Linus Börnke
@linusboernke.bsky.social
Plant scientist working on the evolution of sugar signalling | PhD student at @hhu.de | Part of @CEPLAS.bsky.social graduate school | he/him
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Marchantia workshop will be held in Kobe next year!
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Marchantia workshop will be held in Kobe next year!
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Systemic and local regulation of root growth by vascular trehalose 6-phosphate is correlated with re-allocation of primary metabolites between shoots and roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.13.688188v1
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Systemic and local regulation of root growth by vascular trehalose 6-phosphate is correlated with re-allocation of primary metabolites between shoots and roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.13.688188v1
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🚨My very first (co-)first author paper got published in @pnas.org 🥳
We describe the tripartite interkingdom interaction between a yeast, the oomycete pathogen Albugo laibachii and a bacterium, mediated by a GH25 lysozyme 🦠
Thanks to everyone involved!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We describe the tripartite interkingdom interaction between a yeast, the oomycete pathogen Albugo laibachii and a bacterium, mediated by a GH25 lysozyme 🦠
Thanks to everyone involved!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
GH25 lysozyme mediates tripartite interkingdom interactions and microbial competition on the plant leaf surface | PNAS
Microbial communities inhabiting plants have emerged as crucial factors in regulating
plant health and defense against disease-causing pathogens. T...
www.pnas.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🚨My very first (co-)first author paper got published in @pnas.org 🥳
We describe the tripartite interkingdom interaction between a yeast, the oomycete pathogen Albugo laibachii and a bacterium, mediated by a GH25 lysozyme 🦠
Thanks to everyone involved!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We describe the tripartite interkingdom interaction between a yeast, the oomycete pathogen Albugo laibachii and a bacterium, mediated by a GH25 lysozyme 🦠
Thanks to everyone involved!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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#TansleyInsight: Trehalose 6-phosphate – a central regulator at the crossroads of sugar #signalling, #metabolism, and development
By Franziska Fichtner
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#LatestIssue
By Franziska Fichtner
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#LatestIssue
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#TansleyInsight: Trehalose 6-phosphate – a central regulator at the crossroads of sugar #signalling, #metabolism, and development
By Franziska Fichtner
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
By Franziska Fichtner
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
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Our latest work is out! We set out to see if we could recreate soil-nurturing plant growth in vitro. The plants looked happy and we see microbiome-induced cell-type-specific responses! A modest step but a fun challenge 😁
Artificial Soil (ArtSoil): recreating soil conditions in synthetic plant growth media https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.09.681539v1
October 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Our latest work is out! We set out to see if we could recreate soil-nurturing plant growth in vitro. The plants looked happy and we see microbiome-induced cell-type-specific responses! A modest step but a fun challenge 😁
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Thank you all for coming! It was great to have you in Osnabrück this year. Have a safe trip home and we hope to see you all next year in Göttingen. Stay tuned 🌱 #MAdLand2025 #Plantsci
October 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thank you all for coming! It was great to have you in Osnabrück this year. Have a safe trip home and we hope to see you all next year in Göttingen. Stay tuned 🌱 #MAdLand2025 #Plantsci
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Next, Hannah Lepper from @franzificht.bsky.social lab in Düsseldorf is investigating the enigmatic role of trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Next, Hannah Lepper from @franzificht.bsky.social lab in Düsseldorf is investigating the enigmatic role of trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025
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A warm welcome to MAdLand2025, this year taking place in the beautiful botanical garden in Osnabrück 🌱. We are starting with a welcome talk by Sabine Zachgo, introducing us to Osnabrück and the bontanical garden 🌿 Looking forward to exciting talks about #plantsci #MAdLand2025
September 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A warm welcome to MAdLand2025, this year taking place in the beautiful botanical garden in Osnabrück 🌱. We are starting with a welcome talk by Sabine Zachgo, introducing us to Osnabrück and the bontanical garden 🌿 Looking forward to exciting talks about #plantsci #MAdLand2025
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🌱 Franziska Fichtner (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:
“Trehalose 6-phosphate coordinates sugar status with hormone signalling and plant development” 🌿
Franziska also shared work that was just accepted at JXB, so watch this space!
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪
“Trehalose 6-phosphate coordinates sugar status with hormone signalling and plant development” 🌿
Franziska also shared work that was just accepted at JXB, so watch this space!
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪
September 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🌱 Franziska Fichtner (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:
“Trehalose 6-phosphate coordinates sugar status with hormone signalling and plant development” 🌿
Franziska also shared work that was just accepted at JXB, so watch this space!
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪
“Trehalose 6-phosphate coordinates sugar status with hormone signalling and plant development” 🌿
Franziska also shared work that was just accepted at JXB, so watch this space!
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪
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🌱 Part 2 of Session 1: Beginnings & Roots
Moritz Göbel (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:
“Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates root growth by nutrient allocation towards sink tissues” 🌿
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
Moritz Göbel (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:
“Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates root growth by nutrient allocation towards sink tissues” 🌿
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🌱 Part 2 of Session 1: Beginnings & Roots
Moritz Göbel (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:
“Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates root growth by nutrient allocation towards sink tissues” 🌿
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
Moritz Göbel (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:
“Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates root growth by nutrient allocation towards sink tissues” 🌿
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
🚨 More on FFAT motifs in effector biology 🚨
Pseudomonas effector HopN1 interacts with ER tethering proteins (VAPs) via a FFAT motif. Furthermore, HopN1 interacts with a plant RHO-GTPase, mirroring YopT from the mammal pathogen Yersinia.
