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Highly recommended EMBO Workshop on Plant Photobiology (ISPP2026) in Les Diablerets, Switzerland! (even if I may be slightly biased...) Registration open. We are very much looking forward to seeing you there! ⬇️

Check out our new preprint by @octaviarmn.bsky.social and @liobarueger.bsky.social in collaboration with @meikeburow.bsky.social - we investigate the spatial effect of glucosinolates on root microbiomes in Arabidopsis and Camelina! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... lots of cool stuff!

Plant Physiology webinar, Plant Ecophysiology. Feb 26. Speakers Amanda Cardoso, William Thomas, and Sabina Villadangos, hosted by Agustin Zsögön and moderated by Thomas Depaepe.

📅 Save the date! We have a free upcoming Plant Physiology webinar on Ecophysiology, 26 Feb (2PM GMT). 🌱

👉 More info and registration link: blog.aspb.org/plant-physio....

#PlantScience

Schüler im Labor fotografiert eine Petrischale mit dem Smartphone, im Hintergrund unscharfe Computergeräte.

Heute startet die KölnerKinderUniversität🎉

Kinder der Klassenstufen drei bis sechs können bis zum 2. April an vielen Vorlesungen und Workshops zu ganz unterschiedlichen Themen teilnehmen.
Mehr dazu ▶️ kinderuni.uni-koeln.de

#uniköln #unicologne #kinderuni #kölnerkinderuni #liebedeineuni

🌾 We have an open postdoc position in Plant Genomics in our group at HHU Düsseldorf!

If you enjoy computational biology, asking big questions, and the satisfaction of code working on the first try, check out schneebergerlab.org/career/

Apply by Mar. 31 | 3-year postdoc | German skills required

Hey everyone joining us @ #MBP2026 in mid March, we just released the conference program. Please check it out here: syncandshare.lrz.de/dl/fiPnsPinb... we are super excited to see you all soon and to talk 🌱🔬🥼 over 🍻all night long!

Podcast: Gentechnik - nachhaltige Raumfahrt - Biber schützen das Klima Gentechnik künftig ohne Kennzeichnung?; Elefantenrüssel mit Fingerspitzengefühl; Fastenzeit ist Fischzeit - und das geht auch nachhaltig; Geht Raumfahrt nachhaltig?; Wie Biber und Moore das Klima schü...

Ich mag Radio als Medium sehr und so habe ich mich über die Einladung von @quarkswdr.bsky.social auch besonders gefreut.

In den ersten 40 min der gestrigen Sendung bei WDR5 haben wir über Neue Genomische Techniken und ihre geplante Regulierung gesprochen 🌾🧬✂️
www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...

📣 12 open postdoc positions in @ceplas.bsky.social !! www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...

We @teamthomma.bsky.social look for a postdoc on The Secret Lives of Soil-Borne Fungal Pathogens: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Intermicrobial Interactions in Soils (see project 4)

Crop scientists have long recognized that reproduction is going to be the first point of failure for plants with rising global temperatures. However, this has often been overlooked by those studying natural populations. In this new review, we try to change that. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

The rust effector PstCFEM2 manipulates TaHA2- and TaCIPK9-mediated apoplastic acidification to promote wheat susceptibility A rust fungal effector activates the host plasma membrane proton pump, inducing apoplast acidification and stomatal opening to subvert plant immunity.

rust effector PstCFEM2 manipulates TaHA2- and TaCIPK9-mediated apoplastic acidification to promote wheat susceptibility url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

roses are red
violets are blue
both make sugars
from atmospheric CO2

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Dihydroxyhexanoic acid biosynthesis controls turgor in pathogenic fungi Many plant pathogenic fungi penetrate host surfaces mechanically, using turgor pressure generated by specialized infection cells called appressoria. These appressoria develop semipermeable cell walls ...

