Anika Damm
@anikadamm.bsky.social
PhD student at the Crop Science Centre (University of Cambridge). Investigating plant-nematode interactions.
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Anika Damm
@anikadamm.bsky.social
· Mar 11
Very excited to see my first first-authored paper published in @pnas.org . We found the first regulator of effector production in plant-parasitic nematodes! Congratulations to co first author @clempellegrin.bsky.social and all other authors. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Absolutely excited for #VNC25 tomorrow! Featuring talks from ECRs, 2 workshops, a murder mystery, and a pub with games. We are excited to have registrations from 55 countries! If you are interested in joining the YNN board, come along to our info session from 16:00-16:25 CET.
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Absolutely excited for #VNC25 tomorrow! Featuring talks from ECRs, 2 workshops, a murder mystery, and a pub with games. We are excited to have registrations from 55 countries! If you are interested in joining the YNN board, come along to our info session from 16:00-16:25 CET.
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New Preprint alert! It is finally here!
M incognita is a remarkable pathogen: extremely specialised with the widest host range (> 3,000). All this while reproducing parthenogenetically! We analyse the infection phenotype and transcriptome of 9 hosts (6 orders) at 25 dpi.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
M incognita is a remarkable pathogen: extremely specialised with the widest host range (> 3,000). All this while reproducing parthenogenetically! We analyse the infection phenotype and transcriptome of 9 hosts (6 orders) at 25 dpi.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The host range paradox of Meloidogyne incognita: a physiological and transcriptomic analysis of nine susceptible interactions across six plant orders
The plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita is the pathogen with the broadest host range among all known biotrophic interactions. This species is also the single most damaging of a group of agr...
www.biorxiv.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New Preprint alert! It is finally here!
M incognita is a remarkable pathogen: extremely specialised with the widest host range (> 3,000). All this while reproducing parthenogenetically! We analyse the infection phenotype and transcriptome of 9 hosts (6 orders) at 25 dpi.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
M incognita is a remarkable pathogen: extremely specialised with the widest host range (> 3,000). All this while reproducing parthenogenetically! We analyse the infection phenotype and transcriptome of 9 hosts (6 orders) at 25 dpi.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for #VNC2025!!
For everyone that missed their chance: we extended the deadline for abstract submission until Monday, September 15th: forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY...
For everyone that missed their chance: we extended the deadline for abstract submission until Monday, September 15th: forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY...
#VNC2025 is going to be global!! Thank you to everyone who already registered!
If you haven’t registered yet: today might be your last chance. Follow the link to register and/or submit an abstract forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY....
Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!
@biologists.bsky.social
If you haven’t registered yet: today might be your last chance. Follow the link to register and/or submit an abstract forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY....
Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!
@biologists.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for #VNC2025!!
For everyone that missed their chance: we extended the deadline for abstract submission until Monday, September 15th: forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY...
For everyone that missed their chance: we extended the deadline for abstract submission until Monday, September 15th: forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY...
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#VNC2025 is going to be global!! Thank you to everyone who already registered!
If you haven’t registered yet: today might be your last chance. Follow the link to register and/or submit an abstract forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY....
Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!
@biologists.bsky.social
If you haven’t registered yet: today might be your last chance. Follow the link to register and/or submit an abstract forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY....
Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!
@biologists.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
#VNC2025 is going to be global!! Thank you to everyone who already registered!
If you haven’t registered yet: today might be your last chance. Follow the link to register and/or submit an abstract forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY....
Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!
@biologists.bsky.social
If you haven’t registered yet: today might be your last chance. Follow the link to register and/or submit an abstract forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY....
Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!
@biologists.bsky.social
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September 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🪱 Reminder: Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN until September 10th! 🎉
Register and submit your abstract here. 👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
Special thanks to @biologists.bsky.social who support this year’s VNC via Funding for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing.
Register and submit your abstract here. 👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
Special thanks to @biologists.bsky.social who support this year’s VNC via Funding for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing.
August 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🪱 Reminder: Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN until September 10th! 🎉
Register and submit your abstract here. 👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
Special thanks to @biologists.bsky.social who support this year’s VNC via Funding for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing.
Register and submit your abstract here. 👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
Special thanks to @biologists.bsky.social who support this year’s VNC via Funding for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing.
Absolutely honoured to have been invited to speak and very much looking forward to the conference!!
🔖 Save the date!
🪱 This year's "Advances in Nematology" will be held at the Linnean Society London & online on December 4th 🪱
📆 Limited in-person registration opens 1st September!
Submit an abstract & find out more 🔗 buff.ly/HOgf6af
@anikadamm.bsky.social #nematodes #plantscience 🧪
🪱 This year's "Advances in Nematology" will be held at the Linnean Society London & online on December 4th 🪱
📆 Limited in-person registration opens 1st September!
Submit an abstract & find out more 🔗 buff.ly/HOgf6af
@anikadamm.bsky.social #nematodes #plantscience 🧪
July 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Absolutely honoured to have been invited to speak and very much looking forward to the conference!!
