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Plant-microbe interactions / PhD student @ Döhlemann lab, book-lover, animal friend
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Skylar Grayson
9 days ago
NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
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Team_Zuccaro
12 days ago
Really proud of this work led by Ruben Eichfeld! We show how a CBM domain gain/loss can rewire fungal chitinases, turning them from antifungal enzymes into immune-suppressing effectors that support plant symbiosis.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Domain gain or loss in a fungal chitinase enables specialization towards antagonism or immune suppression - Nature Communications
Gain or loss of a particular domain contributes to functional specialization of a conserved chitinase in beneficial root endophyte towards microbial antagonism or host immune suppression.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71064-0
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Our new preprint is now out! 🤩
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Janina Werner
17 days ago
Check out our new preprint ☺️⏬️
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bioRxiv Microbiology
23 days ago
Bacterial endosymbionts enhance fungal virulence by disrupting the disease-suppressive rhizobiome
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.19.712832v1
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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion
2 months ago
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...
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Ralph Hückelhoven
3 months ago
Thank you
@marioncmueller.bsky.social
,
@binebrumm.bsky.social
, Eric Kemen, Yiheng Hu and Thomas Lahaye for this nice common effort on effector diversity. Diversify and conquer: How effector diversity is shaped by host–microbe co-evolution
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Diversify and conquer: How effector diversity is shaped by host–microbe co-evolution
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013870
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DOMPS
3 months ago
This week we will hear
@federicalocci.bsky.social
(from
@parkergroup.bsky.social
,
@mpipz.bsky.social
) talk about "How not to die", workings of TIR-networks in damage and systemic resistance. 📅 Jan 16 | 🕥 10:15 |📍KS 00.009
#PlantScience
If you want to know more, check out their review below. 👇🏼
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Wei Shi
3 months ago
Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors, to AG Saur and AG Döhlemann, and to all our collaborators for their fantastic contributions @Merle
[email protected]
@grandpahiro.bsky.social
@sara-stolze.bsky.social
@Gunther Döhlemann@Matthieu Pierre Platre ! 🙏
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Isabel saur
3 months ago
Wei Shi
@wshisky.bsky.social
& Merle‘s work is online. Wei really pushed this work from scratch and Merle linked it to MLA diversification…3rd (co-)first author paper in her PhD. Very proud PI! And only possible through collaboration with G. Döhlemann,
@grandpahiro.bsky.social
&, Matt Platre. (1/x)
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Targeting of the barley cell-surface receptor SRF3 by the Blumeria hordei effector AVRA13 overlaps with AVRA13 recognition by MLA and the induction of NLR-mediated cell death.
Pathogens secrete effector proteins to promote virulence. Despite their recognition by barley Mla resistance genes, the structurally-related Blumeria hordei ( Bh ) AVRA effectors are maintained in the...
https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.08.698370
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Ralph Hückelhoven
4 months ago
Friends and foes in the obligate plant pathobiome
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Friends and foes in the obligate plant pathobiome
https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1013756
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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences
4 months ago
‼️Please RT: The CEPLAS Graduate School call for 2026 is now open! Detailed info on our website:
bit.ly/4q19JWk
@hhu.de
@unicologne.bsky.social
@mpipz.bsky.social
@fz-juelich.de
@leibnizipk.bsky.social
@plantsciencedbg.bsky.social
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Markus Stetter
5 months ago
TWO positions open in our group. 1 postdoc and 1 PhD position. Join us for some exciting evolutionary plant biology!
#PlantSciJobs
#PlantSciJob
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National Academy of Sciences
5 months ago
How do plants fight disease? 🌱
#NASmember
Jane Parker studies NLR proteins that help plants sense attackers and launch powerful immune defenses. She shares her latest findings on how these proteins signal plants to resist disease in a new
@pnas.org
QnAs:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Nick Dunken
5 months ago
My former colleague Patricia Zecua, me and the Zuccaro group published a new story about how autophagy restricts cell death and regulates root colonization by beneficial fungi:
academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
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Autophagy restricts symbiosis-associated cell death and regulates colonization by Serendipita indica in Arabidopsis
Autophagy acts as a pro-survival mechanism in plant roots during beneficial fungal colonization by restricting fungal proliferation and immunometabolic cel
https://academic.oup.com/plphys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plphys/kiaf590/8327007?searchresult=1
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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
5 months ago
We’re
#hiring
! Our
#IMPRS
@mpipz.bsky.social
&
@unicologne.bsky.social
recruits 4 PhD students. We look for candidates with a keen interest in experimental & computational plant biology to join us in 2026! Find details at
www.mpipz.mpg.de/imprs/imprs-...
and apply by Jan 5.