@igzleibniz.bsky.social #PlantScience
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Pseudomonas effector HopN1 interacts with ER tethering proteins (VAPs) via a FFAT motif. Furthermore, HopN1 interacts with a plant RHO-GTPase, mirroring YopT from the mammal pathogen Yersinia.
@igzleibniz.bsky.social #PlantScience
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Pseudomonas syringae HopN1 Binds Plant VAP12 and a Rho-GTPase, Suggesting a Role in Membrane-Associated Processes - Charlotte Brinkmann, Jennifer Bortlik, Frederik Börnke, 2025
Many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens deploy type III effector proteins (T3Es) to manipulate host cellular processes and suppress immune responses. Increasing ...
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September 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚨 More on FFAT motifs in effector biology 🚨
Pseudomonas effector HopN1 interacts with ER tethering proteins (VAPs) via a FFAT motif. Furthermore, HopN1 interacts with a plant RHO-GTPase, mirroring YopT from the mammal pathogen Yersinia.
@igzleibniz.bsky.social #PlantScience
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
Pseudomonas effector HopN1 interacts with ER tethering proteins (VAPs) via a FFAT motif. Furthermore, HopN1 interacts with a plant RHO-GTPase, mirroring YopT from the mammal pathogen Yersinia.
@igzleibniz.bsky.social #PlantScience
doi.org/10.1177/2515...
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August 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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TPS Proteins coordinate plant growth with sugar availability via the SnRK1 Kinase https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.17.670254v1
August 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
TPS Proteins coordinate plant growth with sugar availability via the SnRK1 Kinase https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.17.670254v1
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Happy to meet you at poster no. P-405 and to talk about my project at #2025ISMPMI this afternoon! 🌿
July 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Happy to meet you at poster no. P-405 and to talk about my project at #2025ISMPMI this afternoon! 🌿
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Here, we dissect the processing and release mechanism of the maize phytocytokine Zip1. Our results reveal a two-step mechanism of phytocytokine processing, translocation, activation and clearance.
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June 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Here, we dissect the processing and release mechanism of the maize phytocytokine Zip1. Our results reveal a two-step mechanism of phytocytokine processing, translocation, activation and clearance.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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It is sad that even basic research needs to be defended with utility. For me, basic research is in the same category as art: civilized societies can't do without it, because we all want to know who we are and what our place in the natural world is -- questions that only science can answer.
May 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It is sad that even basic research needs to be defended with utility. For me, basic research is in the same category as art: civilized societies can't do without it, because we all want to know who we are and what our place in the natural world is -- questions that only science can answer.
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Wow
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A cellular entity retaining only its replicative core: Hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genome
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A cellular entity retaining only its replicative core: Hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genome
May 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Wow
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A cellular entity retaining only its replicative core: Hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genome
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A cellular entity retaining only its replicative core: Hidden archaeal lineage with an ultra-reduced genome
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"We show that carbon-fixing APs are the most promising candidates to replace native photorespiration in major crop species."
Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity
Computational modeling reveals how engineering plants with alternative pathways to photorespiration could boost crop yields.
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March 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"We show that carbon-fixing APs are the most promising candidates to replace native photorespiration in major crop species."
Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Geht wählen!
February 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Geht wählen!
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Check out our new study! We show that Arabidopsis uses the EDS1-SAG101-NRG1 node to trigger rapid yet contained cell death. Key finding: NRG1C variant regulates this process by competing with functional NRG1s. Amazing collaboration between Jijie Chai and Parker Labs.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Check out our new study! We show that Arabidopsis uses the EDS1-SAG101-NRG1 node to trigger rapid yet contained cell death. Key finding: NRG1C variant regulates this process by competing with functional NRG1s. Amazing collaboration between Jijie Chai and Parker Labs.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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➡️ New insights into the evolution of the vascular pathogen Xanthomonas campestris involving the genome defense system CRISPR-Cas! www.cell.com/current-biol... Our data wizard 🪄@mpaauw.bsky.social sequenced almost 100 genomes and this is what he found … /
Evolution of a vascular plant pathogen is associated with the loss of CRISPR-Cas and an increase in genome plasticity and virulence genes
Paauw et al. report on the evolution of a plant pathogenic Xanthomonas pathovar and
show that the gain of mobile genetic elements and virulence factors coincided with
the loss of the CRISPR-Cas genome...
www.cell.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
➡️ New insights into the evolution of the vascular pathogen Xanthomonas campestris involving the genome defense system CRISPR-Cas! www.cell.com/current-biol... Our data wizard 🪄@mpaauw.bsky.social sequenced almost 100 genomes and this is what he found … /
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Luca is the progenitor of all life on Earth. But its genesis has implications far beyond our planet.
From the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
From the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Luca is the progenitor of all life on Earth. But its genesis has implications far beyond our planet
New research into the single-celled organism is providing clues about what the early planet looked like – and raising the prospect that we may not be alone in the universe
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Luca is the progenitor of all life on Earth. But its genesis has implications far beyond our planet.
From the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
From the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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It is with great pleasure that I inaugurate my Bluesky account sharing our last @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social at @theustunlab.bsky.social, about pathogen-mediated modulation of host P-bodies and translation. 🆕 🎉
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January 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is with great pleasure that I inaugurate my Bluesky account sharing our last @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social at @theustunlab.bsky.social, about pathogen-mediated modulation of host P-bodies and translation. 🆕 🎉
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧵 (1/14)
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