Sanjay Antony-Babu

New Publication Alert:
We are back with one more publication in our Fusarium pathobiome series, in #Frontiers_in_Microbiology.
We demonstrate the genetic potential and the growth effect of a stable core microbiome of Fusarium wilt.
Thanks to all the collaborators.

Read more;
doi.org/10.3389/fmic...

One of my absolute highlights being presented at the #IS-MPMI2025 congress this year. Congratulations to everyone involved.

Thanks @plantdisease.bsky.social and everyone who participated in the discussion.

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is hiring an Assistant Professor to study cereal pathogens

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring!

Congrats Carolyn Young!

My first #APS #PlantHealth meeting was in 2022, and since then I've had the tradition of taking a selfie with Carolyn Young. This year it was more special with Carolyn' APS fellow award. Congrats!!!

🌱 At #PlantHealth2025, we’re going beyond pathogens

Join our IDEA CAFÉ:
Beyond Pathogens: Rethinking Microbial Dynamics in Plant Health Decline
On August 5th, 10.00 – 10.45 AM

#IdeaCafe #APS #Microbiomes #PlantPathology #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobialEcology #Dysbiosis #Pathobionts #Hyphosphere

Cross-kingdom RNA communication in plant–bacterial interaction Boundaries of cross-kingdom RNA communication are now being expanded, with recent work showing that plants deliver gene-silencing RNA into bacteria. Ravet et al. report that both extracellular vesicul...

Cross-kingdom RNA communication in plant–bacterial interaction

- @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social Spotlight

www.cell.com/trends/genet...

Two of our undergraduate summer interns presented their work at the #IPMB2025 #PLPM poster session.

Congratulations Victor Fraga and Saurav Mathur for your hardwork throughout your summer #REEU.
@santonyb.bsky.social

#microbiomes #pathobiomes #syncoms #PFAS #atrazin

Out of curiosity, how does it compare to Mendeley?

What did we find:
- Microbial dysbiosis often precedes disease symptoms
- Certain beneficial bacteria decline before the pathogen becomes dominant
- More importantly, the pathobionts in the hyphosphere can be distinguished as a potentially distinct pathobiome within the dysbiosis community

What we did: We examined the microbial communities in banana plant endosphere and soils, and compared it to the microbiota directly associated with the #Fusarium pathogen's #hyphosphere.

The Distinguished Microbiome: Differentiating Microbial Dysbiosis and the Pathobiome of Banana Fusarium Tropical Race 4 | Phytobiomes Journal Microbial interkingdom interactions are key to the successful infection of soil-borne pathogens, as pathogen success is not solely dependent on a susceptible host but also on a conducive microbiome. T...

Just Published!
Our latest research is now online in #PhytobiomesJounal ‪@phytobiomesjournal.bsky.social‬ : "Differentiating Microbial Dysbiosis and the Pathobiome of Banana" apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

Practice of neurosurgery on Saturn The practice of neurosurgery on Saturn is almost identical to the one practiced on Earth. Because the art of practice of Medicine was transferred by h…

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... congrats to the authors. Y'all made my day

I wonder whether we should give up emails and go back to paper, pen, and snail mail. We are in a Jevons Paradox situation with emails.

I was warned, but I never took it seriously. Most of my time is spent deleting emails.

Is the rise in the number of fake profiles in the last couple of days on bluesky an indication of the app's growth?

Actinomycetes will always be my favorite!

An ice breaker question!

What's your favorite microbial taxa? #icebreaker #microbiology

Tenure Track Faculty Opening at Carnegie Mellon in Decarbonization, Climate Change Adaptation, & Related Fields. Please share airb your networks or consider applying. One reason I left a think tank for CMU is because CMU has a lot of folks working on energy & climate. 🔌💡 apply.interfolio.com/154848

"One of these days I will make a #phylogenomic tree of all trees used as #Christmas trees, and make a 3D model of it with each branch from the wood of those trees" - my thought every year in Nov/Dec for the past 15 years. Maybe someone has already done this. Have they?

This is one of my kitties, DJ. Looks like he might be her brother.

Push–Pull Intercropping Increases the Antiherbivore Benzoxazinoid Glycoside Content in Maize Leaf Tissue Push–pull technology refers to a promising mixed cropping practice for sustainable agricultural intensification, which uses properties of intercrop and border crop species to defend a focal crop again...

New paper from our group! We found that maize plants from push-push fields had a higher relative abundance of metabolites toxic to insect herbivores. This suggests that maize plants growing with companion plants are "stronger" than maize plants growing alone.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Faculty position in plant-microbe interactions at Cornell
“The Plant Microbiome, Plant Health, and the Changing Climate” academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28742

I am looking for 1-2 new master's students in the summer/fall 2025 or spring 2026. Research can either tie to our current work on phloem physiology or plant phenology. Please email me if you want to know more!

Assistant Professor of Ecology University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

I'm so excited to announce that my department is now hiring TWO ECOLOGISTS at the Assistant Professor Level.

We will be really excited to substantially expand research in ecology in our EEOB Department at UCR.
Please Repost and share widely!

aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01983

Annual Conference 2025

Next year's Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2025 will be held here in the bracing and beautiful port city of Liverpool 31st March – 3rd April!

Watch out: abstract submission deadline is earlier than previous years, on the 12th November...

microbiologysociety.org/event/annual...

V- and VL-Scores Uncover Viral Signatures and Origins of Protein Families Viruses are key drivers of microbial diversity, nutrient cycling, and co-evolution in ecosystems, yet their study is hindered due to challenges in culturing. Traditional gene-centric methods, which fo...

New preprint alert: We define two new metrics V-score and VL-score for genomes and protein families with applications in viral genomics and ecology. These metrics for KEGG, Pfam, eggNOG, VOG, PHROG, are publicly available-https://anantharamanlab.github.io/V-Score-Search/.
biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Time to return to this platform more regularly! And if you know anyone looking for a PostDoc position in phage-host interactions - still one work week left to apply 👇🏼🧬✨

This is my first post and I wanted to start with a positive note. This news is three weeks old now. Thanks to AgriLife for the Dean's Outstanding Achievement Award.

microscopic photos of fungal filaments

#Bacteria & #Fungi Come Together in #Endosymbiosis Study www.labroots.com/trending/cel... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"After several generations, the health of the fungi began to improve. They were changing and adapting to their new resident bacteria. The bacteria also changed."