#PlantSciJobs
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Jurriaan Ton
5 months ago
🌿 3 new PhD positions in the Ton lab @PPS_UoS. Part of the ERC project '#PlantMemo', exploring how plants remember & respond to stress. 🧬 PhD 1 (UK only)👉
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🦠 PhD 2 (UK & EU)👉
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🌱 PhD 3 (UK only)👉
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PhD
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Cristina Barragan
5 months ago
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 😊
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Martin Thanbichler
5 months ago
📢 Postdoc position: Biochemistry & Bacterial cell biology in our group at Marburg University, Germany, funded by the ERC Advanced Grant "C-SWITCH" 🔗More information at
shorturl.at/OlvlL
📅Deadline: Nov 30, 2025 Please repost.
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🚨My very first (co-)first author paper got published in
@pnas.org
🥳 We describe the tripartite interkingdom interaction between a yeast, the oomycete pathogen Albugo laibachii and a bacterium, mediated by a GH25 lysozyme 🦠 Thanks to everyone involved!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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GH25 lysozyme mediates tripartite interkingdom interactions and microbial competition on the plant leaf surface | PNAS
Microbial communities inhabiting plants have emerged as crucial factors in regulating plant health and defense against disease-causing pathogens. T...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510124122
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MadFungi
7 months ago
Our PhD candidates are having a great time at the MadFungi transcriptomics workshop at the University of Kiel
@uni-kiel.de
. Special thanks to
@estukenbrock.bsky.social
and her team for the great organization!
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Fantin Mesny
8 months ago
📣 NEW PREPRINT 📝 We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors! We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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@teamthomma.bsky.social
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Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation
Evolutionary histories of effector proteins secreted by fungal pathogens to mediate plant colonization remain largely elusive. While most functionally characterized effectors modulate plant immunity, ...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.04.574150v2
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9 months ago
You have some messages 😊
#2025ISMPMI
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9 months ago
Our paper on Pseudomonas intra-genus competition in SynComs on Arabidopsis roots is now out
@plosbiology.org
! 🎉 If you want to chat about the story, visit poster 374 tomorrow, Thursday
#2025ISMPMI
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Pseudomonas intra-genus competition determines the protective function of synthetic bacterial communities in Arabidopsis thaliana
The plant microbiome can protect its host against detrimental bacterial strains. This study shows that competition among Pseudomonas bacteria in synthetic bacterial communities determines how well the...
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002882
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New Phytologist
9 months ago
Bring your
#PlantScience
publishing questions for our Editors! Catch Holly on our stand at
#2025ISMPMI
with
@hacquardst.bsky.social
, Ralph Panstruga, Ari Sadanandom,
@pietrospanu.bsky.social
and Ertao Wang! 📅 TODAY ⏰ 13:00–14:00 🗺 New Phytologist Foundation stand, poster hall
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#2025ISMPMI
- 🌱🍄 Come by Thursday afternoon to see my poster (P-336) if you are curious how interkingdom microbial antagonism can be mediated by fungal glycoside hydrolases. Happy to discuss!
9 months ago
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Fantin Mesny
9 months ago
My poster is up at
#2025ISMPMI
. Come by P-372 Thursday afternoon if you are interested in fungal evolution, effectors and microbial competitions! More research by
@teamthomma.bsky.social
at P-091, P-170, P-299, P-317, P-337 and P-388.
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Maurice König
10 months ago
Here, we dissect the processing and release mechanism of the maize phytocytokine Zip1. Our results reveal a two-step mechanism of phytocytokine processing, translocation, activation and clearance.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.11.659102v1
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Team_Zuccaro
9 months ago
Our new review in FEMS Microbiology by Nick Dunken and Tim Thomsen is online. Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals url:
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Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals
Abstract. Purine-based metabolites serve as essential mediators of signaling, immunity, and host-microbe interactions across biological kingdoms. This revi
https://academic.oup.com/femsre/article/doi/10.1093/femsre/fuaf029/8197879
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KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
9 months ago
Sophie Sent - Blumeria hordei-Bipolaris sorokiniana coinfection breaks down host barley disease resistance
#2025ISMPMI
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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences
9 months ago
On Saturday, we celebrated the 6th edition of Soapbox Science Rheinland in the heart of the city! Huge thank-you to our CEPLAS speakers Jana Peter, Ganiyat Akinade and Zarah Sorger
@zarizarah.bsky.social
for bringing plant science to the public and showing how exciting research can be!
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Universität zu Köln
10 months ago
🗣️Forschung trifft Öffentlichkeit – an der Düsseldorfer Rheinpromenade Am Samstag, 28. Juni, werden zwölf Wissenschaftlerinnen aus unterschiedlichen Fachrichtungen
@ceplas.bsky.social
@cecad.bsky.social
#ML4Q
in kurzweiligen Vorträgen ihre Forschung vorstellen. ➡️
www.hhu.de/news-einzela...
@hhu.de
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bioRxiv Microbiology
about 1 year ago
GH25 lysozyme mediates tripartite interkingdom interactions and microbial competition on the plant leaf surface
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.04.647216v1
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Stephan Anpalagan
about 1 year ago
In diesem Land werden eher die „Omas gegen Rechts“ verboten als die AfD.
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