Tim Thomsen
@timthomsen.bsky.social
PhD candidate in the Zuccaro lab at the University of Cologne as part of the IMPRS program of the MPIPZ.
Currently working on TIR domain proteins in plant-microbe interactions.
Currently working on TIR domain proteins in plant-microbe interactions.
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Autophagy restricts symbiosis-associated cell death and regulates colonization by Serendipita indica in Arabidopsis (Patricia Zecua-Ramirez , Nick Dunken , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Autophagy restricts symbiosis-associated cell death and regulates colonization by Serendipita indica in Arabidopsis (Patricia Zecua-Ramirez , Nick Dunken , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Now online: Effector biology and immunometabolic (re)programming: microbial strategies for compatibility: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
Effector biology and immunometabolic (re)programming: microbial strategies for compatibility
Root immunometabolism: balancing defense and accommodationPlant health depends on
balanced immune defense and microbial accommodation. As constant contact zones, roots
must exclude pathogens while fos...
www.cell.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Now online: Effector biology and immunometabolic (re)programming: microbial strategies for compatibility: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
Reposted by Tim Thomsen
My former colleague Patricia Zecua, me and the Zuccaro group published a new story about how autophagy restricts cell death and regulates root colonization by beneficial fungi:
academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
Autophagy restricts symbiosis-associated cell death and regulates colonization by Serendipita indica in Arabidopsis
Autophagy acts as a pro-survival mechanism in plant roots during beneficial fungal colonization by restricting fungal proliferation and immunometabolic cel
academic.oup.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
My former colleague Patricia Zecua, me and the Zuccaro group published a new story about how autophagy restricts cell death and regulates root colonization by beneficial fungi:
academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
Reposted by Tim Thomsen
Our latest article in bioRxiv. A very good and comprehensive paper by Mathias Brands, Vicente Ramirez, Laura Armbruster et al. on the deconstruction of acetylated xylan in symbiosis. If you would like to learn more, please talk to Mathias at #2025ISMPMI, poster P-239.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Host-adapted enzymatic deconstruction of acetylated xylan enables mutualistic colonization of monocot roots
Intracellular accommodation of mutualistic fungi in plant roots depends on selective remodeling of host cell walls while minimizing activation of plant immune responses. In this study, we identify a h...
www.biorxiv.org
July 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Our latest article in bioRxiv. A very good and comprehensive paper by Mathias Brands, Vicente Ramirez, Laura Armbruster et al. on the deconstruction of acetylated xylan in symbiosis. If you would like to learn more, please talk to Mathias at #2025ISMPMI, poster P-239.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Enjoying TEAM scientific discussions at the #2025ISMPMI.
July 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Enjoying TEAM scientific discussions at the #2025ISMPMI.
Reposted by Tim Thomsen
Our new review in FEMS Microbiology by Nick Dunken and Tim Thomsen is online. Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals url: academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...
Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals
Abstract. Purine-based metabolites serve as essential mediators of signaling, immunity, and host-microbe interactions across biological kingdoms. This revi
academic.oup.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Our new review in FEMS Microbiology by Nick Dunken and Tim Thomsen is online. Purine-Based Infochemicals and Immunometabolites: A Comparative Review of Emerging Signaling Pathways in Plants and Animals url: academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...