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Great presentation (and poster!) by @anikadamm.bsky.social, describing two nematode transcription factors that regulate effector gene expression at different infection stages.
July 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Great presentation (and poster!) by @anikadamm.bsky.social, describing two nematode transcription factors that regulate effector gene expression at different infection stages.
Reposted by Anika Damm
Coming back from 5 days of great science at #2025ISMPMI, I wanted to share some of my highlights, and particularly to mention my favourite presentations by early career researchers.
A thread 🧵 ⬇️
A thread 🧵 ⬇️
July 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Coming back from 5 days of great science at #2025ISMPMI, I wanted to share some of my highlights, and particularly to mention my favourite presentations by early career researchers.
A thread 🧵 ⬇️
A thread 🧵 ⬇️
Registration for #VNC2025 is open!! If you are a ECR please consider submitting an abstract using the link/QR code below. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
🪱 Calling all Early-Career Nematologists:
Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉
If you are MSc student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in nematology, Register and submit your abstract.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
⏰ Registration closes September 10th!!!
Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉
If you are MSc student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in nematology, Register and submit your abstract.
Register here👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z
⏰ Registration closes September 10th!!!
July 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Registration for #VNC2025 is open!! If you are a ECR please consider submitting an abstract using the link/QR code below. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
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🚀 Registration for VNC 2025 opens on July 10, 2025!
🔬 Submit your abstract and showcase your research in a vibrant, supportive environment.
📅 Save the date! More info on the 10th!
🔬 Submit your abstract and showcase your research in a vibrant, supportive environment.
📅 Save the date! More info on the 10th!
July 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🚀 Registration for VNC 2025 opens on July 10, 2025!
🔬 Submit your abstract and showcase your research in a vibrant, supportive environment.
📅 Save the date! More info on the 10th!
🔬 Submit your abstract and showcase your research in a vibrant, supportive environment.
📅 Save the date! More info on the 10th!
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New paper @natgenet.nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes
In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...
(1/3)
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes
In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...
(1/3)
How and when organisms edit their own genomes - Nature Genetics
This Review describes the changes that some organisms make to their own DNA sequences, linking many to common genetic mechanisms built around canonical DNA repair and to a set of functional circumstan...
nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New paper @natgenet.nature.com
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes
In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...
(1/3)
nature.com/articles/s41...
Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes
In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...
(1/3)
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Explore the latest research on the molecular battles between plants, nematodes, and parasitic plants in the #2025ISMPMI concurrent session, “Plant Interactions with Nematodes & Parasitic Plants.”
bit.ly/3SmrAZ1
Registration closes 7 July!
#Nematology #ParasiticPlants
bit.ly/3SmrAZ1
Registration closes 7 July!
#Nematology #ParasiticPlants
June 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Explore the latest research on the molecular battles between plants, nematodes, and parasitic plants in the #2025ISMPMI concurrent session, “Plant Interactions with Nematodes & Parasitic Plants.”
bit.ly/3SmrAZ1
Registration closes 7 July!
#Nematology #ParasiticPlants
bit.ly/3SmrAZ1
Registration closes 7 July!
#Nematology #ParasiticPlants
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🌱 New review out with @minyaojhu.bsky.social and Dr. Katharina Schiessl.
Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
June 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🌱 New review out with @minyaojhu.bsky.social and Dr. Katharina Schiessl.
Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
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Drs Kaihuai Li, Daowen Wang, Fengquan Liu & Zhengqing Fu highlight @sebastianevda.bsky.social & colleagues’ @pnas.org article on #plant #effectostimulins & #nematode SUbventral-Gland Regulator #SUGR1 promoting parasitism. @sc.edu @camplantsci.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzVW5Eb1x...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzVW5Eb1x...
May 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Drs Kaihuai Li, Daowen Wang, Fengquan Liu & Zhengqing Fu highlight @sebastianevda.bsky.social & colleagues’ @pnas.org article on #plant #effectostimulins & #nematode SUbventral-Gland Regulator #SUGR1 promoting parasitism. @sc.edu @camplantsci.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzVW5Eb1x...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzVW5Eb1x...
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Get to know our Board members! 🌱
Meet Dr. Unnati Sonawala (@uprogress.bsky.social), one of YNN’s founding members. As a PostDoc at the @cropscicentre.bsky.social, she is marvelled at interactions between plants and microbes—and beyond! Also, she is passionate about learning a new language!
Meet Dr. Unnati Sonawala (@uprogress.bsky.social), one of YNN’s founding members. As a PostDoc at the @cropscicentre.bsky.social, she is marvelled at interactions between plants and microbes—and beyond! Also, she is passionate about learning a new language!
May 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Get to know our Board members! 🌱
Meet Dr. Unnati Sonawala (@uprogress.bsky.social), one of YNN’s founding members. As a PostDoc at the @cropscicentre.bsky.social, she is marvelled at interactions between plants and microbes—and beyond! Also, she is passionate about learning a new language!
