Pepe Flores
@ppflrs.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Plant-Microbe Interactions @MPIPZ.bsky.social
Evolution and Ecology of microbial communities.
Evolution and Ecology of microbial communities.
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"By curating a diverse dataset of 200 papers and evaluating 15 domain-specific jailbreak strategies, we demonstrated that "Lazy Reviewers" relying on Language Models can be easily manipulated into accepting rejected papers"
arxiv.org/html/2512.10...
arxiv.org/html/2512.10...
When Reject Turns into Accept: Quantifying the Vulnerability of LLM-Based Scientific Reviewers to Indirect Prompt Injection
arxiv.org
December 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"By curating a diverse dataset of 200 papers and evaluating 15 domain-specific jailbreak strategies, we demonstrated that "Lazy Reviewers" relying on Language Models can be easily manipulated into accepting rejected papers"
arxiv.org/html/2512.10...
arxiv.org/html/2512.10...
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גלי צליל @galitzlil.bsky.social מקבלת את פרס מאמר השנה הפקולטי ל2025
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
גלי צליל @galitzlil.bsky.social מקבלת את פרס מאמר השנה הפקולטי ל2025
Reposted by Pepe Flores
Reposted by Pepe Flores
Most common editorial management systems are notoriously bad. So yes, it *is* that hard 😭
So please be aware that many of these things are automated/fixed and are, unfortunately, not under our control.
So please be aware that many of these things are automated/fixed and are, unfortunately, not under our control.
Surely it can't be hard to update the code to send a reminder on the n+2 work day...
December 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Most common editorial management systems are notoriously bad. So yes, it *is* that hard 😭
So please be aware that many of these things are automated/fixed and are, unfortunately, not under our control.
So please be aware that many of these things are automated/fixed and are, unfortunately, not under our control.
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Lab meetings in Max Planck institutes
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Lab meetings in Max Planck institutes
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Ooh, I got a hot preprint - literally!
A new record-breaking eukaryote, Incendiamoeba cascadensis, that can survive and reproduce in 63°C!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A new record-breaking eukaryote, Incendiamoeba cascadensis, that can survive and reproduce in 63°C!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes
The study of temperature limits has transformed our knowledge of the boundaries of life but has been largely focused on bacteria and archaea. We isolated a novel geothermal amoeba, Incendiamoeba casca...
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ooh, I got a hot preprint - literally!
A new record-breaking eukaryote, Incendiamoeba cascadensis, that can survive and reproduce in 63°C!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A new record-breaking eukaryote, Incendiamoeba cascadensis, that can survive and reproduce in 63°C!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Respiratory endosymbionts, that allow their ciliate hosts to breathe nitrate instead of (or in addition to) oxygen are frequent members of the wastewater microbiome. 🦠 🖥️🧬
Great to see this work by @louison-nicolas.bsky.social published in ISME coummuncations!
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Great to see this work by @louison-nicolas.bsky.social published in ISME coummuncations!
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Validate User
doi.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Respiratory endosymbionts, that allow their ciliate hosts to breathe nitrate instead of (or in addition to) oxygen are frequent members of the wastewater microbiome. 🦠 🖥️🧬
Great to see this work by @louison-nicolas.bsky.social published in ISME coummuncations!
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Great to see this work by @louison-nicolas.bsky.social published in ISME coummuncations!
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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The Trojan Horse Gene of the Marine Virus www.technion.ac.il/en/blog/arti...
The Trojan Horse Gene of the Marine Virus - הטכניון-מכון טכנולוגי לישראל
www.technion.ac.il
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Trojan Horse Gene of the Marine Virus www.technion.ac.il/en/blog/arti...
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we now have an issue too..... Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis - Nature
Viral NblA accelerates the cyanophage infection cycle, directs degradation of the host phycobilisome and other proteins, and reduces host photosynthetic light-harvesting efficiency.
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
we now have an issue too..... Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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From the Science Communication Lab: a new mini documentary highlighting my lab’s work on roots and their environmental responses! Beautiful videography helps to communicate the wonder of this hidden world of plants below our feet. youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
The Hidden World of Plant Roots with Stanford Biologist José R. Dinneny
YouTube video by Science Communication Lab
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
From the Science Communication Lab: a new mini documentary highlighting my lab’s work on roots and their environmental responses! Beautiful videography helps to communicate the wonder of this hidden world of plants below our feet. youtu.be/vqZ3LT8sCIQ?...
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🚨Preprint alert - this is a big one! We transfer the revolutionary power of TnSeq to bacteriophages.
Our HIDEN-SEQ links the "dark matter" genes of your favorite phage to any selectable phenotype, guiding the path from fun observations to molecular mechanisms.
A thread 1/8
Our HIDEN-SEQ links the "dark matter" genes of your favorite phage to any selectable phenotype, guiding the path from fun observations to molecular mechanisms.
A thread 1/8
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🚨Preprint alert - this is a big one! We transfer the revolutionary power of TnSeq to bacteriophages.
Our HIDEN-SEQ links the "dark matter" genes of your favorite phage to any selectable phenotype, guiding the path from fun observations to molecular mechanisms.
