Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes // John Innes Centre, Norwich www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG151/g... The John Innes Centre is seeking a junior or established researcher to lead a research programme in fundamental plant biology relevant to legumes or other rotation crops. #BotanyJobs

📣 Sunny ☀️ celebration 🎉🥳: Chen-Yu Kuan succesfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Genome evolution in the plant-pathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae in the absence of apparent sexual reproduction" @unicologne.bsky.social 🥳

A tomato MIK2‐clade receptor is involved in the perception of a Fusarium‐derived elicitor - Maroschek - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excited to see our new preprint on bioRxiv! 🌱🤖 We used AI protein design (RFdiffusion + ProteinMPNN) to build brand-new sensor domains from scratch and installed them in a rice NLR immune receptor engineering recognition of a Fusarium effector FoSSP17

Genetic engineering of #Rhodotorula_toruloides just got easier🧪 Explore how X. Chen & V. Siewers optimize protoplast transformation to support research and industrial biotechnology: 🔗 buff.ly/udzLfCZ #FEMSYeastRes

Microbial chitinases perform functions beyond antagonism, including facilitating host colonization by interfering with chitin-triggered immunity. We review evidence that their diversification reflects adaptation to distinct host-associated ecological niches. academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

Great to see Prof. @cristobaluauy.bsky.social, Director of the John Innes Centre, featured in this @farmersweeklyuk.bsky.social article about the Precision Breeding panel at Groundswell 2026. Thanks to @niab-uk.bsky.social for hosting such an informative discussion 👏 www.fwi.co.uk/arable/varie...

Was so great to be part of this study, which explores iron exchange as one of the aspects of #lichen #symbiosis, a first study of its sort. Big thanks to Isidor Happacher and Hubertus Haas for putting this together! #SymbioSky 🖥️ 🧪 🦠 🧫

The mycobiont of the lichen Xanthoria parietina produces the siderophore ferrichrome which enables iron acquisition and nutrient exchange with its algal photobiont. Great collaboration with my group & @metalichen.bsky.social led by Hubertus Haas 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It takes two: A Widespread Temperate Bacteriophage Contributes to Regulation of the Type III Secretion System in Pseudomonas syringae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.06.736757v1

PhD project on Blast Fungus host pentration open in my #Proteomics group at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social for an October 2026 entry. Collaborative project with @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social. Deadline: 30th July. Open to Home Fee status applicants. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/inv...

🆕📃: #Pseudomonas🦠 helps #plants🌾 grow better under #Nitrogen limitation by stimulating mild protein changes, in the #root, only @⬇️#N. #phenomics #PlantSci #Botany #proteomics #lipidomics #phenotyping #PlantMicrobeInteractions #PMI 🧪 #Brachypodium #PlantCellEnvir #PCE doi.org/10.1111/pce....

The vibrant colours and delicate details of New Zealand's fungi and slime moulds are documented in these images, taken from Jay Lichter's new book The Secret Life of Fungi

What is the impact of phage biocontrol on plant immune responses and bacterial virulence? Very happy that this is out @cp-cellreports.bsky.social! @mibinet.bsky.social, @dfg.de, @fz-juelich.de, @hhu.de, @spp2330.bsky.social

You can find this study in Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience

The researchers found the two effector proteins that the fungus secrete that turn the fungus into a harmful one. But also that the genes of these effector proteins can be easily transferred from one strain to another. 2/3 #PlantScience

Finding out how a pathogen does its job is often the first step towards a remedy. Researchers now found out how Defoliating strains of the vascular wilt fungus Verticillium dahliae go to work. These strains of this fungus, like its name suggest causes defoliating of cotton and olive plants. 🧪🧵1/3

Finally out! Explore how vascular T6P modulates root growth 🌱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

‪ #Bacteriophages help sustainable plant protection ✅#Phages restore 🌱 growth during 🦠 infection. ✅🧬 shows ⬇️🌱immunity & ⬇️bacterial virulence. #Biocontroll #PlantSci 🧪 #PMI @frunzkelab.bsky.social @guidogrossmann.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Exciting news! After a wonderful four years at @uni-jena.de, I'm excited to announce the next chapter as a group leader at @fzborstel.bsky.social and professor at @uni-kiel.de.

An RLP23/Cf-9 chimeric receptor enhances nlp24-triggered immunity and resistance to Phytophthora nicotianae in Nicotiana benthamiana doi.org/10.1111/mpp....

An effector protein that protects a fungal pathogen from the plant microbiota during host colonisation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.10.731356v1

"Es ist wichtig, noch mehr ausländische Spitzenwissenschaftler:innen nach 🇩🇪 zu holen und ihnen noch bessere Bedingungen zu bieten." Beim Empfang der Humboldt-Stipendiat:innen 2026 betont der Bundespräsident, dass 🇩🇪 auf internationale Wissenschaft und offene Kooperation setzt. @humboldt-foundation.de

It was an amazing journey @antonkraege.bsky.social with 🧫🌱 discoveries we did not anticipate when we started. Enjoy 🇯🇵 and much success. I am sure we all will hear great things from you in future! 💪🏻

The last 5 years with @teamthomma.bsky.social have been an incredible journey. I learned incredibly much during my PhD and made many great friends 🤓 Now I'm moving to Tokyo 🇯🇵 to join the group of @keihiruma.bsky.social for my first postdoc. Excited for this new chapter and all that's ahead!

