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Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
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Professor of Biotic Interactions, University of Cambridge. Fellow of King's College Cambridge. http://goo.gl/fRtMjq
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Sebastian Eves-van den Akker @sebastianevda.bsky.social · Mar 11
Paper Alert! @pnas.org

We think nematodes break open plant cells, sense small molecule signals (termed effectostimulins), which switch on a master regulator SUGR1, which switches on effectors, which break cells.

Looks like a feed-forward loop driving infection.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · Jul 31
The hybrid origin of potato tuberization.

From: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage
Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million years ago. The alter...
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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · Jul 29
Excited this paper is finally published! We focused on the inner concave surface of LRR RKs to expand bacterial flagellin perception in plants. Selection indicates expanded perception is more common than previously thought. Experiments led by @jerrytli.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unlocking expanded flagellin perception through rational receptor engineering - Nature Plants
Receptor kinase FLS2 detects the flg22 epitope of bacterial flagellin. Here the authors identify key residues on FLS2’s concave surface that enable expanded perception of flg22 variants, allowing the ...
www.nature.com
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Dr. Claudia Martinho @cssmartinho.bsky.social · Jul 22
We’re excited to share a new CRISPR-Cas12 genome editing system, highly efficient across multiple brown algae species!

Brown algae transformation has been challenging despite many thoughtful approaches over the years.

We hope this one is kelpful 🌿😅
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#CRISPR #Algae
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Jul 10
🪱 Calling all Early-Career Nematologists:
Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉

If you are MSc student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in nematology, Register and submit your abstract.

Register here👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z

⏰ Registration closes September 10th!!!
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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · Jul 10
I have a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position starting in January to study the evolution of seed gene networks using the fern Ceratopteris! Interested? More info here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU179/r...

Closing date 31st July. 🙂
#PlantScience
#PlantSciencejobs
Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
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Dr Alessio Veneziano @aveneziano.bsky.social · Jul 5
Excellent visualisation of slime molds reaching for food 🧀🫜🥒🍗 Loving the picky one!

🧪 #science #biology
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regular slime guy @regularslimeguy.bsky.social · Jul 5
from www.instagram.com/yeweijun98

Slime molds eat the microbes on decaying plants but not the microbes on decaying animals. Badhamia (Physarum) polycephala is an unusually adventurous eater who also enjoys mushrooms, oats, and probably a number of other things!

I wonder what's up with the peanut
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Mason Heberling @jmheberling.bsky.social · Jul 3
Insects pressed on herbarium sheets...I'm looking for a paper I know exists on the topic, a short essay in a relatively narrow audience bulletin, ca. 1970s-1980s perhaps. Going nuts trying to locate it again.
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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · Jul 1
Congratulations to Professor Julian Hibberd on his election to the @embo.org announced today!

tinyurl.com/4b3mnsru

@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @jmhibberd.bsky.social 🧪#PlantSci
Professor Julian Hibberd in the Department of Plant Science library. Photo by Andrew Benton.
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Sebastian Eves-van den Akker @sebastianevda.bsky.social · Jun 27
HYP effector paper here:
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A gene with a thousand alleles: The hyper-variable effectors of plant-parasitic nematodes
Pathogens are engaged in a fierce evolutionary arms race with their host. The genes at the forefront of the engagement between kingdoms are often part…
sciencedirect.com
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Sebastian Eves-van den Akker @sebastianevda.bsky.social · Jun 27
The first is that editing events which are phylogenetically and functionally unrelated enlist surprisingly similar genetic machinery

The second is that most editing systems were discovered from 1970-2005. We speculate why, and we suggest where to look!

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Sebastian Eves-van den Akker @sebastianevda.bsky.social · Jun 27
New paper @natgenet.nature.com

nature.com/articles/s41...

Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes

In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...

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How and when organisms edit their own genomes - Nature Genetics
This Review describes the changes that some organisms make to their own DNA sequences, linking many to common genetic mechanisms built around canonical DNA repair and to a set of functional circumstan...
nature.com
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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · Jun 24
Plz repost. Fresh Preprint led by @alexguyon.bsky.social
When a pathogen pushes into a cell already occupied by a symbiotic fungus, things change. New membrane phospholipids at pathogen haustoria! This may impact immune receptor positioning & defense secretion. -
And the roots are more resistant!
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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · Jun 20
🌱 New review out with @minyaojhu.bsky.social and Dr. Katharina Schiessl.

Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium

Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
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Carmen Escudero Martinez @carmen-escudero.bsky.social · May 5
I am excited to announce I will be starting my lab at IRNASA-CSIC in Spain. Investigating the rhizosphere microbiota and its role in crop nutrition. There are two positions openings: a technician and a postdoc deadline 30th June!
www.irnasa.csic.es/postdoctoral...
www.irnasa.csic.es/en/technicia...
Postdoctoral Research Assistant position: Enhancing plant nutrition via host genetic modulation of the rhizosphere microbiota – IRNASA CSIC
www.irnasa.csic.es
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David Pires @david1822.bsky.social · Jun 8
Japanese researchers unveil how potatoes and microbes outsmart the potato cyst #nematode
www.potatonewstoday.com/2025/06/04/t...
Triggering ‘suicide hatching’: Japanese researchers unveil how potatoes and microbes outsmart the potato cyst nematode
A Kobe University study reveals a crucial chemical relationship among potato plants, soil microbes, and potato cyst nematodes, potentially transforming pest control in agriculture. Scientists ident…
www.potatonewstoday.com
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Ching-Jung Lin @chjlin.bsky.social · Mar 18
Two exciting papers from Shirasu Lab utilizing the *juice* of my favorite biological players—Agrobacterium and nematodes—to investigate receptor profiles!
🦠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🪱 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Congrats to the authors! 🥳🤩
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Svetlana Dodonova @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social · May 26
We’ve uncovered Asgard chromatin structures formed by a Hodarchaeal histone : closed hypernucleosome conserved in archaea and an open form resembling the H3-H4 eukaryotic octasome. Fantastic work by @harshranawat.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Chromatin #Asgard #Archaea #cryoEM
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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · May 27
Check out amazing MPhil plant science student @karenuchida.bsky.social and here lab week in 360° @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

youtu.be/l9-m_JlG6cE?...
Running around the lab in 360° | A week of a plant science student
YouTube video by ren's slice of life
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Katie Field @katiefield4.bsky.social · May 8
Check out these exciting opportunities for a dual award PhD in plant and soil sciences 🤩 at @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social: www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/... each PhD project will involve at least 1 year spent at each institution - pls repost 🙏
World class training - International dual award PhDs in Plant & Soil Science now open
These new studentships offer a unique opportunity to join a vibrant and collaborative research community spanning two world-class institutions in Sheffield, UK and Sydney, Australia.
www.sheffield.ac.uk
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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · May 1
Congratulations to Uta Paszkowski from @cropscicentre.bsky.social - elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA in recognition of her significant contributions to understanding symbiotic relationships between plants & fungi.

@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
@paszkowskilab.bsky.social
Professor Uta Paszkowski, Acting Head of the Crop Science Centre and Head of the Cereal Symbiosis research group at the University of Cambridge
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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · May 2
📻Tune in to the Soil Matters podcast: bit.ly/4jGSLtu to hear Prof Lynn Dicks and Dr Anna Krzywoszynska @unioulu.bsky.social on sustainable soil management in the UK.

Missed their paper? You can read it here: bit.ly/4iLnMLI
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Apr 30
Congratulations to Hailing Jin, who was elected to @nasonline.org. Interkingdom RNAi is one of the most fascinating discoveries in biology in the last decades.

profiles.ucr.edu/hailing.jin
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Apr 30
Very happy to see my friend Uta Paszkowski from @cropscicentre.bsky.social elected to @nasonline.org. Improved plant-microbe symbioses are a key puzzle piece in the fight against the #climatecatastrophe (yes, it hasn’t gone away).

www.cropsciencecentre.org/staff/uta-pa...
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Apr 28
📜 Integrating Arabidopsis and crop species gene discovery for crop improvement

🧑‍🔬 Michael W. Bevan, Klaus F. X. Mayer, et al.

📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social

🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #AppliedPlantScience #Crops #Agriculture #PlantBreeding #PlantGMOs #PlantGenomics
Integrating Arabidopsis and crop species gene discovery for crop improvement
Summary. Genome sequence assemblies form a durable and precise framework that supports nearly all areas of biological research, including evolutionary biol
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