cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1... Deadline: 15th of April, start date September 2026. #phd #job

We’re hiring! 🌱 Open positions in my lab for candidates interested in cambium development in Arabidopsis, hybrid aspen, or silver birch. Apply now! Please repost! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Nikolas and I just published our insights on CLEs in plant–bio interactions. Too short to cover everything, but we hope it gets you also excited about these peptides. Thanks to @newphyt.bsky.social for the opportunity

Characterization of the C4 proteins encoded by okra-infecting geminiviruses in India https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.703481v1

Our cluster of Excellence GreenRobust is looking for a scientific coordinator located at Heidelberg University. Please spread the word! www.academics.com/jobs/scienti...

We are looking for a scientific coordinator in Heidelberg for the Greenrobust excellence cluster www.academics.com/jobs/scienti...

Please share! We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist (2 years, extension possible) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! The project focuses on plant immune receptor biochemistry and structural biology. Deadline 09/03/2026. Apply at: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/11-postdocto...

Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social! If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026. Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...

Please share! PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Please share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

GT Lab (median) New Year dinner 🎉 + Clem’s farewell 😊🥲😔 at Chin-Thai Restaurant/天富楼 in Tübingen — amazing food and better company! All the best for your PI life (!) @clemmar.bsky.social — so much fun lies ahead! (but we will miss you!!)

🚀 Calling all ssDNA virologists! 🔬✨ Join the International Symposium on ssDNA Viruses (IS³DV 2026) isdv2026.com 📅 15–19 June 2026 📍 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil 🇧🇷 Whether you’re a P.I., postdoc, ECR, or student, this is your stage to connect, share, debate and push the frontiers of ssDNA virology.

What could be better than discussing single-stranded DNA viruses with an international community of experts and a trans-kingdom perspective — at an affordable prize? Doing it in Bahia, Brazil! 🌴🌊☀️ Join us for IS3DV, June 15-19! isdv2026.com

A giant virus forms a specialized subcellular environment within its amoeba host for efficient translation www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why are so many plant viruses phloem-restricted? New work from Xueping Zhou’s lab reveals how this tissue tropism is determined in a geminivirus — and why phloem confinement can turn out to be an evolutionary advantage! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌱🦠🚷🅿️🛫🌱

Join us in Málaga!

Preprint alert! It is my great pleasure to announce the first manuscript from the lab, a story that started @gmivienna.bsky.social and was mainly accomplished by the intrepid @gesahoffmann.bsky.social at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social. A brief thread with our findings www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The GT goes to Stuttgart! A (brief) trip, nice scenery, good food, a touch of (mostly fictitious) science, and excellent company! What else could one wish for in a lab retreat? (Ah — it was also the 10th anniversary of the lab!) 🎂🌱🦠

Great talk by @delphinem-p.bsky.social from @geminiteamlab.bsky.social yesterday: “Hijacking the Plant #Spliceosome” on how alternative splicing drives #viral infection and #tomato fruit development 🍅 Thanks to our host @incavirus.bsky.social for organizing this insightful seminar! 👏

Such a cool pre-print on making sentinel plants - so much potential! Bioluminescent sentinel plants enable autonomous diagnostics of viral infections www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: The why, why and how of symptom development in viral disease (Annu. Rev. Phytopathology) (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) @geminiteamlab.bsky.social buff.ly/dsQwgbo #PlantaePSRW

The Cluster of Excellence @greenrobust.de is hiring: - Computer Scientist/Research data manager: shorturl.at/xSvvO - Data steward: shorturl.at/l6NCv - Scientific coordinator 'Plant Perturbation Atlas': shorturl.at/vBU6x Deadline: Friday, 7 November 2025 RT are welcome #plantjobs #plantscijobs

Splicing was discovered in adenoviruses, but was thought to be only anecdotal in plant viruses... We may need to revisit plant viral transcriptomes and proteomes!

How do geminiviruses maximize their limited coding capacity? Our recent preprint uncovers splicing of viral transcripts as one more strategy used by this viral family. We show that RNA splicing is prevalent in the geminivirus TYLCV — and required for infectivity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Incredibly happy and proud of our Chaonan Shi (chaonan123.bsky.social ), who successfully defended her doctoral thesis yesterday at the @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social ! (And what a brilliant defence it was!) 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations, Dr Shi!!! 🍾🥂🍋‍🟩🌶️ We are so lucky to have you in our team ❤️

Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/russell... @cam.ac.uk @camplantsci.bsky.social

🌿 The 2025 volume of the Annual Review of Phytopathology is now online. Most read article is "Functions and Mechanisms of Secreted Proteinaceous Effectors of Broad-Host-Range Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens" by Liu et al. arevie.ws/4gq0jAa Check out the TOC: arevie.ws/4npcHSW @kamounlab.bsky.social

New preprint! 🐛 Root-knot nematodes hijack root cells, turning them into feeding sites and making plants very sick. Using a cross-species scRNA-seq approach we mapped this process and show how this knowledge can be used to engineer resistant crops.🌱 A summary🧵 : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social Apply by October 17th Please spread the word! More info 👇 uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

📢 A Junior Professorship (W1, tenure track) is open at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology at Uni Tübingen (@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social) — to work on plant protein biochemistry (composition, structure, dynamics, or regulation of protein complexes). 🌱 Great opportunity — Apply by Oct 17th!

To all friends and colleagues virologists SAVE THE DATE for the next International Symposium on Single Stranded DNA viruses Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil June 15-19 2026 Stay put for more info soon when website goes on air !

Check out this new story from the Felix lab, with some contribution from us: Receptor antagonist prevents hyperactivation of the plant immune system www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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

Inspiring time at @ismpmi.bsky.social, where I had the honour of sharing my PhD work on repurposing viruses for plant biomanufacturing. It was great to reconnect with old friends (special shoutout to @geminiteamlab.bsky.social 💚) and meet so many researchers pushing plant–microbe science forward 🌱🧬🧫

Previous studies of extrachromosomal circular DNA #eccDNA in #plants are based on short-read seq. @vanderschuren-lab.bsky.social uses long-read seq to obtain a map of full-length eccDNAs from #Arabidopsis, identifying their genomic origins & epigenetic regulation @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44Mq3RI