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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are excited to announce our next Trends in Nematology Webinar on Nematode Genomics and Effectoromics!
When: 18th September, 2025
Time: 16:00-17:15 CEST
How can I join: Register using the QR code below 🪱

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Aug 27

Don't forget to register! Join us for an exciting Trends in Nematology Webinar next month!

Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are excited to announce our next Trends in Nematology Webinar on Nematode Genomics and Effectoromics!
When: 18th September, 2025
Time: 16:00-17:15 CEST
How can I join: Register using the QR code below 🪱

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · Aug 15

The environmental component of the disease triangle in spotlight here! Grow maize densely --> they produce more linalool -->　reshapes rhizosphere --> plants are more resistant to pathogens but at a cost: reduced biomass.

Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · Aug 15

Out in @science.org The crazy sequence of events from planting maize in dense fields. Density-dependent linalool release triggers release of compounds into the soil affecting microbes and plants.
Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience

Linalool-triggered plant-soil feedback drives defense adaptation in dense maize plantings

High planting density boosts crop yields but also heightens pest and pathogen risks. How plants adapt their defenses under these conditions remains unclear. In this study, we reveal that maize enhance...

www.science.org

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · Aug 14

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David Pires @david1822.bsky.social · Aug 5

🆕 paper out in Nitrogen

💡 This review highlights the importance of legumes in tropical farming and covers major diseases affecting productivity and their impact on the economy and the environment, including #nematodes

🔎 Read the full paper at doi.org/10.3390/nitr...

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · Aug 14

Registrations are open for our exciting webinar next month!

Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are excited to announce our next Trends in Nematology Webinar on Nematode Genomics and Effectoromics!
When: 18th September, 2025
Time: 16:00-17:15 CEST
How can I join: Register using the QR code below 🪱

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · Aug 9

The Marchantia mRNA decapping protein MpEDC4 also functions in P-body turnover via autophagy, a dual role absent in Arabidopsis and human orthologs. Strikingly, when expressed in human cells, MpEDC4 promotes degradation of Parkinson’s-linked α-synuclein. Some truly fascinating evolutionary biology!

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Aug 9

Ancestral P-body proteins rewired for autophagic recyclingin the early land plant Marchantia polymorpha https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.09.669463v1

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

Interspecific hybridization was key to tuberization. Thank you hybrid speciation for the world's 5th most important food crop 🥔

Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · Aug 1

Potato evolved from tomato 9 million years ago. http://dlvr.it/TMFCK8

Sandra Knapp, Loren H. Rieseberg,Jianquan Liu, Sanwen Huang
@cp-cell.bsky.social

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Lennart Hilbert @lennarthilbert.bsky.social · Jul 26

How do enhancer-gene contacts relate to transcription activation? In mouse embryonic stem cells, a combo of STED, oligoFISH & RNA FISH shows that 3% of Dppa3 alleles transcribe. For these, enhancers and promoters come closer (panel E). Stumberger ... Leonhardt & Harz www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Beuzón & Ruiz-Albert Lab @type3lab.bsky.social · Jul 22

Just the tip of the iceberg...more to come on this topic!

Congratulations to Laura Mancera-Miranda for her first scientific paper, and best of luck for her upcoming PhD dissertation defence!

doi.org/10.1002/mbo3...

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jul 17

TODAY. 15:15 @ Room P&Q #2025ISMPMI

Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jun 27

#ISMPMI2025 attendees!

Bookmark our concurrent session co-organized with @uprogress.bsky.social featuring exciting talks on the spatial and temporal regulation of plant–microbe interactions.

We have 3 invited speakers: Feng Zhou, @lluginbuehl.bsky.social @type3lab.bsky.social

and…

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Beuzón & Ruiz-Albert Lab @type3lab.bsky.social · Jul 17

Please don't miss it! A great session on the spatial and temporal regulation of plant–microbe interactions, hosted by @uprogress.bsky.social and @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social Many attractive talks, including our latest research presented by @crbeuzon.bsky.social

#ISMPMI2025 #MicroSky #PlantScience

Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jul 17

TODAY. 15:15 @ Room P&Q #2025ISMPMI

Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jun 27

#ISMPMI2025 attendees!

