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Matt Agler
@plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social
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Hybrid Scientist. PI & Teacher, Plant Microbiosis Lab @ FSU Jena Microbiology. Husband. Dad. Likes to nerd out on stuff. Probably tired.
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Matt Agler @plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social · 12d
Giving this a Friday bump, please share! Please apply to join us for some exciting science and good times here in Jena!
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Matt Agler @plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social · 16d
We are hiring! We are going to use some really, really cool new techniques to look at the chemical and spatial dynamics of how the plant micobiome takes shape and what it means. Join us! Apply online until 20th Oct here: www.microverse-cluster.de/files/conten...
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Matt Agler @plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social · 16d
This is part of a larger call for the newly re-funded Excellence cluster Balance of the Microverse @microverse.bsky.social. In total there are 15 positions available: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/career/jo...
Jobs - Balance of the Microverse
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Matt Agler @plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social · 16d
We are hiring! We are going to use some really, really cool new techniques to look at the chemical and spatial dynamics of how the plant micobiome takes shape and what it means. Join us! Apply online until 20th Oct here: www.microverse-cluster.de/files/conten...
www.microverse-cluster.de
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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · Sep 8
Only 3 day left to apply 👇

#microbes #evolution #mevoSky #evoSky #microSky
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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · Sep 1
Only 10 days left to apply:

We are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical ecology and evolution.

The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.

Please RT.

Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv
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Roeland Berendsen @rlberendsen.bsky.social · Sep 4
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Assistant Professor in Plant Science
Contribute to innovative Plant Science research using world-class facilities to unravel how plants cope with stressful abiotic environments.
www.uu.nl
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Matt Agler @plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social · Aug 25
A preprint for your viewing pleasure: After we prev. found that a bacterial virulence factor that detoxifies isothiocyanates can function as a public good (doi.org/10.1101/2025...), a simlar VF in the fungal pathogen Sclerotinia recruits the bacteriome of infected leaves doi.org/10.1101/2025....
Plant defense metabolite detoxification by a pathogenic fungus opens necrotic tissue to diverse bacteria in Arabidopsis thaliana
Foliar necrotic fungal pathogens pose a constant threat to plant health. Their virulence can be affected by both the host immune system, as well as diverse host-associated bacteria. Generally, how the...
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Lisa Thönen @lisathoenen.bsky.social · Aug 25
Happy that my 3rd PhD paper is finally out 🎉 We show how maize root bacteria team up to degrade plant host toxins 🌱🦠🤝 Many thanks for the good teamwork to unravel this story!
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Klaus Schlaeppi @kschlaeppi.bsky.social · Aug 25
SynCom of maize root bacteria: in team work, they detox differently. Interacting they redirect the metabolisation to an alternative degradation product.

Credits: @lisathoenen.bsky.social, Dr. Christine Pestalozzi & teams @unibas.ch and @unibe.ch.

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Synthetic communities of maize root bacteria interact and redirect benzoxazinoid metabolization | mSphere
We investigated how maize root bacteria—alone or in community—tolerate and metabolize antimicrobial compounds of their host plant. We found that the capacity to metabolize such a compound impacts bact...
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Aug 14
A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...
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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Aug 13
How can we better understand the plant immune system? In my new @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social piece, I propose “immune cell states” as a framework for uniting molecular and cellular perspectives.

www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · Jul 29
My group at is hiring a PhD student to explore how fungal pathogens that live in the environment will adapt their genomes, acquire new phenotypes, and perhaps even increased infectivity as a result of climate change. Please share!

