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MSCA Postdoc Researcher
@lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social
Interested in plant genomics and evolution
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Luke Dunning
about 1 month ago
Come work with us!! 2.5 year postdoc on HGT in plants. Please share and get in touch if interested
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ418/r...
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Research Associate: Horizontal Gene Transfer at University of Sheffield
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Associate: Horizontal Gene Transfer opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ418/research-associate-horizontal-gene-transfer
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Luke Dunning
2 months ago
Two PhD positions available to come and work with us - please share! [1] Detecting rapid evolutionary responses to climate change in UK plants
tinyurl.com/ye262pk2
[2] Natural GM: The role of horizontal gene transfer in crop adaptation and evolution
tinyurl.com/32tkce2w
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Katharina Melkonian
2 months ago
1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses! A thread ...
#PlantScience
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Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants
Symbioses have been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants and their evolution. Emergence of the ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis was followed by the diversification o...
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.01.646537
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Jacquet-chris
3 months ago
Want to see ferns under attack and how they respond to pathogens? Check out our latest paper!
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Congrats on this huge team effort to
@baptistebio.bsky.social
@madeleinebaker.bsky.social
@kellerjeanphd.bsky.social
@maximebonhomme.bsky.social
@pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
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Mélanie Rich 🌱🍄
3 months ago
So happy to see the latest preprint of the team out!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The continuation of a long standing project started by
@oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social
in
@jeanmichelane.bsky.social
‘s lab. 1/7 🧵
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EPP1 is an ancestral component of the plant Common Symbiosis Pathway
The success of plants on land has been enabled by mutualistic intracellular associations with microbes for 450 million years ([Delaux and Schornack 2021][1]). Because of their intracellular nature, th...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.30.679610v1
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PM Delaux
6 months ago
Latest
#preprint
from the lab
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Please welcome Nissolia brasiliensis, the new non-nodulating model legume ☘️ developped by Camille Girou in the team! Work led by Tatiana, with input from many!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Nissolia brasiliensis as a non-nodulating model legume
The nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis (RNS) is specifically formed by four orders of angiosperms. The largest of these four orders include the legume family, the Fabaceae. Among legumes, historica...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.08.663655v1
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Eve Teyssier
7 months ago
I’m very happy that my main PhD work, under the supervision of
@malick-mbengue.bsky.social
, found a home in
@pnas.org
Two days before my PhD defence! 🎉 (1/6)
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A plant Lysin Motif Receptor-Like Kinase plays an ancestral function in mycorrhiza | PNAS
Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) with soilborne Glomeromycota fungi was pivotal in the conquest of land by plants almost half a billion years ago. In flo...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2426063122
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Jan Hackel
8 months ago
Join us in Stockholm! PhD student position on Madagascar’s biome history & plant phylogenetics
@deepsthlmuni.bsky.social
. You will join my new evolutionary plant biogeography group. 4-year job with salary & benefits. Contact me for questions – infos & application here:
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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PhD student in Plant systematics
The Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (DEEP) is located in the Arrhenius Laboratories, situated at the University Campus at Frescati. Research spans a broad range of biological sub
https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:826108/where:4/
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Leo Castanedo
9 months ago
[🚨Pre-print alert🚨] Excited to share our findings on the enigmatic ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis. 🔴For the first time we provide evidence that ericoid mycorrhizae evolved from ancestral arbuscular mycorrhizae through the co-option nutrient-dependent regulation 👇!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Leafy liverwort genomes shed light on the evolution of ericoid symbiosis
Mycorrhizal symbiosis has been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants, influencing population dynamics, biogeography, and their evolution. The emergence of the ancient arbuscu...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.01.646537v1
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Baptiste Castel
10 months ago
🔗 Preprint alert:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵 New insights into plant immunity: using ferns to understand evolution! 🌱✨🌿 Excited to share my first (but not last) published research at
@lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social
. A THREAD … [1/9]
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Exploring fern pathosystems and immune receptors to bridge gaps in plant immunity
Land plants include angiosperms, bryophytes, lycophytes and ferns, each of which may deploy distinct strategies to resist pathogens. Here, we investigate fern-pathogen interactions by characterizing n...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.18.643875v1
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Fabian van Beveren
10 months ago
Excited to share our recent work on the evolution of ectomycorrhizal plants! 🌳 🧬 🖥️
doi.org/10.1111/nph.70054
With: Yvet Boele,
@puginiercamille.bsky.social
,
@mbianc.bsky.social
, Cyril Libourel,
@maximebonhomme.bsky.social
,
@kellerjeanphd.bsky.social
,
@pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
A thread: (1/5)
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Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis evolved independently and by convergent gene duplication in rosid lineages
Click on the article title to read more.
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70054
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Chloé Beaulieu
11 months ago
I’m super happy to have a great part of my PhD work (under the wonderful supervision of C. Libourel
@pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
&
@maximebonhomme.bsky.social
) now out in
@naturegenet.bsky.social
! Here’s a little thread (1/18)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Marchantia polymorpha pangenome reveals ancient mechanisms of plant adaptation to the environment - Nature Genetics
Pangenome analyses of 133 wild accessions of the model bryophyte Marchantia polymorpha identify adaptive features and provide insights into the mechanisms of plant adaptation to the terrestrial enviro...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-02071-4
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PM Delaux
about 1 year ago
Really pleased to transition from 2024 to 2025 with Tatiana Vernie's work on the evolution of the common symbiosis pathway published
@pnas.org
🔽 We finally demonstrate that ☘️ have maintained a genetic pathway to engage with🍄for half a billion years!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Conservation of symbiotic signaling since the most recent common ancestor of land plants | PNAS
Plants have colonized lands 450 million years ago. This terrestrialization was facilitated by developmental and functional innovations. Recent evo-...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408539121
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Very happy to see this out! A big thanks to everyone involved, especially Jan Hackel, Bat Vorontsova, Toby Kellogg, Robert Soreng, Bill Baker and P-A Christin!
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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A nuclear phylogenomic tree of grasses (Poaceae) recovers current classification despite gene tree incongruence
Grasses (Poaceae) comprise c. 11 800 species and are central to human livelihoods and terrestrial ecosystems. Knowing their relationships and evolutionary history is key to comparative research and .....
https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20263
about 1 year ago
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