Meet Dr. Unnati Sonawala (@uprogress.bsky.social), one of YNN’s founding members. As a PostDoc at the @cropscicentre.bsky.social, she is marvelled at interactions between plants and microbes—and beyond! Also, she is passionate about learning a new language!
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Unnati Sonawala talks about her work setting the stage for large-scale nematode effector screening in tomato roots.
Her project was a pilot in our new Postdoc Innovation Awards launched in 2024.
👉 tinyurl.com/ykc6ckee
@uprogress.bsky.social
@cropscicentre.bsky.social
#PlantScience 🧪
Her project was a pilot in our new Postdoc Innovation Awards launched in 2024.
👉 tinyurl.com/ykc6ckee
@uprogress.bsky.social
@cropscicentre.bsky.social
#PlantScience 🧪
May 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Unnati Sonawala talks about her work setting the stage for large-scale nematode effector screening in tomato roots.
Her project was a pilot in our new Postdoc Innovation Awards launched in 2024.
👉 tinyurl.com/ykc6ckee
@uprogress.bsky.social
@cropscicentre.bsky.social
#PlantScience 🧪
Her project was a pilot in our new Postdoc Innovation Awards launched in 2024.
👉 tinyurl.com/ykc6ckee
@uprogress.bsky.social
@cropscicentre.bsky.social
#PlantScience 🧪
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New study shows how disrupting plant-nematode communication could limit cyst nematode infections.
The work - a collaboration between Cambridge Uni, Iowa State Uni, John Innes Centre & USDA - opens promising new routes to nematode control for crop protection & food security.
tinyurl.com/222h572b
The work - a collaboration between Cambridge Uni, Iowa State Uni, John Innes Centre & USDA - opens promising new routes to nematode control for crop protection & food security.
tinyurl.com/222h572b
April 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New study shows how disrupting plant-nematode communication could limit cyst nematode infections.
The work - a collaboration between Cambridge Uni, Iowa State Uni, John Innes Centre & USDA - opens promising new routes to nematode control for crop protection & food security.
tinyurl.com/222h572b
The work - a collaboration between Cambridge Uni, Iowa State Uni, John Innes Centre & USDA - opens promising new routes to nematode control for crop protection & food security.
tinyurl.com/222h572b
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We are delighted to announce our upcoming seminar:
"Nematode-Microbe Interactions" by Dr Olivera Topalović and PhD student Sandra Bredenbruch
🔬 Don’t miss it—register now!
"Nematode-Microbe Interactions" by Dr Olivera Topalović and PhD student Sandra Bredenbruch
🔬 Don’t miss it—register now!
March 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We are delighted to announce our upcoming seminar:
"Nematode-Microbe Interactions" by Dr Olivera Topalović and PhD student Sandra Bredenbruch
🔬 Don’t miss it—register now!
"Nematode-Microbe Interactions" by Dr Olivera Topalović and PhD student Sandra Bredenbruch
🔬 Don’t miss it—register now!
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important work www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
important work www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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📜 The SUbventral-Gland Regulator (SUGR-1) of nematode virulence
🧑🔬 Clement Pellegrin, Anika Damm, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, et al.
📔 @pnas.org
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Nematodes
🧑🔬 Clement Pellegrin, Anika Damm, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, et al.
📔 @pnas.org
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Nematodes
The SUbventral-Gland Regulator (SUGR-1) of nematode virulence | PNAS
Pathogens must precisely tailor their gene expression to cause infection. However,
a signaling cascade from host signal to effector production has ...
www.pnas.org
March 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📜 The SUbventral-Gland Regulator (SUGR-1) of nematode virulence
🧑🔬 Clement Pellegrin, Anika Damm, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, et al.
📔 @pnas.org
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Nematodes
🧑🔬 Clement Pellegrin, Anika Damm, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, et al.
📔 @pnas.org
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Nematodes
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Exciting: YNN, SON and APN working together to bring excellent NemaEvents later this year! Curious to know more? Follow us and stay tuned for updates!
#Science #PlantPathology #Nematology #Nematodes
#Science #PlantPathology #Nematology #Nematodes
March 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Exciting: YNN, SON and APN working together to bring excellent NemaEvents later this year! Curious to know more? Follow us and stay tuned for updates!
#Science #PlantPathology #Nematology #Nematodes
#Science #PlantPathology #Nematology #Nematodes
Very excited to see my first first-authored paper published in @pnas.org . We found the first regulator of effector production in plant-parasitic nematodes! Congratulations to co first author @clempellegrin.bsky.social and all other authors. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
March 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Very excited to see my first first-authored paper published in @pnas.org . We found the first regulator of effector production in plant-parasitic nematodes! Congratulations to co first author @clempellegrin.bsky.social and all other authors. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted by Anika Damm
Still reflecting on our last webinar—we had participants from 15 different countries tuning in! It was truly exciting to see such diversity and the high level of engagement from nematologists around the world. 🌍✨
March 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Still reflecting on our last webinar—we had participants from 15 different countries tuning in! It was truly exciting to see such diversity and the high level of engagement from nematologists around the world. 🌍✨