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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 21d

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

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Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 21d

Lisa Mahdi on stage at #iMMM2025 on how the core microbiota cooperate with beneficial fungi to inhibit pathogens and how dysbiotic communities instead have high competition within their members.

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 21d

Everyone is excited to see how many new clues about symbiotic genes are emerging from the sequencing of individual cells/cell nuclei... Now on stage: Hector Montero from Uta Paszkowski's lab, RIKEN, Yokohama.

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 21d

Pierre-Marc Delaux talking about universal signaling pathways for plant intracellular endosymbiosis at the #iMMM2025

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 22d

Enjoying the excellent talks and posters at the #iMMM2025

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 29d

Nice to walk around Cologne with Antonio di Pietro and Gregor Langen!

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

Coming out in @NaturePlants today (rdcu.be/eBScJ): The mechanism for essential amino acid transport across the chloroplast envelope. We identified RETICULATA1 (RE1) as a new type of transport protein. #PlantScience #AminoAcidTransport #Chloroplasts. @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social

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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎓👏 Congratulations to Dr. @nickdunken.bsky.social Nick Dunken on the successful PhD defense in the lab of @algazuccaro.bsky.social at the University of Cologne and @mpipz.bsky.social! Welcome to the circle of doctors!
#phdone #plantscience #sciencecareer

The post shows a picture of Nick after successfully passing his viva on a green background with words congratulating him on acquiring the PhD title.

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jan 14

Happy to share our latest @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social led by @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social “Effector-triggered processing body formation attenuates host translation via ER stress responses and autophagy upon bacterial infection” #proteostasis #plantimmunity 🧵(1/16)
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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thank you for keeping us all informed throughout the conference...great job!

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 17

Great to catch up on plant cell death ...

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 16

Arabidopsis thaliana CELLOX1 limits fungal colonization in roots. Nice talk by Giulia Peruzzi at #2025ISMPMI, @ceplas.bsky.social

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 15

Nice talk by Thomas Ott on molecular mechanisms that steer INFECTION THREADS progression along a defined cellular trajectory at #2025ISMPMI.

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 14

Excellent stories and beautiful microscopy today from Sebastian Schornack and Uta Paszkowski #2025MPMI. On the topic of strategies of microbial colonization, chaired by Armin Djamei and Amey Redkar.

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our latest article in bioRxiv. A very good and comprehensive paper by Mathias Brands, Vicente Ramirez, Laura Armbruster et al. on the deconstruction of acetylated xylan in symbiosis. If you would like to learn more, please talk to Mathias at #2025ISMPMI, poster P-239.
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Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan enables mutualistic colonization of monocot roots

Intracellular accommodation of mutualistic fungi in plant roots depends on selective remodeling of host cell walls while minimizing activation of plant immune responses. In this study, we identify a h...

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 14

Enjoying TEAM scientific discussions at the #2025ISMPMI.

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 14

Our new review in FEMS Microbiology by Nick Dunken and Tim Thomsen is online. Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals url: academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals

Abstract. Purine-based metabolites serve as essential mediators of signaling, immunity, and host-microbe interactions across biological kingdoms. This revi

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jul 9

just happy to see everyone at the #2025ISMPMI.

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Ryohei Thomas Nakano (Hokudai) @luckystrike1984.bsky.social · Jun 6

Hey my fellow Germans! I wasn't aware, but there is an AvH-JSPP postdoc fellowship, dedicated to German citizens aiming to do their postdoc in Japan. It covers salary + travel to Japan + startup for your life in Japan. Let me know if you are interested!
www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/spo...

JSPS Research Fellowship

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship supports you as a highly qualified postdoc from Germany in conducting your research in Japan – regardless of discipline.

www.humboldt-foundation.de

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jun 21

Eifel moors in bloom: Dactylorhiza maculata putting on a stunning show.

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Jun 20

We are excited to share our new story with you! We show how losing a binding domain can flip an antimicrobial fungal effector into a host immune suppressor, highlighting functional specialization along the saprotrophy-to-symbiosis continuum. Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · May 22

🎊 We made it!! @dfg.de has just announced that we have been successful with our CEPLAS III proposal in the current funding round of the Excellence Strategy! Many thanks to all our supporters! @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · May 22

Forza CEPLAS 3!

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Apr 26

Root microbiota regulates tiller number in rice: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Root microbiota regulates tiller number in rice

The root-associated bacterium Exiguobacterium R2567 regulates tiller number by producing cyclo(Leu-Pro), which activates the rice strigolactone signaling pathway.

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · Mar 30

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A gnotobiotic system reveals multifunctional effector roles in plant-fungal pathogen dynamics

Plants host diverse microbiota that influence physiological processes and can enhance resilience against invading pathogens that, in turn, evolved effector proteins to manipulate host microbiota in th...

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