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Confort @pedroconfort.bsky.social · 10d

Tem jogo bom, tem jogo excelente, e acima deles tem Final Fantasy Tactics.

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · 10d

or this and more, check the link 👉https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.26.678250

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · 10d

Effectors weren't uniformly deployed across hosts. Minc18636, tested by Nguyen et al. 2018, showed no loss of virulence on tomato when silenced, and - surprisingly- was lowly expressed in my dataset. Silencing it did impact parasitism on Medicago. This is really exciting!

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · 10d

Our data show that the phylogenetic distance of plants did not influence the phenotype or transcriptome profile of Mincognita. More striking, we show that there is essentially no widespread core gall transcriptome at 25 dpi, prompting the proposal of a model best described as all roads lead to Rome

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · 10d

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...

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

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · 22d

This was so heartwarming 💙

I didn’t win, but honestly, just being nominated feels amazing!

"We have a meme in the lab that "Victor was here". Life and soul of the group, dare say the building, with his contributions to positive working culture. Thank you, Victor!"

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · 28d

Acabou a desculpa de "quem usou a arma é contra armas"

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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · Aug 15

Out in @science.org The crazy sequence of events from planting maize in dense fields. Density-dependent linalool release triggers release of compounds into the soil affecting microbes and plants.
Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience

Linalool-triggered plant-soil feedback drives defense adaptation in dense maize plantings

High planting density boosts crop yields but also heightens pest and pathogen risks. How plants adapt their defenses under these conditions remains unclear. In this study, we reveal that maize enhance...

www.science.org

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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are excited to announce our next Trends in Nematology Webinar on Nematode Genomics and Effectoromics!
When: 18th September, 2025
Time: 16:00-17:15 CEST
How can I join: Register using the QR code below 🪱

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · Jun 19

Woah! Such an important study published in Nature today! Quick thread with some of their key figures!
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Jul 10

🪱 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!!!

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · Jul 25

Pessoalmente ofendido por estar com as costas craquelentas e escutar R.A haha

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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚀 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!

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Austin E. Y. T. Lefebvre @austin-lefebvre.bsky.social · Feb 27

Do you LOVE organelles??
Well I am THRILLED to announce that Nellie has been published in @naturemethods.bsky.social!

Nellie a fully automated pipeline for organelle segmentation, tracking, and hierarchical feature extraction in 2D, 3D, timelapse, multichannel live-cell microscopy

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · Jun 20

Despite their differences, they share a similar regulatory network with lateral root development. This highlights the plasticity of plants and also how other organisms adapted to induce such remarkable changes in their tissues.

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · Jun 20

🌱 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...

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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · Jun 20

We explore how plants adapt their developmental programs to form specialized organs — nodules, galls, haustoria — enabling mutualistic or parasitic symbioses.
Despite their differences, these organs share gene regulatory pathways, demonstrating the remarkable plasticity of plant development.

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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚀 Excited to share our new review published in Trends in Plant Science, coauthored with Dr. Victor Hugo Moura de Souza & Dr. Katharina Schiessl!

🌱 From hosts to parasites: Hormones driving symbiosis-induced de novo organogenesis

👉 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Jen McGaley @jenmcgaley.bsky.social · Jun 12

Mid-week #mycorrhiza 🍄
Just a particularly pretty arbuscule in a rice root cell colonised by the mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis, with a cool view down an intercellular hypha. Stained with WGA-Alexafluor488, imaged by CLSM, false-coloured by depth in root 🔥

#microscopy #mycosci #fungi

Thick fungal hyphae around a cells with an arbuscule inside the cell, false-coloured with 'fire' colours to depict 3D structure.

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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · May 16

@pedroconfort.bsky.social

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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · May 15

One week to go! 🌱

Join our webinar on Nematode-microbe interactions – May 22, 15:00-16:15 CEST.

📅 Register now - use the QR code below and stay tuned 😀
#Nematology #Plantpathology #Science

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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · May 12

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!

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Confort @pedroconfort.bsky.social · May 5

Momentos Civ VI

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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Apr 28

Almost a month to go until our webinar "Nematode-Microbe Interactions" by Dr Olivera Topalović and PhD student Sandra Bredenbruch.

🗓 Save the date: 22nd of May 2025, from 15:00 to 16:15 CEST!

🔬 Stay tuned and don’t miss it! Register now!

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Peter Sokol-Hessner @p1sh.bsky.social · Apr 26

“Science is a smart, low cost investment. The costs of not investing in it are higher than the risk of doing so… talk to people about science.” - @kevinochsner.bsky.social makes his case to the field #sans2025

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