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Aileen Berasategui
@berasymbionts.bsky.social

Postdoc opening in my lab! Looking for someone excited about genomes, symbionts and plant–insect interactions to join our team at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social. 🧬🍄🌿🦟 Applications reviewed from 16 Nov. buff.ly/WZtMcGs

buff.lyPostdoctoral Researcher
The Sainsbury Laboratory@thesainsburylab.bsky.social

VACANCY: Postdoctoral Researcher in the Berasategui Lab at TSL, Norwich, UK @berasymbionts.bsky.social Work at the interface of evolutionary genomics, plant pathology and insect symbiosis, within a world-class research environment. Application review starts 16 Nov 2026 buff.ly/WZtMcGs

buff.lyPostdoctoral ResearcherBerasategui Lab, The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL), Norwich, United Kingdom

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Bram van Dijk 🏳️‍🌈
@bramvandijk.bsky.social

New preprint from our lab, with @sultannazir.bsky.social! 🚨 Defense systems in pro- and eukaryotes are often derived from the very parasites they now defend against. Here we show how this all starts with the emergence of cheaters in parasite populations! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

biorxiv.orgSpatial structure drives the evolution of parasites into host defense systemsHost defense systems in prokaryotes and eukaryotes often appear to be derived from the very parasites they now defend against, yet the evolutionary route for such a transition remains poorly understoo...

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PLOS Biology
@plosbiology.org

The ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous DNA substitutions (dN/dS) encodes information about selection pressures. This study develops a model of dN/dS in recombining bacterial populations, offering insights on how horizontal gene transfer shapes the genome. 🧪 #AcademicSky #evolution plos.io/3Wcy9lT

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Freddie King
@freddie-king.bsky.social

Our transient expression system for diverse crops is now published in PLOS Biology! Check it out and see if we tested your favourite species... 🌱 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

doi.orgA broad-host-range Rhizobium rhizogenes strain enables transient expression across diverse crop speciesAgrobacterium-mediated transient expression has revolutionized plant research, but is largely confined to solanaceous species. This study shows that the engineered Rhizobium rhizogenes strain AS109 al...
Freddie King@freddie-king.bsky.social

Excited to share our preprint using Rhizobium rhizogenes AS109 for agroinfiltration, facilitating strong transient expression across non-model plants including sweet potato, mustard, Medicago and faba bean! doi.org/10.64898/202... 1/7

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Steven Strogatz
@stevenstrogatz.com

I spoke with The Daily about what’s happening to mathematics in the age of AI—and what it feels like to be a mathematician right now. The conversation went places I hadn’t expected. Thank you to Rachel Abrams, Annie Minoff, and their team. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/p...

nytimes.comMathematicians’ Latest Problem: What if A.I. Can Do Our Job?In the span of just a few months, A.I. systems have solved some of the biggest outstanding problems in math — adding mathematicians to the list of those terrified of losing their job to the technology...

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Christine Faulkner
@pdchristine.bsky.social

Anyone brave enough for an adventure in the uncharted waters of plant immunity and cell biology? We have a PhD studentship available as part of the NRP DTP - join us! biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.ukHow do the connections between a cell and its neighbours control how a cell responds? (FAULKNER_J27DTP) | Doctoral Training PartnershipPlant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs.

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Susan Schlimpert
@s-lab.bsky.social

Two PhD opportunities in our lab: 1. What do bacterial NLR proteins do beyond phage defence? Join us to explore how these proteins regulate viability, multicellular development and antibiotic production in Streptomyces. Apply 👉 shorturl.at/N8Abx #PhD #Microsky #Bioinformatics #Streptomyces

shorturl.atFrom Defence to Antibiotic production: Uncovering New Roles for NLR Signalling in Multicellular Bacteria (SCHLIMPERT_J27DTP) | Doctoral Training PartnershipNucleotide-binding and oligomerisation domain-like receptors (NLRs) are famous for driving immune responses in plants and animals. However, their extensive presence in multicellular…

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Ákos T Kovács
@evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social

Arabidopsis uses distinct coumarins and bacterial pathways for pH-adaptive iron acquisition @cellcellpress.bsky.social by Milena Malisic @milenamalisic.bsky.social and Charles Copeland @hotvegetables.bsky.social et al from Paul Schulze-Lefert www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

cell.comArabidopsis uses distinct coumarins and bacterial pathways for pH-adaptive iron acquisitionArabidopsis coordinates Fe acquisition with its root microbiota by releasing distinct coumarin chemotypes in response to environmental pH. These root-exuded specialized metabolites interact with root-...

