Fernanda de Carvalho-Niebel

Happy to share our latest article, 'Rhizobial motility preference in root colonisation of Medicago truncatula', from a great collaboration between Toulouse and Marburg.
DOI: doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Happy to share our recent work!

Rhizobial motility preference in root colonization of Medicago truncatula https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.12.681932v1

Understanding Host Compatibility in the Marchantia-Phytophthora System (CARELLA_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership The fossil record demonstrates that filamentous microbes invaded ancient plant cells with intracellular hyphal structures over 450 million years ago. To this day, a rich diversity of extant land plant...

New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group ⁦‪at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!

How do cells communicate when it’s hot? (FAULKNER_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs.

We have a project available for 2026 NRP Doctoral Training Partnership entry (i.e. PhD studentship opportunity!)

How do cells communicate when it's hot?

Don't know? Me either! Come work with us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and figure it out

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...

Post doc position in Extracellular vesicles and cross kingdom communication in the Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Final week to apply! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

New Article: "Precise deletion, replacement and inversion of large DNA fragments in plants using dual prime editing" rdcu.be/d55WL

...a chromosome editing tech enabling the scarless deletion, replacement and inversion of large DNA fragments, up to the megabase scale. #PlantScience

A neuronal gene that loops the loop Noncoding RNA controls the expression of a gene implicated in drug- and stress-induced behaviors

Noncoding RNA controls the expression of a gene implicated in drug- and stress-induced behaviors.

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#Communiqué 🗞️Microalgae use light sensors which are codified in their genomes: phytochromes. These photoreceptors enable them to detect changes in the light spectrum in the water column, providing information regarding their vertical position within it. 🌊
👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/phy...

#Communiqué 🗞️Les diatomées, des microalgues, utilisent des phytochromes codés dans leur génome pour détecter les variations lumineuses dans la colonne d'eau, ce qui leur permet de déterminer leur position verticale. 🌊

👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...

Interested in doing a PhD on modelling the dynamics of a differentiation wavefront in the Arabidopsis root, in collaboration with @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social, at the MPIPZ in Cologne? Just a few weeks left to apply!

Annexin- and calcium-regulated priming of legume root cells for endosymbiotic infection Nature Communications - This study describes ultrastructural changes and cell-specific calcium responses that accompany cytoplasmic bridge formation in legume root cells committed to symbiotic...

Check out our recent work 'Annexin- and calcium-regulated priming of legume root cells for endosymbiotic infection' in Nature Communications rdcu.be/d2Aye

Controlling the genes of a parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is responsible for the most fatal forms of malaria, needs a protein called MORC to maintain the structure of its DNA.

Controlling the genes of a parasite.
https://buff.ly/4g2ujRr

Rooting for survival: how plants tackle a challenging environment through a diversity of root forms and functions Abstract. The current climate crisis has global impacts and will affect the physiology of plants across every continent. Ensuring resilience of our agricul

Proud to share our new @plantphys.bsky.social review exploring the anatomical and molecular basis for root adaptations to the environment. Prashanth Ramachandran and Andrea Ramirez detail cell types and pathways that help plants stay resilient in a changing world. academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...