A thread 1/8
Our HIDEN-SEQ links the "dark matter" genes of your favorite phage to any selectable phenotype, guiding the path from fun observations to molecular mechanisms.
A thread 1/8
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from 2005!!!! Potential photosynthesis gene recombination between Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus via viral intermediates enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
from 2005!!!! Potential photosynthesis gene recombination between Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus via viral intermediates enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Nature research paper: Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis - Nature
Viral NblA accelerates the cyanophage infection cycle, directs degradation of the host phycobilisome and other proteins, and reduces host photosynthetic light-harvesting efficiency.
go.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Nature research paper: Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
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Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Diving through the purple sulfur bacteria layer of Fayetteville Green Lake with our ROV last month. This is the most intense density of PSB that I've seen in many years!
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Nature research paper: Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis - Nature
Viral NblA accelerates the cyanophage infection cycle, directs degradation of the host phycobilisome and other proteins, and reduces host photosynthetic light-harvesting efficiency.
go.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Nature research paper: Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
go.nature.com/3JKJofG
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Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
this project was led by @omernadel.bsky.social and is a joint work between the labs of @bejalab.bsky.social, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from @biologytechnion.bsky.social
this project was led by @omernadel.bsky.social and is a joint work between the labs of @bejalab.bsky.social, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from @biologytechnion.bsky.social
the sun is shining through the clouds in the sky above the ocean
ALT: the sun is shining through the clouds in the sky above the ocean
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Viral NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
this project was led by @omernadel.bsky.social and is a joint work between the labs of @bejalab.bsky.social, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from @biologytechnion.bsky.social
this project was led by @omernadel.bsky.social and is a joint work between the labs of @bejalab.bsky.social, Debbie Lindell and Oded Kleifeld from @biologytechnion.bsky.social
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Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
A common pathway controls cell size in the sepal and leaf epidermis leading to a nonrandom pattern of giant cells
Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells have a wide range of sizes and ploidies, but the mechanisms patterning their size and spatial distribution remain unclear. This study shows that the pathway controllin...
journals.plos.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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@sheilaroitman.bsky.social from Detlef Weigel's lab @plantevolution.bsky.social presents a cool and innovative talk on the uncharacterized members of the plant microbiome: phages!!
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
@sheilaroitman.bsky.social from Detlef Weigel's lab @plantevolution.bsky.social presents a cool and innovative talk on the uncharacterized members of the plant microbiome: phages!!
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
So many bacterial 16S studies but very few people study the plant phagome
#PMS2025
Reposted by Pepe Flores
Amazing paper, especially love this figure of what differentiates broad host range phages: especially Diversity Generating Retroelements and multiple methyltransferases
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Amazing paper, especially love this figure of what differentiates broad host range phages: especially Diversity Generating Retroelements and multiple methyltransferases
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Fancy mag rack
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fancy mag rack
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Decoding emergent properties of microbial community functions through sub-community observations and interpretable machine learning academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs
October 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Decoding emergent properties of microbial community functions through sub-community observations and interpretable machine learning academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... #jcampubs
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Excited that our paper was just published! It's a revised version with new insights compared to the preprint. Thanks everyone from the @carahaney.bsky.social Lab!
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
A bacterial exotoxin-triggered plant immune response restricts pathogen growth
Thoms et al. demonstrate that perception of a bacterial exotoxin allows plants to
distinguish between closely related microbiota, which has consequences for rhizosphere
microbiome structure and functi...
www.cell.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Excited that our paper was just published! It's a revised version with new insights compared to the preprint. Thanks everyone from the @carahaney.bsky.social Lab!
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Ever wondered how single-celled predators in soil boost plant health?
🧬 Protists don't just eat bacteria -they team up with them to shape the rhizosphere.
📈 Auxin isn't just a plant hormone -it's an interkingdom signal influencing microbial and protist life.
🌱 Read: academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
🧬 Protists don't just eat bacteria -they team up with them to shape the rhizosphere.
📈 Auxin isn't just a plant hormone -it's an interkingdom signal influencing microbial and protist life.
🌱 Read: academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Diverse soil protists show auxin regulated growth in partnership with auxin-producing bacteria
Abstract. Predatory protists are single-cell eukaryotic organisms capable of hunting and ingesting bacteria and other microorganisms, which are thought to
academic.oup.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Ever wondered how single-celled predators in soil boost plant health?
🧬 Protists don't just eat bacteria -they team up with them to shape the rhizosphere.
📈 Auxin isn't just a plant hormone -it's an interkingdom signal influencing microbial and protist life.
🌱 Read: academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
🧬 Protists don't just eat bacteria -they team up with them to shape the rhizosphere.
📈 Auxin isn't just a plant hormone -it's an interkingdom signal influencing microbial and protist life.
🌱 Read: academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
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Please share this with anyone who may be interested in a post-doc in Germany:
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.
October 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Please share this with anyone who may be interested in a post-doc in Germany:
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.
jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
This is quite an exciting opportunity to push the boundaries of what is known regarding the molecular basis of the formation and demise of photosymbiotic relationships in marine habitats.