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Wouter Kohlen
@wkohlen.bsky.social

After 12 wonderful years at Wageningen University & Research, it’s time for a new chapter: I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining Maastricht University!

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Fantin Mesny
@mesny.bsky.social

5 years ago, @hacquardst.bsky.social and I became very interested in 𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑐𝑢𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑎, an emerging fungal pathogen that colonizes the roots of many plants 🌱 🍅 🌾 🆕📝 Final result of a huge team effort to uncover the bases of its multi-host compatibility👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comCarbohydrate-active enzymes from a core root mycobiota member enable infection of multiple plant hosts - Nature MicrobiologyHost-induced fungal CAZymes act as disease determinants and drive multihost compatibility.

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Pam Ronald
@pcronald.bsky.social

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Explore emerging research with field leaders @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Receptor Kinase Signaling: Fueling Plant Resilience and Development, this May in Vancouver! keysym.us/KSRKSignaling27 #KSRKSignaling27 www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

keysym.usReceptor Kinase Signaling: Fueling Plant Resilience and Development | Keystone SymposiaJoin us at the Keystone Symposia on Receptor Kinase Signaling: Fueling Plant Resilience and Development, May 2027, in Vancouver, with field leaders!

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Paloma Durán
@paduba.bsky.social

Happy to share our latest work digging a bit more into what makes the the core microbiota of photosynthetic organisms convergent (or not!). Work performed @lipme-toulouse.bsky.social @cnrs.fr, in collaboration with @guan06rui.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3e958dt6 (1/10)

tinyurl.comEnvironmental factors and microbe-microbe interactions drive the structure of the core microbiota of terrestrial microalgaePlants and other photosynthetic organisms interact with their environment and surrounding microbiota through specialized associations. A global core microbiota has been proposed at high taxonomic levels, such as the order level. However, it remains unclear which environmental factors and how microbe-microbe interactions drive variation of this core microbiota at lower taxonomic resolution. Here, we leveraged the environmental diversity of 141 sites across the southwest of France to characterize algal populations, and their associated bacterial and fungal microbiota. We then performed a meta-analysis, combining these data with published datasets to formally identify the global core microbiota of terrestrial photosynthetic organisms, which comprises seven bacterial and five fungal orders. We next investigated diversity within this core microbiota and the environmental drivers shaping site-specific community composition. While environmental factors have a low impact on the total relative abundance of core orders, the core microbiota at the ASV-level is impacted by climatic factors, edaphic factors, and plant community descriptors. Using interaction network analysis, we finally explored how microbe-microbe interactions contribute to the assembly of stable core communities. Our results show that core ASVs occupy central positions in algal-associated microbial networks and that distinct core orders drive site-specific variation in core microbiota structure. Together, these findings highlight the importance of both environmental context and microbial interactions in shaping the composition and stability of the core microbiota associated with photosynthetic organisms. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. European Research Council, 951444 – PATHOCOM, erc-stg-948219, EPYC Agence Nationale de la Recherche, ANR-10-LABX-41 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, https://ror.org/00cwqg982, BB/ X011054/1, BBS/E/F/000PR13631

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eLife
@elife.bsky.social

We welcome studies in all areas of plant biology that provide new insights into plant evolution, interactions with microbes, development and physiology, and epigenetics and genomics. Read the latest research in Plant Biology ⬇️️ elifesciences.org/subjects/pla...

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Pedro Beltrao
@pedrobeltrao.bsky.social

I made a presentation to other faculty about recent progress in general AI, to facilitate the discussion around the impact for research and teaching in biology. It could be that the slides are useful for others trying to do that same. Feel free to re-use. docs.google.com/presentation...

docs.google.comgeneralAI_for research_intro.pptxRecent AI developments and what they mean for us Quick primer on general AI models* State-of-the-art in AI agent capabilities AI agents in biology (examples) Discussion - what does this mean for our r...

