DMF UNIL

Sign up for our annual Impromptu Symposium on Nov. 21 in the Biophore @unil.bsky.social organized by Christophe Keel and Jordan Vacheron, which will explore the fascinating world of microbe–plant interactions with an exciting speaker line up!
Registration (lunch included): forms.gle/t4fC8uQV5HQF...

Excited to finally share the typeset version of our very first venture into microbial ecology! 🤩
Big thanks to @simonvanvliet.bsky.social for a rewarding collaboration within the NCCR Microbiomes.
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Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...

@hueihsuantsai.bsky.social and colleagues showed that localized #glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Plant Microbiota: War and Peace under the surface When we talk about microbiota, we usually think of the one inhabiting our gut. But there is another, less known and equally vital: the plant microbiota. In an article featured on the cover of "Science...

🆕 In an article featured on the cover of @science.org (October 2, 2025), @nikogeldner.bsky.social and his team @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social unveil the subtle alliances and rivalries that unfold between #bacteria and #roots, hidden beneath the #soil.
👉 www.unil.ch/news/en/1759...

Evolution of gut microbiota across honeybee species revealed by comparative metagenomics Nature Communications - Here, the authors perform metagenomic analysis of honeybee gut microbes, uncovering many previously unidentified species and host specific differences in composition and...

Happy to announce that our comparative metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiota of five honeybee species - spearheaded by @aiswarya.bsky.social - is finally published in a peer-reviewed journal! rdcu.be/eKMCs @fbm-unil.bsky.social @dmf-unil.bsky.social 🧵👇

Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

DMF Impromptu Seminar: The Bacterial Cell Across Scales Event Timing: Fri. 22.11.2024, 8:30 - 17:30 Event Address: UNIL-Sorge, Biophore Auditorium, 1015 Lausanne, CH Contact: nassim.berberat@unil.ch

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join us for our annual in person DMF Impromptu symposium on the 22nd of November in the Biophore at UNIL. 'The bacterial cell across scales' organised by Paula Navarro and Andrea Vettiger with a great speaker lineup including @susanschlimpert.bsky.social @kimingeneva.bsky.social