More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup
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Balance of the Microverse @microverse.bsky.social · Jul 30
New PhD position @uni-jena.de and at our #ClusterOfExcellence! Join @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social's group to study #ClimateChange & #FungalPathogens. Interdisciplinary training, vibrant research network & great working conditions. Apply by Aug 31: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/a... @uni-jena.de
Doctoral Researcher in the areas of Microbial Pathogens and Climate Change
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Glen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · Jun 13
Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#MicroSKy #Microbiology
Antagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communities
In natural habitats, nutrient availability limits bacterial growth. We discovered that bacteria can overcome this limitation by acquiring nutrients by lysing neighboring cells through contact-dependen...
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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · Jun 12
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!
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DMF UNIL @dmf-unil.bsky.social · Jun 10
Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
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Dan Kliebenstein @spicybotrytis.bsky.social · Jun 9
Midst of the labs Genetics publish-athon from @ccaseys.bsky.social. Infecting a population on host genotypes spread across 8 dicots we could show that a generalist pathogen has both generalist and specialist genes url:https://academic.oup.com/genetics/article/doi/10.1093/genetics/iyaf079/8158657
Experimental design of infecting 72 pathogen genotypes on 12 genotypes each of 8 different dicot plants to compare virulence.
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Fabio Palmieri @palmierif.bsky.social · Jun 6
I’m happy to share with you that I’m now Postdoctoral Researcher at the FSU Jena @uni-jena.de in the group of Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social
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Matt Agler @plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social · May 31
New Review: Kerstin Unger and I explore how plant-associated microbes interact with secreted plant specialized metabolites, and not just in roots! Microbial PSM modifications are key to shaping function and plant ecology and show striking similarity across diverse plants. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Beyond defense: microbial modifications of plant specialized metabolites alter and expand their ecological functions
Plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) are compounds that are not involved in primary metabolism but instead confer other roles for the plant host, often related to ecological interactions. In the fiel...
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Matt Agler @plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social · May 31
New Review: Kerstin Unger and I explore how plant-associated microbes interact with secreted plant specialized metabolites, and not just in roots! Microbial PSM modifications are key to shaping function and plant ecology and show striking similarity across diverse plants. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Beyond defense: microbial modifications of plant specialized metabolites alter and expand their ecological functions
Plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) are compounds that are not involved in primary metabolism but instead confer other roles for the plant host, often related to ecological interactions. In the fiel...
doi.org
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Tony Heitkam🌱🔍💚 @toheitka.bsky.social · May 29
🌱 We will soon open the search for a new W3 Professor in Plant Stress Resilience / Molecular Plant Physiology.

🌏Where? Germany, RWTH Aachen University @rwth.bsky.social

We plan to look widely. Please let me know, if you want to be updated on the job announcement.

#AcademicJobs
Plant Biology - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Department of Biology - English
www.biologie.rwth-aachen.de
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Balance of the Microverse @microverse.bsky.social · May 27
We’re excited to share our new teaching guide “Mikrobiologie in der Schule”! 🎓 This guide equips educators with classroom experiments, lowering the barrier for teaching microbiology in class.
You can download it here 👉 www.microverse-cluster.de/en/transfer/...
#microbiology #stemeducation
Educational Material - Balance of the Microverse
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Andrea Ghirardo @andreaghirardo.bsky.social · May 26
The first day of sampling is finally over, and it has been a success! Hundreds of insects have been collected, can't wait to understand the interplay with tree chemodiversity! Exciting times ahead and fun below the canopy! 🦋🌿🔬 #insectdiversity #phytochemicaldiversity #microbialdiversity
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Andrea Ghirardo @andreaghirardo.bsky.social · May 26
Finger-crossed!
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Andrea Ghirardo @andreaghirardo.bsky.social · May 26
I am excited to start our field campaign to study the interaction between herbivory, leaf phytochemicals and microbiome under a simulated drought forest experiment at KROOF 🌿🦋🔬 @plantmicrobiosis.bsky.social #Grams #MichaelEisenring #MartinGossner #WLS #TUM
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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · May 20
🚨 job alert 🚨

Tenure track position in plant-soil microbiome interactions at the University of Hasselt!!

Yes that’s the place with the really cool ecotron 😊
www.uhasselt.be/en/about-has...
Tenured academic staff / Tenure track lecturer Plant-soil microbiome interactions- UHasselt
www.uhasselt.be
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Slavica Janevska @slavi-jan.bsky.social · May 15
Check out our new paper on novel and non-standard antifungals against Fusarium
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In vitro activity of novel antifungals, natamycin, and terbinafine against Fusarium
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · May 10
The Trait Discovery Group @kwsgroup.bsky.social is looking for a new Leader.

"The candidate will lead a team focused on identifying and characterizing genes for genome editing that contribute to key trait product launches in KWS crops."

#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs

jobs.kws.com/job/Einbeck-...
Group Lead Plant Genome Editing Trait Discovery (all gender)
Group Lead Plant Genome Editing Trait Discovery (all gender)
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