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Zarah Sorger

@zarizarah.bsky.social

Plant-microbe interactions / PhD student @ Döhlemann lab, book-lover, animal friend

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Our PhD candidates are having a great time at the MadFungi transcriptomics workshop at the University of Kiel @uni-kiel.de. Special thanks to @estukenbrock.bsky.social and her team for the great organization!

23.09.2025 14:25 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Plant-associated fungi co-opt ancient antimicrobials for host manipulation Evolutionary histories of effector proteins secreted by fungal pathogens to mediate plant colonization remain largely elusive. While most functionally characterized effectors modulate plant immunity, ...

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We identified evolutionary origins of many fungal effectors!
We show that fungi secrete lots of antimicrobial proteins, and that some of them were repurposed by plant pathogens for host immune suppression.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

cc @teamthomma.bsky.social

15.08.2025 07:46 — 👍 66    🔁 44    💬 1    📌 3
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You have some messages 😊
#2025ISMPMI

16.07.2025 19:34 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Pseudomonas intra-genus competition determines the protective function of synthetic bacterial communities in Arabidopsis thaliana The plant microbiome can protect its host against detrimental bacterial strains. This study shows that competition among Pseudomonas bacteria in synthetic bacterial communities determines how well the...

Our paper on Pseudomonas intra-genus competition in SynComs on Arabidopsis roots is now out @plosbiology.org ! 🎉
If you want to chat about the story, visit poster 374 tomorrow, Thursday #2025ISMPMI

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

16.07.2025 19:11 — 👍 56    🔁 23    💬 2    📌 0
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Bring your #PlantScience publishing questions for our Editors!

Catch Holly on our stand at #2025ISMPMI with @hacquardst.bsky.social, Ralph Panstruga, Ari Sadanandom, @pietrospanu.bsky.social and Ertao Wang!

📅 TODAY
⏰ 13:00–14:00
🗺 New Phytologist Foundation stand, poster hall

16.07.2025 09:35 — 👍 25    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0
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#2025ISMPMI - 🌱🍄 Come by Thursday afternoon to see my poster (P-336) if you are curious how interkingdom microbial antagonism can be mediated by fungal glycoside hydrolases. Happy to discuss!

16.07.2025 09:02 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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My poster is up at #2025ISMPMI. Come by P-372 Thursday afternoon if you are interested in fungal evolution, effectors and microbial competitions!

More research by @teamthomma.bsky.social at P-091, P-170, P-299, P-317, P-337 and P-388.

16.07.2025 06:27 — 👍 43    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 1

Here, we dissect the processing and release mechanism of the maize phytocytokine Zip1. Our results reveal a two-step mechanism of phytocytokine processing, translocation, activation and clearance.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

18.06.2025 07:01 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals Abstract. Purine-based metabolites serve as essential mediators of signaling, immunity, and host-microbe interactions across biological kingdoms. This revi

Our new review in FEMS Microbiology by Nick Dunken and Tim Thomsen is online. Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals url: academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

14.07.2025 08:37 — 👍 8    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Sophie Sent - Blumeria hordei-Bipolaris sorokiniana coinfection breaks down host barley disease resistance #2025ISMPMI

13.07.2025 09:00 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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On Saturday, we celebrated the 6th edition of Soapbox Science Rheinland in the heart of the city! Huge thank-you to our CEPLAS speakers Jana Peter, Ganiyat Akinade and Zarah Sorger @zarizarah.bsky.social for bringing plant science to the public and showing how exciting research can be!

02.07.2025 09:53 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
alle mal herhören
Wissenschaftlerinnen geben einblock in ihre Forschung
Soapbox Science
28 June 2025, 1-4 pm

alle mal herhören Wissenschaftlerinnen geben einblock in ihre Forschung Soapbox Science 28 June 2025, 1-4 pm

🗣️Forschung trifft Öffentlichkeit – an der Düsseldorfer Rheinpromenade
Am Samstag, 28. Juni, werden zwölf Wissenschaftlerinnen aus unterschiedlichen Fachrichtungen @ceplas.bsky.social @cecad.bsky.social #ML4Q in kurzweiligen Vorträgen ihre Forschung vorstellen.
➡️ www.hhu.de/news-einzela...
@hhu.de

25.06.2025 06:31 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

GH25 lysozyme mediates tripartite interkingdom interactions and microbial competition on the plant leaf surface https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.04.647216v1

05.04.2025 03:18 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 2

In diesem Land werden eher die „Omas gegen Rechts“ verboten als die AfD.

26.02.2025 10:24 — 👍 6399    🔁 1614    💬 106    📌 45

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