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Stefan Kusch
@stefankusch.bsky.social
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Post-doc @fz-juelich.de | seeking R&D innovation position | co-evolution of plants and pathogens #fungi #genomics | #Science is our only hope
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Stefan Kusch @stefankusch.bsky.social · 2d
Great work by everyone involved!
Anne Loos, Ella Doykova
@jiangzhaoqian.bsky.social
@florian-kuemmel.bsky.social
Heba Ibrahim
Levente Kiss
Ralph Panstruga
@rwth.bsky.social
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Stefan Kusch @stefankusch.bsky.social · 2d
Some highlights:
- fully sequenced and annotated genomes of two species, including transposon space using #TEtrimmer for the first time in newly sequenced genomes www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- cultured Arachnopeziza in vitro
- confirmed selective fungicides
- expressed hygromycin resistance +RFP
TEtrimmer: a tool to automate the manual curation of transposable elements - Nature Communications
Transposons are repetitive DNA sequences that are hard to identify and map accurately. TEtrimmer automates key manual steps, enabling faster and more reliable annotation of transposable elements in any genome.
www.nature.com
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Stefan Kusch @stefankusch.bsky.social · 2d
Genetic modification of obligate biotrophic pathogens like #powderymildew is often not possible, in part because they cannot be grown without a host.

We took a detour and established Arachnopeziza, closest extant relative of powdery mildew, as substitute!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Saprotrophic Arachnopeziza Species as New Resources to Study the Obligate Biotrophic Lifestyle of Powdery Mildew Fungi
Obligate biotrophic plant pathogens like the powdery mildew fungi commit to a closely dependent relationship with their plant hosts and have lost the ability to grow and reproduce independently. Thus....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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JiangzhaoQian.bsky.social @jiangzhaoqian.bsky.social · 13d
Thrilled to share that our TEtrimmer paper has just been published in Nature Communications! A big thank you to all collaborators — the article is now online ;)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
TEtrimmer: a tool to automate the manual curation of transposable elements - Nature Communications
Transposons are repetitive DNA sequences that are hard to identify and map accurately. TEtrimmer automates key manual steps, enabling faster and more reliable annotation of transposable elements in any genome.
www.nature.com
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Stefan Kusch @stefankusch.bsky.social · 13d
Just published: TEtrimmer by @jiangzhaoqian.bsky.social et al @natcomms.nature.com

TEtrimmer aims to simplify #transposon annotation in any given genome - and improves the accuracy of TE detection!

Check it out: rdcu.be/eH8Sa
TEtrimmer: a tool to automate the manual curation of transposable elements
Nature Communications - Transposons are repetitive DNA sequences that are hard to identify and map accurately. TEtrimmer automates key manual steps, enabling faster and more reliable annotation of...
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