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Max Jordan
@maxljordan.bsky.social

Really excited to share our new manuscript on how the #NLR protein #AfsR regulates #Streptomyces antibiotic production - and how we can use its similarity to plant NLR immune receptors to enhance this production! 📄🧵 (1/17) @johninnescentre.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

biorxiv.orgA conserved NLR activation switch governs global transcriptional control of antibiotic biosynthesis in StreptomycesNucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLRs) are conserved molecular switches that regulate innate immunity across diverse domains of life. While best known for their roles in i...

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Alan Pacheco
@pachecolab.bsky.social

Hello from the Pacheco Lab! It's about time for a first post, and what better time than on the lab's first birthday! We study the metabolic ecology of microbial communities, using computation and experiments to understand and engineer interactions and community assembly -> more at pachecolab.com!

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Peter Moffett
@moffettpeter.bsky.social

New preprint from @s-gauthier.bsky.social and @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social in collaboration with the labs of Xuifang Xin, @gittacoaker.bsky.social and Laurent Noël Water immunity: Yesterday's preprint: Dampness is a DAMP... today's: ...but it also dampens defense www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

biorxiv.orgExtracellular water withdrawal drives disease resistance in the phyllosphereA central question in immunity is how hosts arrest pathogen growth. Diverse plant pathogens create a water-soaked niche in host tissue essential for pathogenesis, yet how water shapes infection outcom...
Charles Roussin-Léveillée@charlesrleveillee.bsky.social

Myth busted: immune activation ≠ immunity 🌱⚔️. We found ETI can trigger full cell death without stopping bacterial growth - if water stays in the apoplast. Want to know what immunity is from a physiological standpoint? 👇 A thread🧵

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Ka Wai Ma
@kawaima.bsky.social

First paper from the Ma Lab@ IPMB published in ISMEJ. We identified a microbial imbalance mutant mimb-1 with an upregulated JA signaling output. (1/n) academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

academic.oup.comUpregulated jasmonate signaling shifts Arabidopsis microbiota interactions and stress adaptations through a positive feedback loopAbstract. The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana hosts diverse microbial communities collectively known as the microbiota. The plant microbiota is generally

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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
@mpipz.bsky.social

🔬Big news🥳 We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new Director and head of the Department of Plant Virology @mpipz.bsky.social Her research focuses on how plant viruses interact with their hosts. 🎉Welcome to MPIPZ, Rosa 🌿🌱 www.mpipz.mpg.de/5842514/loza...

mpipz.mpg.deThe Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research welcomes Prof. Dr. Rosa Lozano-Durán as new director

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Jose M. Estevez
@estevezjosem.bsky.social

Finally out!! Beatifull work leaded by Arezo Rahimi and Salma Balazadeh group at University of Göttingen and colaborators showing the power of root hairs induced by Flavo98 to enhance drought tolerence in plants!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comEndophytic Flavobacterium promotes root hair development and enhances drought tolerance via an ERF–CEP5 hormonal regulatory module - Nature PlantsFlavobacterium sp. 98 promotes root hair development and enhances plant drought tolerance via a novel signalling pathway, highlighting the role of plant–microorganism interactions for improving crop r...

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)
@tairnews.bsky.social

We would love to find a plant biologist to fill this role at TAIR. Tell your friends, think about it for yourself! We’re a very friendly bunch at a non-profit with a great mission. 🌱 #arabidopsis #plantscijobs #biocuration

The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)@tairnews.bsky.social

We’re looking for a new team member (Remote, Half Time, Biological Data Curation Scientist)! If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass on this information. phoenix-bioinformatics.hirehive.com/biological-d... #plantscijobs #arabidopsis #biocuration

phoenix-bioinformatics.hirehive.comBiological Data Curation Scientist (Remote, Half Time) - Phoenix Bioinformatics - Newark | HireHive.comBiological Data Curation Scientist (Remote, Half Time) - Phoenix Bioinformatics is looking for a remote Biological Data Curation Scientist to join our sc ...

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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Concurrent session submissions for the 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju (July 18-22) are now open! Contribute to the dynamic scientific program and engage the international plant–microbe interactions community in Jeju, South Korea. Apply by 25 Sept. ismpmi.org/announcement...

ismpmi.orgConcurrent Session Proposals for 2027 IS-MPMI Congress in Jeju Are Now Open! Apply by 25 September 2026. - IS-MPMI2027 IS-MPMI Congress · 18–22 July 2027 · Jeju, South Korea Submission deadline: 25 September 2026 Call for concurrent session proposals We are thrilled to announce that concurrent session submissions...