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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 4h

Another iconic recommendation from my Google Scholar alert

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 1d

Heeeeeck yes

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Merissa Huei-Hsuan Tsai @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social · 6d

Very excited to see our @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science!
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.

Science Magazine @science.org · 6d

Using precise spatial and temporal analysis, researchers in Science provide insight into how bacteria around the root interact both with the plant and with each other.

Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk

A confocal microscopy image shows root-colonizing bacteria clustering around an emerging lateral root, where localized glutamine leakage induces spatially confined reporter activity.

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 6d

It was a pleasure to host @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social at PLEN, where she shared updates from @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social as well as endeavors into imaging plant roots in the dark

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 7d

Come join the best research group in Copenhagen! (might be a biased opinion)

Frederik Bak @fredebak.bsky.social · 7d

A 2-y postdoc position in my former group at University of Copenhagen is available in microbial ecology and bioinformatics.

See more: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...

Feel free to contact me if you have questions about the environment.

Please share the ad.

Postdoc in Microbial bioinformatics

employment.ku.dk

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Louis Mielke @myconet.bsky.social · 8d

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Terrestrial Microbial Ecology at SLU, Uppsala

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor* in Terrestrial Microbial Ecology | slu.se

SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

www.slu.se

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 8d

I'm just a girl.... I need pink Falcon tubes!!!

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 9d

Great work Adele!

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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 10d

asm.org/programs/asm...

ASM Ambassador Program

ASM is a nonprofit professional society that publishes scientific journals and advances microbiology through advocacy, global health and diversity in STEM programs.

asm.org

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 14d

Plan U, for universal, is the necessary standard. Post everything as a preprint at or before point of submission. Then publish in any journal you want but never pay exorbitant APCs.

Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 14d

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 15d

70 pages of supplementary data to provide this mechanism for wheat immunity and unlock areas for diversity
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 15d

Onto the sex: Wild relatives of wheat are not so robust to mutagenesis, so the team had to use a different approach to finding resistance genes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 15d

Speed breeding was a critical tool to develop before we can clone and manipulate wheat resistance genes:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 15d

Politics, religion, and sex…. And wheat breeding? @brandewulff.bsky.social is at @ucph.bsky.social sharing his research into biotechnology for pathogen resistance in wheat

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 20d

Congrats Adele + coauthors!

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Peter Kenny @pwk2024.bsky.social · 21d

Opportunity for Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Biochemistry/Microbiology at RMIT University (Melbourne Australia) ref: JR41993 | closing: 12-Oct-2025 #biochem #chemsky 🧪
rmit.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/RMIT_C...

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Biochemistry and/or Microbiology

Overview: Full-time, Continuing position Salary Academic Level C ($141,247 -$ 162,872 p.a.) or Level D ($170,080 -$ 187,373 p.a.) + 17% Superannuation Based at the Bundoora campus but may be required ...

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 21d

This looks like a great opportunity: #Tenure-track assistant #professor position at University of Lausanne on #MPMI
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

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

career5.successfactors.eu

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Kati Retzer @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social · 23d

I am happy to present a, what I learned from our in-field to lab approach @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social -which #roottraits #rootphenotyping were informative in an approach across 3 countries (5 fields, Austria, Lebanon, Morocco) - and b, my long year interest of experimental design influences #root

Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 23d

Interested in root phenotyping in soil and in the dark? and in Copenhagen on Oct 2? @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social will give a seminar at @ucph.bsky.social PLEN at 11.00 in room M117 - stop by and see high-resolution imaging and multi-omics at work!

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 23d

Further, drought enriched Pseudomonas NRPS genes encoding viscosin, a biosurfactant. Do motility compounds provide a competitive advantage in the rhizosphere under drought? Yes: a viscosin-deficient mutant was less able to colonize the wheat rhizosphere under drought!

Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 23d

Using amplicon sequencing of NRPS, they found that drought selected for distinct groups of siderophores from different taxonomical groups, enriching for Streptomyces and depleting Pseudomonas siderophores

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 23d

Hot off the press from our lab, led by @fredebak.bsky.social 👇
NRPS gene dynamics in the wheat rhizoplane show increased proportion of viscosin NRPS genes of importance for root colonization during drought | mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

NRPS gene dynamics in the wheat rhizoplane show increased proportion of viscosin NRPS genes of importance for root colonization during drought | mSphere

To harness beneficial plant–microbe interactions for improved plant resilience, we need to advance our understanding of key factors required for successful root colonization. Bacterial-produced second...

journals.asm.org

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 23d

Interested in root phenotyping in soil and in the dark? and in Copenhagen on Oct 2? @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social will give a seminar at @ucph.bsky.social PLEN at 11.00 in room M117 - stop by and see high-resolution imaging and multi-omics at work!

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Agristok @agristok.bsky.social · 23d

Research Group Leader in Plant-Microbe Systems at IGZ Germany

IGZ is hiring a Research Group Leader in Plant-Microbe Systems to advance innovative research on plant-microbe interactions in horticultural crops. Apply by September 30, 2025.

Research Group Leader in Plant-Microbe Systems at IGZ Germany

IGZ is hiring a Research Group Leader in Plant-Microbe Systems to advance innovative research on plant-microbe interactions in horticultural crops. Apply by September 30, 2025.

agristok.net

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 27d

So peaceful!

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 9

Springboard for an international scientific career! 🧬🧪🔭⚛️🧠🌱 Call for #MaxPlanckResearchGroups launched; applications are possible until October 14, 2025 www.mpg.de/max-planck-r... #ScienceCareer

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