Our latest work on immune receptor engineering for enhanced pathogen recognition is out in @theplantcell.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plcell/artic... #NLRs #Effectors #Exo70

🍄 New study on #fungal #isocyanide synthases (#ICSs)! With @grantnickles.bsky.social @kellerlab.bsky.social (Uni. Wisconsin-Madison) @currentbiology.bsky.social @unipd.bsky.social Thanks all for the great teamwork! doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…#Lichensns#SecondaryMetabolisms#biosyntheticGenese#fungigi

Thoroughly enjoyed this collaboration with @usadellab.bsky.social & @faltegoer.bsky.social groups in the @mibinet.bsky.social framework to characterize Peltigera lichen symbioses with major contributions from @ciarankelly.bsky.social & @yukiyosato.bsky.social

1/8 What if the genomic features we associate with fungal pathogens were also used by mutualists? We assembled 41 scale lichen genomes across 11 Peltigera species with 30 chromosome scale and 5 T2T revealing an unexpected genomic toolkit behind lichen symbiosis. doi.org/10.64898/202... #lichen

A chromosome-scale super-pangenome of the lichen genus Peltigera reveals genome architecture and expanded interaction repertoires shared across pathogenic and mutualistic fungi https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.16.732702v1

A chromosome-scale super-pangenome of the lichen genus Peltigera reveals genome architecture and expanded interaction repertoires shared across pathogenic and mutualistic fungi https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.16.732702v1

We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Wenbo Ma FRS has been awarded a highly competitive @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grant for her exciting new project sRNA-Defense, which will allow her and her team to uncover new roles for sRNAs in defending plants from pathogens 🧬🌱 www.tsl.ac.uk/news/srna-re...

📣 We are hiring! In the collaborative research center 'Plant Ecological Genetics' @teamthomma.bsky.social searches a PhD candidate to study the role of plant-associated microbiota in plant density responses and inter-plant competition. See project A07. Deadline July 10!

1/4. Excited to share the first preprint from my PhD at @binfutrecht.bsky.social and @uti-revisited.bsky.social 🐥. In this work, we explored the urinary tract microbiome composition (urobiome) by combining data from multiple metagenomic sequencing studies 💛🦠. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Wong, Otte & Schmitt present over 30 new chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes of Trebouxia species, extracted from PacBio metagenomes of diverse Umbilicaria lichens from multiple climate zones. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag129 #genome #evolution

First 👀 on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, now online in @natureportfolio.nature.com Nature Communications: A structurally unique effector shared between vascular wilt fungi drives cotton and olive defoliation #Verticillium #Fusarium @lfaino.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our @denbi.bsky.social NGS trimmer/preprocessor Trimmomatic has some additional speed ups using parallel (de)compression and some more developments upcoming. academic.oup.com/bioinformati... #NGS #bioinformatics #genomics

📣 We are hiring! In the collaborative research center 'Plant Ecological Genetics' @teamthomma.bsky.social searches a PhD candidate to study the role of plant-associated microbiota in plant density responses and inter-plant competition. See project A07. Deadline July 10!

📣 We are hiring! In the collaborative research center 'Plant Ecological Genetics' @teamthomma.bsky.social searches a PhD candidate to study the role of plant-associated microbiota in plant density responses and inter-plant competition. See project A07: sl1nk.com/b7z0doc Deadline July 10!

Ever wanted to use metagenomic data to infer oxygen levels (or the oxygen preferences of whole bacterial communities)? We have the tool for you: journals.asm.org/eprint/9GUIR...

VACANCY - Group Leader in Fundamental Biology of Legumes Closing date: 1 September 2026 Salary: competitive Contract: six-year tenure track or direct appointment, depending on experience Apply now: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🦠 The hidden riches beneath our feet Do you remember the smell at Albertus-Magnus-Platz last year that made people wrinkle their noses? Professor Dr. Michael Bonkowski provided the answer. In our #Unimagazin, he explains the roles of microorganisms in soil - not just in Cologne ▶️ uni.koeln/PR4VA

How do pathogens disarm plant immunity? We discovered a widespread strategy used by plant bacterial pathogens: they directly cleave a conserved immune signaling molecule produced by plant immune receptors. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

just before he died, craig venter spoke to @sciam.bsky.social about the state of science in the US. it's a really eye-opening interview and part of our july/aug double issue celebrating #SciAmYoungScientists. check it out. www.scientificamerican.com/article/crai...

Accessory regions and HGT drive evolution of strawberry anthracnose pathogen Colletotrichum nymphaeae Alkemade et al. @timbarra.bsky.social @magdalenoxford.bsky.social @jorisalkemade.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Happy to share our newest preprint. We developed guidelines and analysis workflows for FLIM Imaging in plants. Multiplexing with spectrally overlapping fluorophores in plants is now possible. Have a look. Any feedback is more than welcome. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Just in time for the RNA localisation conference, we uploaded a manuscript describing the link between endosomal mRNA transport and local mitochondrial activity. Great collaboration during MibiNet www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... @mibinet.bsky.social #EMBOrnaLocalization

We are hiring! The CRC TRR 341 "Plant Ecological Genetics" is looking for a new scientific coordinator for the next funding period🌱 Please find more information including how to apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

We have openings at the University of Cologne, come and join our consortium in Plant Ecological Genetics TRR341!Applications open soon for 10 PhD position. Description here: trr341.uni-koeln.de/join-us #TRR341 #PlantEcologicalGenetics

Pycnostysanus azaleae - Bud Blast. #FungiFriends