Interested to join us to study plant proteostasis? We study host translation controlled by condensates 🧬, cell-type specific proteostasis ♻️, proteotoxic stress in the context of biotic and abiotic stress 🦠🔥🧂 👉 Build your own project in @theustunlab.bsky.social ⏳ Sept 9 #MSCA #Postdoc

Don't forget to register for one of the biggest #PlantScience conferences 🌱 of the year! Our lab has submitted 9 abstracts (incl. our MSc students)- the entire @theustunlab.bsky.social will be there. Come meet us & learn how we study #proteostasis ♻️ & plant–microbe interactions. See you there! 🌿

🌱Update on our preprint "𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1) 🧬 mesophyll autophagy rescues ETI; guard cell autophagy does not ⚡ PTI competence likely requires autophagy across tissues—not just in mesophyll or guard cells.

This was so much fun - talking about our recent data on spatial organization of plant immunity! Thank you Carmen and Javi for the invitation - @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social is a really amazing place to do science in beautiful Málaga 🤩

Great talk today @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social from @theustunlab.bsky.social about proteostasis and autophagy during Pseudomonas infection. Single cell autophagy response is definitely something crucial to deepen our understanding of this recycling process.

See my new post on our homepage ✍️ The journey to our newest publication on how plants cope with proteotoxic stress ♻️ www.cell.com/molecular-ce... From Doubt to Discovery: A 15-Year Journey into Proteostasis, Pathogens, and Persistence

📋 Join us on Friday 8th for a fascinating talk by Suayib Ustun from the Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) as part of the #IHSMLaMayoraSeminars series Don't miss it! 🕑 9:30 AM 📍 IHSM La Mayora Auditorium

Next stop Spain/Málaga 😍 Excited to talk about cell-type specificity,spatial immunity, heterogeneity & then in one of my favorite countries 🤩 I will mainly present our work on how „Autophagy acts as spatial organizer of cell-type specific 🌱 immunity“ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Preprint alert 🚨 (1/10) 🧵 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺: It can promote resistance, susceptibility, or restrict cell death 🤯 So what is its actual role? We show it acts as a spatial organizer of immunity across cell types 🌱🦠 #proteostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Here you can find the press release by @ruhr-uni-bochum.de of on latest paper: „Proteotoxic stress response is governed by ER-associated sorting of proteasome transcriptional activators“ published in @cp-molcell.bsky.social www.cell.com/molecular-ce... #proteostasis

Pflanzen können unter Stress ihre Energiegewinnung drosseln und sich dafür auf die Reparatur beschädigter Proteine konzentrieren. Mit diesem Wissen könnte man sie robuster gegen Umwelteinflüsse machen.

Happy to be here in beautiful Strasbourg and to present tomorrow our research @ibmp-cnrs.bsky.social on how pathogens target proteostasis, in particular host translation - see also our newest publication on it here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #proteostasis #plantscience

Thrilled to introduce our next act 🎭 in @cp-molcell.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/science/arti... led by @glangin.bsky.social We uncover how proteotoxic stress is integrated across compartments, controlling proteasome activation ⚖️ vs photosynthesis repression 🌱 🧵(1/6) #proteostasis

Congratulations @glangin.bsky.social & @suaybuestuen.bsky.social lab!!! You guys are on 🔥 🔥 🔥

Online Now: Proteotoxic stress response is governed by ER-associated sorting of proteasome transcriptional activators Online now:

Thrilled to see my main PhD project finally online @MolCell !! 🥳🌱🧬 If you want to know how the plant proteasome activators are sorted in a proteasome-dependent manner and how they coordinate transcriptional response during proteotoxic stress, please have a read ! 🤓 www.cell.com/molecular-ce...

Looking forward to hearing more about this nice story next week at @ibmp-cnrs.bsky.social!

New post on our homepage ✍️🌱 The story behind our P-body paper in 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 🦠 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A ~9-year journey—from “just try it” to uncovering how pathogens hijack translation • hidden gems 💎: 𝘗-𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘛𝘖𝘙 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 & 𝘌𝘙 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 ✨

Here’s the press release by @ruhr-uni-bochum.de for our newest publication 🧬✨ “Bacteria use P-body condensates to attenuate host translation during infection” How pathogens rewire host translation via condensates 🔄🌱 #plantscience #proteostasis www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Bakterien tricksen das Immunsystem von Pflanzen aus, um sie zu infizieren. Dieses Wissen könnte helfen, resistentere Pflanzen zu entwickeln.

