Mariana Schuster

⏰ Deadline extended! The submission deadline for our special issue on plant immune receptors is now 30 November. More time to share your latest discoveries. We look forward to your contributions! 🌱 #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #MPMI

If an editor can’t do this, they should not be an editor, either paid or unpaid. From my experience, “just address all reviewer comments” is prevalent.

A new study of UK #science curricula found that of 181 scientists referenced at A-level-equivalent just 3 (!) are women: a powerful reminder to make #womenScientists visible in science education. Because if girls never see themselves represented, why would they see a future for themselves in #STEM?

Treating myself with a bit of lab work 🥰

It’s workshop day! With Europe moving forward on NGT-1 regulation, there is a real opportunity to strengthen crop protection through innovation. Bringing stakeholders together to discuss challenges and next steps is more important than ever. Looking forward to an afternoon of science and discussion!

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Sorry for the late notice - congratulations, Mariana! Fantastic to see that a former COS Master student is thriving.

Join us in Halle for our #SNP2Prot international conference 2027 - Registration is open as of today!

We conclude the session @plantproteostasis.bsky.social on a high note with David Görg (he just finished his PhD recently) from @cnaumann123.bsky.social lab: He is talking about Pi-dependent ER stress adaptaton by a novel autophagy component ♻️ #proteostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🧵 How does a pathogen know it has entered its host? 🎉 Our paper is now published in Nature Communications! We uncovered a co-evolved peptide–GPCR system that allows the corn pathogen Ustilago maydis to sense host entry and promote infection. 🔗 Read the paper: rdcu.be/1B1vdJsRPpua (1/6)

Hey mycology community, Can you please email / DM me nominations of speakers that I can pass along to the organisers. They been made aware of the issue and let's turn this into a teaching moment. And thanks @mcmomany.bsky.social for sharing this list: fungalgenomes.org/wrifo/direct...

🌱New preprint 🎉 I am happy to share this last work of my PhD research! We uncover a novel role of cysteine protease RD19 in immunity. RD19 regulates RBOHD-generated ROS and is required for induced resistance responses. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... More details in the thread below! 🧵

Congratulations to biophysicist Peter Hegemann @humboldtuni.bsky.social, plant physiologist Georg Nagel @uni-wuerzburg.de, and @deisseroth.bsky.social! …. it all started with a basic research question: how tiny alga sense light

🚨 ERC grantees: want to share your research with schoolchildren? Apply for #ScienceIsWonderful 2027 by 🗓️ 15 October We can’t wait to discover your crazy, bold & engaging ideas! Apply 👉 link.europa.eu/tYtFX6 [Q3 has been tweaked: you can now submit a short description and/or a video link!]

It is always nice to listen to @jonathandgjones.bsky.social and it is even better for me when there are #proteases in the mix 😉

PhenoRob at the University of Bonn is recruiting 3 Junior Research Group Leaders in plant/crop science, phenotyping, robotics, sensing, ML, ecology & related fields. Each position comes with 2 funded PhD positions. Deadline: 2 Nov 2026 www.uni-bonn.de/de/universit...

Welcome @marcknightcalcium.bsky.social !

🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE - CLOSING SOON 🚨 🔬 Proteases in Cell Fate Regulation 📝 Edited by Peter Bozhkov & Simon Stael 📅 Closing date: 31 October 📇 Got a suitable manuscript? Contact the JXB office: bit.ly/JXBissues #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

Next up is @c-apel.bsky.social from @cnaumann123.bsky.social & Abel lab at the IPB in Halle, taking us into the world of Terraphos – Exploring the Evolution of Phosphate Scouting During Plant Terrestrialization #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝 CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated OsHMA3 Promoter Editing Reduces Rice Grain Cd Accumulation Without Yield Penalty - Chen, Meng et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi.... #plantscience 🧪

EPSO welcomes the European Commission’s call for evidence on Category 1 NGT plants and provides input regarding the necessary information for the verification process. #PlantScience #Biodiversity #Food2040EU #Bioeconomy #LifeSciences bit.ly/4hXxNqP

9 researchers from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), including 4 Colombians awarded #ERCStg2026. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/la... and if I get this right, 97 LAC in total have been awarded ERC grants: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/la...

There is no place like home 🏡 Late summer is always a whirlwind of meetings and travel. My lab and I are now slowly settling back into our routine. Being back reminds me how #grateful I am for my team, institute, and campus, and for the privilege of doing science every day, especially at the bench.

Our Special Issue on receptor-ligand interactions is now online! Thanks to all the authors for sharing their knowledge and views! Huge thanks to @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social @veroglez.bsky.social and @isabelmonte.bsky.social for great collaboration: ) @theplantjournal.bsky.social for the venue!

Still one week to apply!

If you’re a graduate student and interested in fungi please apply, this a great opportunity to experience research in an industry setting jobs.bayer.com/job/Chesterf...

Our second keynote speaker is Alain Tissier @atissier.bsky.social @ipbhalle.bsky.social on enhancing HDR and its use in engineering cis-genic disease resistance and other traits

Have your say on NGT1 plant regulation: tell the commission what you think. ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

#SNP2Prot speaker Marcel Quint kicks off this year‘s retreat that is taking place at @leibnizipk.bsky.social we look forward to reconnecting and discussing the progress made in the last two years 🌱

Great time at #PPRM2026 in Freising! 🌱 Enjoyed presenting my PhD work and connecting with researchers in the field.Thanks to the organizers for this opportunity and to my supervisor for the support! @marischuster.bsky.social @ipbhalle.bsky.social @julien-gronnier.bsky.social @isabelmonte.bsky.social

Is it only me that finds heartwarming to listen to the accent of one’s mother language in a talk delivered in English? #Cienciacriolla

Very nice PPRM2026 ( Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting) closes in Freising. Organised by @julien-gronnier.bsky.social , @isabelmonte.bsky.social and @kpkinase.bsky.social

🚨 Last days to sign up and contribute! Join the 4th Workshop of the Plant Health WG of @epsoeurope.bsky.social on 20 October 2026 to discuss how NGT-1 can help advance plant immunity research and application in Europe. 🌱 Online event 📅 Registration & abstract deadline: 20 September bit.ly/3R5Diu1

Yeah!!! So exciting to see Xu presenting new work on systemins in tomato at #PPRM2026 🌱🔥Our preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... This one feels personal. My work in the Schaller lab was on systemin signaling specificity, and now Xu has pushed the story forward by uncovering new systemins in tomato.

At Peptide Receptor Meeting #PPRM2026. A theme that came back twice is re-evaluation of old published results. We know about ABP1 and the systemin receptor, but there were two other examples today: WAK1 perception of OGs, and BSU1 Tyr dephosphorylation of BIN2 in BR signalling. #PlantScience