Isabel saur

Congratulations to Elena Lesch from the Ischebeck lab @uni-muenster.de for the best Postdoc talk and winning the @theplantjournal.bsky.social award 🎉 #MAdLand2025 #plantsci

Now with official press release. I'm very much looking forward to welcome @cbarragan.bsky.social in January

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The Panoptes system uses decoy cyclic nucleotides to defend against phage - Nature The Panoptes antiphage system defends bacteria by detecting phage-encoded counter-defences that sequester cyclic nucleotide signals, triggering membrane disruption and highlighting a broader strategy of sensing immune evasion through second-messenger surveillance.

The Panoptes system uses decoy cyclic nucleotides to defend against phage

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very happy to see this work finally online!
Resistance against necrotrophic pathogens is not generally conserved. When comparing five wild tomato spp, we saw that one spp co-opted a different mechanism against Sclerotinia infection!

Discovery of functional NLRs using expression level, high-throughput transformation and large-scale phenotyping Nature Plants - Rapid discovery of functional resistance genes is enabled by a high-expression signature and high-throughput transformation. This approach identified 31 new resistance genes for...

Super excited to see our work on the NLRseek program finally published 🥳 Here we identify new NLRs against major wheat pathogens and present a pipeline for NLR identification. Huge thank you to all of the co-authors for bringing this work together! @matthewmoscou.bsky.social rdcu.be/eIGvv

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Registration to the 4th International Barley Mutant 🧬Workshop #IBMW26 has opened. More info ibmw26.wordpress.com

We’re excited to host the first MadFungi Research Unit workshop in Kiel, welcoming MSc and PhD students from across Germany! Over three days, this workshop will cover many aspects of RNA-seq analysis in plants 🌱 and fungi🍄‍🟫.

Had a great time organizing & teaching the MadFungi transcriptomics workshop. We spent three amazing days on RNA-seq for plant–microbe interactions and had great conversations with brilliant MSc/PhD students! 🌱🍄
#RNAseq #PlantMicrobeInteractions #Bioinformatics #PlantPathology

The first article of Camille Rabeau (CIFRE PhD student @inrae-bioger.bsky.social and @innolea) now on bioRxiv. Camille characterized Leptosphaeria maculans effector genes expressed during stem colonization of rapeseed and identified new resistance sources. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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!

We proudly present a new preprint by Leon Pierdzig et al: Wall teichoic acids, glycopolymers specific to Gram-positive bacteria, trigger defense and cell death in Arabidopsis. Cysteine-rich RLKs act as key components in their perception. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES in plants Plant ERAD machinery governs the turnover of auxin transporters involved in developmental and stress responses.

11 years ago I did experiments which contribute to the cool story from @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @seinabnoura.bsky.social about how the ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES for acclimative growth. Science often requires quite some time:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ich suche eine*n TA für meine Arbeitsgruppe!

Gern weitersagen 🤗🌾

#plantscijob

@mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social
Whop!

From peptides to patterning: Redox control of the master regulator PLT2 in Arabidopsis roots Root systems are essential for anchorage and for the uptake of water and nutrients. Their growth is tightly regulated through coordinated processes such as

NEWS & VIEWS: From peptides to patterning: Redox control of the master regulator PLT2 in Arabidopsis roots (Anna Moseler, Blanca Jazmin Reyes-Hernández) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

Purifying recombinant proteins from Nicotiana benthamiana for structural studies Nature Protocols, Published online: 09 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41596-025-01249-2This protocol presents a versatile approach for the expression and purification of diverse recombinant protein complexes for structural studies, leveraging transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves to achieve high yield and purity.

New Article! Purifying recombinant proteins from Nicotiana benthamiana for structural studies

Scientific mobility in microbiology – 9 Eliza Loo

I was recently interviewed by @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social for their Scientific Mobility series. I hope my 2 cents helped with your mobility ;) www.cell.com/trends/micro...

@kathywippel.bsky.social

New Zealand had some of the most restrictive laws when it came to genetically engineered food crops. This move once again demonstrates how the NZ Government makes Science-based decisions.

Take note, European Union!

#PlantGMOs #PlantNGTs #PlantScience #Agroculture #Sustainability #PlantBreeding

Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

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Pseudomonas syringae HopN1 Binds Plant VAP12 and a Rho-GTPase, Suggesting a Role in Membrane-Associated Processes - Charlotte Brinkmann, Jennifer Bortlik, Frederik Börnke, 2025 Many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens deploy type III effector proteins (T3Es) to manipulate host cellular processes and suppress immune responses. Increasing ...

🚨 More on FFAT motifs in effector biology 🚨
Pseudomonas effector HopN1 interacts with ER tethering proteins (VAPs) via a FFAT motif. Furthermore, HopN1 interacts with a plant RHO-GTPase, mirroring YopT from the mammal pathogen Yersinia.

@igzleibniz.bsky.social #PlantScience

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Thanks, we have two small ‚reasons’ why this could work out - time wise at least :-)

Excited to announce that our latest paper has just been published in Science!

ttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx2508

Ha :-) same to you Tina!!!!!!!

(2/2) So many plant science projects funded; demonstrates the huge importance and impact of the field!
Congrats to all other grantees (and of course the future grantees & friends that have submitted great proposals but just missed the funding cut off this time!)

I am thrilled &honoured, what a journey that was!
Only possible with the great support from family, all lab members, friends, current @unicologne.bsky.social / @ceplas.bsky.social & former colleagues & mentors.
With this project, we will do all that we can to help protect plants from diseases (1/2)

My department is hiring a Plant-Fungal Assist Prof!! As the newest #NewPI here, don't get me started on how wonderful my colleagues, how smooth my onboarding has been, how supportive the school and the department are, how nice my brand new lab is, and how convenient living in Champaign Urbana is!

🌱rock...clearly! Fantastic! Congratulations to all! #ERCStG

Job

Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm

In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de ‬

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

Spread the word 😃
Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