Bookmark our concurrent session co-organized with @uprogress.bsky.social featuring exciting talks on the spatial and temporal regulation of plant–microbe interactions.

We have 3 invited speakers: Feng Zhou, @lluginbuehl.bsky.social @type3lab.bsky.social

and…

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Niklaus Grunwald @grunwald.bsky.social · Jul 16

In memory of our dear colleague, John McDowell, who left us all too early. RIP. doi.org/10.1094/MPMI...

John Matthew McDowell: A Visionary Leader in Molecular Oomycete-Plant Interactions and a Wonderful Mentor and Friend to Many | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®

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Shahid Mukhtar @smukhtarlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

We lost a Grangle family member, a friend, and a visionary scientist. “A note from Jeff Dangl: John McDowell was a former MPMI Editor and great membr of our community and that it is apt that his memory be recognized at the current #2025ISMPMI
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John Matthew McDowell: A Visionary Leader in Molecular Oomycete-Plant Interactions and a Wonderful Mentor and Friend to Many | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®

nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com

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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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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · Jul 7

Mark you calendars! We are back this November #VNC2025

Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚀 Registration for VNC 2025 opens on July 10, 2025!

🔬 Submit your abstract and showcase your research in a vibrant, supportive environment.

📅 Save the date! More info on the 10th!

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · Jul 3

These are absolute treasures! All the best at Heidelberg!

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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · Jul 1

Cell-type-specific execution of effector-triggered immunity

Our new preprint is online, 1 July⬇️

With @himanshuchhillar.bsky.social @leonardojo.bsky.social Amey Redkar @kaisakajala.bsky.social @jonathandgjones.bsky.social

For early readers & community feedback🙏🏼

#openscience @erc.europa.eu

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Jul 1

Cell-type-specific execution of effector-triggered immunity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.28.662111v1

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · Jun 30

My sister is finishing her endocrinology residency (proud sister moment 😎). Instead of wrestling with Word to write equations for her thesis, I offered to help with LaTeX. Writing in LaTeX is one of the most rewarding things I’ve taught myself, but this might be its shiniest use yet! #LaTeX

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · Jun 30

Really interesting study - thank you for sharing! What are your thoughts on it?
I wonder 1) Is there a way to better manage the 'pivot penalty'? and 2)What if a longer time frame than 10 years is considered?

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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jun 27

#ISMPMI2025 attendees!

Bookmark our concurrent session co-organized with @uprogress.bsky.social featuring exciting talks on the spatial and temporal regulation of plant–microbe interactions.

We have 3 invited speakers: Feng Zhou, @lluginbuehl.bsky.social @type3lab.bsky.social

and…

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David Pires @david1822.bsky.social · Jun 18

🌐 Online symposium of the Society of Nematologists
📌 "#Nematodes on the move: building resilience and sustainability through international collaboration and better policies"
🔎 Program available at drive.google.com/drive/folder...
📥 Register here 👉 iica.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · May 12

Thank you, @david1822.bsky.social!

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Unnati Sonawala @uprogress.bsky.social · May 9

Very glad to have won one of the Postdoc Innovation Awards and excited to see the final outcome. Stay tuned!

Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · May 8

Unnati Sonawala talks about her work setting the stage for large-scale nematode effector screening in tomato roots.

Her project was a pilot in our new Postdoc Innovation Awards launched in 2024.

👉 tinyurl.com/ykc6ckee

@uprogress.bsky.social
@cropscicentre.bsky.social

#PlantScience 🧪

Tomato root protoplasts. Photo credit: Unnati Sonawala

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David Pires @david1822.bsky.social · Apr 9

🌲 In just 90 seconds, I distill the relevance and impact of my PhD
▶️ Watch the full video 👉 youtu.be/lLtgd9EE1nw?...
#PinewoodNematode #PineWiltDisease #Esteya #Biocontrol

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