Out in @science.org this week, two fungal enzymes synthesise DHHA, which controls cell wall porosity and turgor in plant pathogenic fungi www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#mycology
#plantscience

📣 Our latest story just dropped on bioRxiv:: A structurally unique effector shared between Verticillium dahliae and Fusarium oxysporum is involved in cotton defoliation and virulence on other hosts www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵

Big news from our lab: we can now stably edit the genome of a parasitic plant! Transgene-free, genome-edited P. japonicum in one generation! This will transform how we study #parasiticplants and other hard-to-transform plants.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

UK wheat faces a serious new threat: yellow rust has overcome Yr15 resistance in major varieties. A BBSRC /DEFRA Rapid Response led by JIC with Niab and RRes as partners is hunting new resistance genes to protect harvests. 🌾 www.niab.com/news-views/n...

agreed to basically all!

Identification of Phosphorylation and Protein Interactions of Plant Pattern Recognition Receptors Through Immunoprecipitation Plasma membrane-localized pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) play a crucial role in detecting pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Among them, leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor-like kina...

We have published a methods paper describing how to identify cell surface receptor complexes by immunoprecipitation and map their phosphorylation sites.
We hope this protocol will be useful to the community. link.springer.com/protocol/10....

Promote brilliant plant science #ECRs 🌱
@plantsciencedbg.bsky.social Awards 2026 are open. monetary prize, a certificate & a plenary talk at Botanik-Tagung.
Deadline: 26 Apr 2026.
Pro tip: 👉 Self-noms welcome for Horst Wiehe Award
Details: www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/u/3awards

A ubiquitin binding protein mediates the crosstalk between PTI and ETI! Check out our new preprint below 👇

Plant–fungi interactions in Marchantia polymorpha are associated with horizontal gene transfer and terpene metabolism | PNAS The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha has emerged as a model for studying plant immunity in bryophytes, providing unique insights into conserved defe...

Interesting read!
Plant–fungi interactions in Marchantia polymorpha are associated with horizontal gene transfer and terpene metabolism
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Postdoctoral position in biology (m/f/d) (2/2026) Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (Halle) offers a Postdoctoral position in Biology

Please share! We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist (2 years, extension possible) starting from 01/05/2026 at
@ipbhalle.bsky.social! The project focuses on plant immune receptor biochemistry and structural biology.
Deadline 09/03/2026.

Apply at: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/11-postdocto...

Morgen, 5. Feb. an der @hhu.de:

19.00 - 20.30 Uhr im Haus der Universität @hhu.de

Dr. Götz Hensel vom @ceplas.bsky.social stellt Grundlagen der CRISPR-Genschere vor und Susanne Vollmer @hhu.de gibt Einblicke in ihre aktuelle Forschung.

#GrüneGentechnik

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New preprint out! Zhoubo Hu et al "A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis". We identify CAIR1, a UVR8-interacting protein, as a redox-responsive regulator of catalase localization and activity, maintaining cellular ROS balance. 🌱
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Fig. 3. A single L91Y amino acid substitution in AVRPM3a2/f2-A leads to recognition by the non-corresponding PM3b.

Editor’s Pick: "Interactions of Wheat Powdery Mildew Effectors Involved in Recognition by the Wheat NLR PM3," by Jonatan Isaksson et al. Learn more: https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-05-25-0050-SC

A bittersweet day as we say goodbye to @abdelrahmanqutb.bsky.social who's off to Cologne to postdoc with @izzysaurlab.bsky.social. It's been a pleasure to have you with us Abdo, can't wait to see what you achieve next. Just watch out for those obligate biotrophs!

Ah I feel with you. I really wanted to go but there were other things-maybe not such huge milestones though :-) good on you! gee, he was a little boy back when I tried to speak German to him at MPMI in Glasgow! (No clue how you manage life but seems like you are doing well!)

Genes are monitored by NLRs so the mutants initiate (weak) autoimmunity. Ts all if you ask me.

Defence Recognition of a Stripe Rust Fungal Effector Is Uncoupled from Disease Outcomes in Wheat | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® Plant resistance (R) and pathogen avirulence (Avr) gene interactions are central to pathogen recognition and disease resistance in crops. Functional characterisation of recognised Avr effectors of Puc...

Our first wheat stripe rust avirulence (?!) effector is published "Defence Recognition of a Stripe Rust Fungal Effector Is Uncoupled from Disease Outcomes in Wheat" apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/.... It is not what we expected but this is the most fun part about science. 1/n

Exciting PhD positions on plant immunity and engineering plant disease resistance with an excellent supervisor @jiorgoskourelis.bsky.social. Strongly recommend.👇