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TheUstunLab @theustunlab.bsky.social · 19d

We recently celebrated the 7th anniversary of @theustunlab.bsky.social with a barbecue! Our journey began in Tübingen in September 2018 and has continued in Bochum since 2022. Excited to see what the coming years will bring!

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 6d

Incredibly happy and proud of our Chaonan Shi (chaonan123.bsky.social ), who successfully defended her doctoral thesis yesterday at the @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social ! (And what a brilliant defence it was!) 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations, Dr Shi!!! 🍾🥂🍋‍🟩🌶️ We are so lucky to have you in our team ❤️

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David Biermann @davidbiermann.bsky.social · 7d

Very excited to share that our paper "A RALF-brassinosteorid signaling circuit regulates Arabidopsis hypocotyl cell shape" is now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social !

Enjoy reading it!!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Sep 3

7 years ago,I sat outside @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social,gathering the courage to begin a new chapter as a group leader. Now in Bochum, I still need that courage to face challenges—both inside & outside the lab—but after all I’m grateful that I still find joy in what I do. #happybirthday #theustunlab

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Zoom Earth @zoom.earth · Aug 15

🔥 Fires in Portugal and Spain have sent huge plumes of smoke over the Bay of Biscay this morning. White is clouds, light brown is smoke:

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · Aug 11

If you’re enjoying some calm while others are on holiday, here’s a #NEW #preprint to dive into — led by the brilliant @vbcscitraining.bsky.social student A. Abdrakhmanov:
👇 A quick thread + link:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Ancestral P-body proteins rewired for autophagic recycling in the early land plant Marchantia polymorpha

Processing bodies (P-bodies) are conserved ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules central to RNA metabolism across eukaryotes. Although the mechanisms underlying their assembly are well understood, the path...

www.biorxiv.org

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 18

We (@manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social @margotraffeiner.bsky.social @shanshuo.bsky.social) had a fantastic #2025ISMPMI in Cologne with lots of amazing science and great networking meeting old friends and new ones. Hope to see you all next time in Jeju/South Korea #2027ISMPMI

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · Jul 15

It is depressing to be at an international conference and have everyone be like “what is going on over there”. 🫠 Not exactly making America great.

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Next in the concurrent session “spatial and temporal session” is @type3lab.bsky.social who will talk about their amazing findings on distinct pseudomonas subpopulations that cooperate to colonize plants #2025ISMPMI

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you wanna dive into the world of #proteostasis and its role in plant immunity, visit @margotraffeiner.bsky.social poster (P-405) today. She discovered a novel proteotoxicity regulator (a protease with ubiquitin binding capacities) that plays a role in biotic and abiotic stresses! #2025ISMPMI

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margotraffeiner.bsky.social @margotraffeiner.bsky.social · Jul 16

Happy to meet you at poster no. P-405 and to talk about my project at #2025ISMPMI this afternoon! 🌿

Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you wanna dive into the world of #proteostasis and its role in plant immunity, visit @margotraffeiner.bsky.social poster (P-405) today. She discovered a novel proteotoxicity regulator (a protease with ubiquitin binding capacities) that plays a role in biotic and abiotic stresses! #2025ISMPMI

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TheUstunLab @theustunlab.bsky.social · Jul 17

Last day of #2025ISMPMI, last poster session: dont miss @shanshuo.bsky.social fantastic poster about how we used a combination of scRNAseq and cell-type specific approaches to reveal the role of autophagy in stomatal & mesophyll immunity during Pseudomonas infection - more info ➡️ P-432 #proteostasis

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hannah @mcmicrobes.bsky.social will start her own lab in 2026 (congrats a lot 🥳)- watch out for some job postings in the future - she will continue to work on heat stress and the effect on leaf-microbioata! #2025ISMPMI

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Sheng Yang leaves the stage for @mcmicrobes.bsky.social who continues to talk about her exciting results on how abiotic stress impacts the leaf-microbiome #2025ISMPMI

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 17

We start the last day of #2025ISMPMI with Renier van der Hoorn who will present his pioneering work on how pathogens manipulate apoplastic defence

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Armin Djamei @effectomics.bsky.social · Jul 15

#2025ISMPMI Manuel Gonzalez Fuente from the Üstün lab shows how pathogens like Pseudomonas target p bodies with effectors HopM1 and HopN1. ER stress induction by HopM1 counteracts p bodies.

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Enjoying the free afternoon in Cologne at #2025ISMPMI with @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social @margotraffeiner.bsky.social and Christa 🥂

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Manuel González Fuente @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thank you very much Carmen! 🙏

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Manuel González Fuente @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thanks a lot :)

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · Jul 15

@manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social explains that eukaryote P bodies contain translationally inactive RNAs.

Do pathogens induce the formation of these? Yes!

How? Effectors!… that repress ER stress response.

Why? Make plants susceptible by reducing translation of immunity genes.
#2025ISMPMI

A person presenting a scientific talk showing a slide quantifying P bodies through microscopy

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Now @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social is on stage presenting his exciting project on p-bodies, and how bacteria utilize them to attenuate host translation #proteostasis #2025ISMPMI

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Manuel González Fuente @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social · Jul 15

It's okay, you have already seen it 😅
But we are sad that you couldn't join this year... Hope to coincide again soon!

Manuel González Fuente @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social · Jul 15

If you want to hear about our latest work at @suaybuestuen.bsky.social's lab on pathogen manipulation of host translation and P-bodies at #2025ISMPMI, pass by my presentation today at 12:20 in the concurrent session "Effector interference mechanism" (Room M+N).

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 14

Great to see @geminiteamlab.bsky.social and @bactodeath.bsky.social presenting a lot of unpublished data, new concepts and approaches in plant-microbe interactions! This should be the spirit at this meeting! Very cool plenary session at #2025ISMPMI

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Jul 13

@manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social will talk about how bacteria exploit P-bodies to attenuate host translation

@margotraffeiner.bsky.social presents a novel proteotoxicity regulator and its role in plant immunty

@shanshuo.bsky.social will emphasize the role of autophagy in stomatal immunity

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