Marília Horta Jung 🇵🇹🇪🇺🇨🇿🇺🇦

Fig. 2. Generation of 2-fluoroadenine (2-FA)-resistant individuals of Aphanomyces euteiches.

Laurent Camborde et al. explored the applicability of DNA-free endogenous counterselection in filamentous oomycetes, using CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoproteins. Learn more: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-25-0063-TA

Shepherd's purse inflorescence covered in white rust

Seeing a lot of Albugo candida "white rust" (actually an oomycete, not a basidiomycete fungus like other rusts) on Shepherd's purse around here at the moment #WildPlantDisease

As a forest researcher, I very often (far too often) encounter questions such as: What does a forest researcher do in Spain? Do you even have forests there? The international image of Spain as a mostly desert-like country, and mainly associated with sun and beach,has contributed to this stereotype.

There is a week left to apply for two available positions in my lab @ipbhalle.bsky.social

- PhD: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/12-phd-posit...

- Postdoc: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/13-postdocto...
Earliest start date: 01/05/2026.

We are interested in plant immune receptor biochemistry and evolution. Please share!

LIN oppositely affects Phytophthora infection in Medicago. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Be part of OMGN! Open to all researchers with an interest in oomycetes, from molecular genetics & genomics to biology, population biology, and ecology, at either an experimental or a computational level. Investigators new to the field are always welcome oomycetes.com

Join the Vegetation Science Group at Masaryk University, Brno.
PhD position available in plant Ecology and possibility to work in the project "WetFlorVegChange: Floristic and Vegetation Changes in European Wetlands"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/407181

Postdoctoral position in Forest Genetics at @uni-freiburg.de with a focus on local adaptation and/or stress reaction of trees. The position combines research and teaching (4 SWS), and offers the opportunity to develop an independent research profile (4+ years).

#transgenerational transmission of a core #microbiome that protects against downy mildew from soil to #phyllosphere

Fantastic and important study by @jellespooren.bsky.social @rlberendsen.bsky.social
@cornepieterse.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
#plantscience

We’re hiring!

Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Assistant @KamounLab

“Biology and Applications of Plant Immune Receptors” www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...

Genomic approaches to accelerate American chestnut restoration More than a century after two introduced pathogens killed billions of American chestnut trees, introgression of resistance alleles from Chinese chestnuts has contributed to the recovery of self-sustai...

A step forward in restoring the American #chestnut #tree, Castanea dentata, which was almost wiped out by chestnut #blight, caused by the #invasive #fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, and Phytophthora root rot.

#GenomicSelection #ForestHealth #TreeHealth #ForestPathology

doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Happy #DarwinDay!
Charles Darwin was born 217 years ago, on 12 February 1809.
In an increasingly uncertain world, his thoughts are more topical than ever.

Structural basis of canonical TIR-NLR activation in plant innate immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.03.703613v1

PhD position in biology (m/f/d) (1/2026) Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (Halle) offers a PhD position in Biology

Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social!
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.

Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...

Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs

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YouTube video by PurPest EU PurPest - VOC detection technology

📡 Dive into the future of sensing with our VOC detection technology in action 🎥!

👇 Watch our newest video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvv...

It’s now official! INRAE is recruiting: @umr-iam.bsky.social is offering a permanent position as a research scientist to study the effect of #microbiota on #tree #health.
Visit jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-comp... before March 5, 2026 to apply !

1/12 I'm ecstatic to share my preprint on legume NLR tissue expression! We investigated the NLRomes of 28 legumes + 4 outgroups, examining tissue expression across 7 legume species. Paper thread below 🧵👇
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @itqbnova.bsky.social
🔗https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.25.701577

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...

Pasito a pasito… 😃

Isolation and proteomic analysis of intracellular vesicles from the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41582190/

📢 2 PhD Positions Available in Plant Immune Receptor Bioengineering at Imperial College London
🌱 Start: Oct 2026
📅 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026
🇬🇧 UK/settled status only
💰 Fully funded (48 months)
ℹ️ Info: shorturl.at/po61I
#PlantImmunity #PlantPathology #SyntheticBiology
🙏 Share with interested candidates!

Effector gene silencing coordinated by histone methylation and small RNAs enhances host adaptation in a plant pathogen Abstract. Pathogen adaptability driven by epigenetic processes remains poorly understood and poses a significant challenge to sustainable disease managemen

Our collaborated research identified a two-layer epigenetic mechanism to silence Avr genes in Phytophthora sojae and enable host adaptation in soybean. Please check url: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.

Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.

Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.

But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.

Remember this.

Haplotype comparison of the fully phased chromosome 9 uncovers a variety of evolutionary processes. Top: Explanation of the approach to assign haplotypes to accessory nodes of the pangenome and subsequent visualization: 1. create a pangenome graph and parse its variation; 2. the graph is transformed into a sequence alignment for visualization; 3. the core and unique nodes remain unchanged, while the accessory nodes are recursively assigned to different haplotypes. Middle: Pangenome graph of the phased chromosome 9 created with Minigraph-Cactus and visualized with Bandage. The nodes of the graph are coloured based on the haplotypes assigned in the bottom panel. Bottom: Alignment of haplotypes of chromosome 9 for all phased P. effusa isolates, derived from the pangenome graph in 4 kb windows, as described in the top panel.

#Plant pathogens secrete effectors to establish infections, but resistant crops select for resistance-breaking #pathogens. @mfseidl.bsky.social &co use #pangenome graph analyses of 19 resistance-breaking races of an #oomycete pathogen to identify several effectors @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4qA6nKC

P.S.: The (beer) cap lifter was immediately classified as laboratory /office equipment by the #Phytophthora Research Team (as important as the coffee machine 😊!)

Returning to work and realising Christmas is not over after all: lovely and interesting gifts waiting for my attention.
Thank you Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
@mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social
Beware: your seagrass meadows are just about to be invaded by our favourite marine Oomycetes!

Thomas Jung ( #Phytophthora Research Centre, Mendel University in Brno) presented his experience with project Purpest @purpest-eu.bsky.social :
What works in Horizon Europe: experiences, challenges and tips?

A National Information Day event focused on new opportunities under the Horizon Europe programme (Cluster 6 ) was held at The Technology Centre Prague @tc-praha.bsky.social

www.horizontevropa.cz/en/news/yiif....

Invitation poster for a talk on Wednesday, 21. January 2026, 16:00 CET (Prague) in the🧪 #forest🍁#ecology #seminar at MENDELU, BRNO. Anouncing Boris Rewald from the Mendel University to talk about 🌲'Mixed #tree #plantations: the good, the plastic and the uncertain' - with a lot of #root #plasticity. free availabile via ZOOM at the link https://excellentia.ldf.mendelu.cz/SEMINAR-SERIES

🚨Join us on Wednesday, 21. January 2026, 16:00 CET (Prague) for🧪 #forest🍁#ecology #seminar. Welcome our own @borisrewald.bsky.social (MENDELU) 🌳🌲'Mixed #tree #plantations: the good, the plastic and the uncertain' - with a lot of #root #plasticity... ZOOM: excellentia.ldf.mendelu.cz/SEMINAR-SERIES