🚨 Paper out now in #ScienceAdvances @science.org 🌱🦠 Pathogens don’t just target protein degradation—they also hijack host translation. "Bacteria use P-body condensates to attenuate host translation during infection" ⚖️♻️ led by @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Come to Bochum 🌱 — we’d love to host all #plantscience peeps! From biotic interactions 🦠 to #proteostasis ♻️ and development 🌿, there’s something for everyone. Looking forward to inspiring science & great conversations ✨ More info here: botanik-tagung.de

Autophagy acts as a spatial organizer of cell-type-specific plant immunity theustunlab.com/2026/04/12/a... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #proteostasis #plantscience #plantimmunity #theustunlab

Autophagy acts as a spatial organizer of cell-type-specific plant immunity theustunlab.com/2026/04/12/a... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #proteostasis #plantscience #plantimmunity #theustunlab

So excited to finally share this😃

It will be the first title - as it seems to inspire everybody 😊 #preprint submission ongoing 🤩

It took me an entire day but was worth it - get back to your old hobbies, it‘s amazing 💚

Perfect easter weekend occupation #sciart

yesterday we kicked off the celebrations (hopefully many more to come☺️) with our favorite lab drink - espresso martini - my alternative career plan was approved by @shanshuo.bsky.social 😅

When you cannot decide between two titles...excited for our #preprint 🥳 #teaser

Registration now open! 2026 #EMBO #Ubiquitin Workshop set in stunning Monopoli, Puglia 🇮🇹 Cutting edge science, great speakers, short talk opportunities, travel awards Limited spaces. Dont miss out - register early! Registration & more info: meetings.embo.org/event/26-ubi...

The feeling of getting super excited because you’re about to finish — and soon preprint — a paper you’ve been working with @shanshuo.bsky.social on for 5 years… indescribable 🥳. #preprint 🌱 #PlantScience #autophagy ♻️ #immunity #proteostasis #ERCStG #theustunlab

Spring in full swing in Germany 🌱🌸 …and in our minds too—new ideas, fresh energy, exciting science ahead and soon a new #preprint from @theustunlab.bsky.social #SpringVibes #PlantScience #theustunlab

Who wants some fantastic #proteostasis cookies (made by our bachelor student Nea)? So great to celebrate recent accepted papers in the group - hope we can continue celebrating our own little achievements 🤗 #theustunlab

Manuel González-Fuente from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum will tell us how bacteria exploit plant P-bodies to attenuate host translation during infection #MBP2026

Check out Manuel's work on P-bodies and biotic stress www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #MBP2026

Now our very own @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social from @theustunlab.bsky.social who will talk about his exciting findings on how bacteria exploit P-body condensates to attenuate immune-related protein translation (see also our preprint below 👇) #MBP2026 #proteostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The #MBP2026 in Hennef is about to start! We have three days filled with exciting science #plantsci

On our way to the #MBP2026 meeting @theustunlab.bsky.social member @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social will talk about P-bodies/immunity & @seedbarrett.bsky.social will present his project on P-bodies/ABA - since we all 💚 P-body condensates they also made it on our updated logo 😅 theustunlab.com

We just updated our lab homepage „Plant #Proteostasis and its role in stress adaptation“ Check it out: theustunlab.com

My new favorite word : "pre-accept" - more to come soon here 🥳

We recently celebrated the 7th anniversary of @theustunlab.bsky.social with a barbecue! Our journey began in Tübingen in September 2018 and has continued in Bochum since 2022. Excited to see what the coming years will bring!

7 years ago,I sat outside @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social,gathering the courage to begin a new chapter as a group leader. Now in Bochum, I still need that courage to face challenges—both inside & outside the lab—but after all I’m grateful that I still find joy in what I do. #happybirthday #theustunlab

Job alert 📣 Our faculty looks for a Junior Professor W1 with tt to W2 in Membrane Biology! We are looking for #ECRs working on membrane biogenesis,contact sites,composition & other aspects of membranes in 🌱 and other organisms! DM me if you need more details! jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...

We (@manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social @margotraffeiner.bsky.social @shanshuo.bsky.social) had a fantastic #2025ISMPMI in Cologne with lots of amazing science and great networking meeting old friends and new ones. Hope to see you all next time in Jeju/South Korea #2027ISMPMI

Next in the concurrent session “spatial and temporal session” is @type3lab.bsky.social who will talk about their amazing findings on distinct pseudomonas subpopulations that cooperate to colonize plants #2025ISMPMI

Last day of #2025ISMPMI, last poster session: dont miss @shanshuo.bsky.social fantastic poster about how we used a combination of scRNAseq and cell-type specific approaches to reveal the role of autophagy in stomatal & mesophyll immunity during Pseudomonas infection - more info ➡️ P-432 #proteostasis

Last day of #2025ISMPMI, last poster session: dont miss @shanshuo.bsky.social fantastic poster about how we used a combination of scRNAseq and cell-type specific approaches to reveal the role of autophagy in stomatal & mesophyll immunity during Pseudomonas infection - more info ➡️ P-432 #proteostasis

Happy to meet you at poster no. P-405 and to talk about my project at #2025ISMPMI this afternoon! 🌿