Lena Flörl (she/her)

We collaborated with winegrowers across Switzerland to study the interaction of environmental conditions and vineyard management practices on the soil and berry microbiome as well as on berry quality 🤝

19.08.2025 09:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New preprint of our citizen science project is out! 🍇

19.08.2025 09:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

So early days!
But a first insight into these complex interactions between the plant host and the associated microbiome, as well as the potential underlying genetic mechanisms! 🧬

25.07.2025 13:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

But also interesting, as variable fermentative yeasts contribute to unique wine characteristics - so this may help us further understand why different cultivars ferment and then *taste* differently 🍷

25.07.2025 13:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is relevant for potential further breeding programs e.g. for increased pathogen resistance for a more sustainable viticulture 🍇

25.07.2025 13:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Using Microbiome-QTL mapping - as the first study in a woody, perennial! - we showed that certain genetic regions are associated with pathogenic and fermentative species. 🪢

25.07.2025 13:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Environmental factors are the main drivers of diversity in the berry microbiome - in a controlled setting we could show that the cultivar still has a distinct influence in recruiting bacteria and fungi! 🤩

25.07.2025 13:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Excited to share our now @newphyt.bsky.social paper on the Genetic Basis of Microbiome Recruitment in Grapevine - a cool collaboration with @cantulab.bsky.social! 🍇🦠🧬

➡️ doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Here are some highlights: 🧵

25.07.2025 13:33 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 5    📌 2

Excited to present my research on @femsmicro.org! Swing by to poster 231 (Section D) if you want to chat about microbiota, omics, cancer or music! @lenafloerl.bsky.social @starwut.bsky.social

16.07.2025 09:35 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Review of 25 studies applying the universal peptide nucleic acid (PNA) blockers developed by Lundberg et al. (2013) in 16S rRNA gene sequencing across different plant materials and organs reveals substantial variability in concentrations used

Lena Flörl and Nicholas A. Bokulich evaluated the efficacy of universal mitochondrial and chloroplast PNA blockers across a range of concentrations and estimated their impact on alpha and beta diversity. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYT...

19.05.2025 19:35 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0