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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 18d

Yesterday, we celebrated the 9th #ZMBP PhD Symposium, where our PhD students (and some from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social) presented their work as chalk talks, posters and longer talks. Thanks everyone for the scientific discussions on #plantscience!

Farid El Kasmi, the coordinator of the ZMBP PhD program, opening the 9th ZMBP PhD Symposium

Theresa, from Jessica Erickson's lab, drawing how (a smiling) Xanthomonas employs type 2 and 3 secretion systems to infect tomato during her chalk talk at the 9th ZMBP PhD Symposium. The chalk talk was projected onto a large screen

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th

Please spread the word!

More info 👇
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

Open Professorship (W1-TT) at the ZMBP, University of Tübingen (Germany). Deadline October 17th. More info: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fachbereiche/zentren/zentrum-fuer-molekularbiologie-der-pflanzen/zmbp/job-opportunities/#c12494

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 29d

📢 A Junior Professorship (W1, tenure track) is open at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology at Uni Tübingen (@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social) — to work on plant protein biochemistry (composition, structure, dynamics, or regulation of protein complexes). 🌱 Great opportunity — Apply by Oct 17th!

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Gabriella Mosca @moscabiomeclab.bsky.social · Sep 7

The BM^2 Lab is hiring a Ph.D. student to work on a variety of problems connected to modeling of morphogenesis in plants (i.e. ovule curvature formation, fixed handedness establishment in certain plant organs and its link to cell wall mechanics).

Please share!

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Full house for today’s @TheSainsburyLab seminar with Farid @Farid_El_Kasmi on #NLRbiology

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Cell Host & Microbe @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social · Aug 13

Special Issue Alert for August!
Plants & Microbes: Growing Insight
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

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Xander Zuijdgeest @xanderzuijdgeest.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Xander Zuijdgeest @xanderzuijdgeest.bsky.social · Aug 13

We were invited to write a short Preview article for @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social on the recent @cp-cell.bsky.social publication from Du & Alam et al. on overcoming Restricted Taxonomic Functionality of NLRs

Read our Preview here:
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Breaking open the taxonomic boundaries of plant NLR immunity

Transfer of NLR-type immune receptors to distantly related plant species to expand pathogen recognition has often been difficult due to restricted taxonomic functionality (RTF). In a recent Cell publi...

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Xander Zuijdgeest @xanderzuijdgeest.bsky.social · Jul 17

Grateful to all that came to my poster at #2025ISMPMI this week 🌱

This was not an easy story to present, but the support and discussions were great and made this a journey worth telling!

Xander Zuijdgeest @xanderzuijdgeest.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hey #2025ISMPMI! 🌱
We ofcourse all aim to do great & successful science!
However, it doesn't always work out the way we hope, but we rarely hear about those stories..
So let's change that!
Find me at my poster P-102 on Tuesday and let's discuss "failed" science, and what we can still learn from it!

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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jul 17

Less than a week left to apply! 🌱💚

Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jun 5

We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄

A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of Tübingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026.
Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.

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Huang Tan @huangtan.bsky.social · Jul 14

My first MPMI #2025ISMPMI 😎😍@GeminiTeam
Excited to hear all the amazing science, have great discussions, and connect with friends!

If you’re interested in plant-(Gemini)virus interactions and scRNA-seq, let’s meet on Wednesday, July 16 at poster P-437. #scRNA-seq
(bring me to your poster as well!

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Chia-Nan Tao @chia-nan.bsky.social · Jul 13

I will be there present my poster at tomorrow’s poster session. Find me at P-011 where I will tell you about the story of Marchantia BIR protein and how may it help plant fighting against evil bacteria.
#2025ISMPMI

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Debangana Moitra @debanganamoitra.bsky.social · Jul 14

Excited to present at @mpmijournal.bsky.social

Can BIR proteins link PTI and ETI?

Using AlphaFold & evolutionary insights, we dive into how BIRs balance immunity with CSA1 as a key regulator of cell death & receptor complex homeostasis.

P-441 | Mon 14 July | 13:30–15:15

#2025ISMPMI

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Clémence Marchal @clemmar.bsky.social · Jul 14

Viral genomes might encode more proteins than we initially thought!

Intrigued? Come see my poster on the identification of potentially new ORFs in the potato virus X genome.

Tuesday 9:55-11:30, P-266
@geminiteamlab.bsky.social
#2025ISMPMI

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Xander Zuijdgeest @xanderzuijdgeest.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hey #2025ISMPMI! 🌱
We ofcourse all aim to do great & successful science!
However, it doesn't always work out the way we hope, but we rarely hear about those stories..
So let's change that!
Find me at my poster P-102 on Tuesday and let's discuss "failed" science, and what we can still learn from it!

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Isabel Monte @isabelmonte.bsky.social · Jul 13

And another @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social delegation just arrived in Cologne for the #2025MPMI

Niels (P-041), @chia-nan.bsky.social (P-011), Pin-Jou (P-438), Yujing (P-027), Farid (P-063), @raphaelschaal.bsky.social (P-094) and @ericksonlab.bsky.social (P-169)

Niels, Chia-Nan, Pin-Jou, Yujing, Isa, Farid, Raphael and Jessica arriving in Cologne Messe by train

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Hannah Weber @hannah-web.bsky.social · Jul 13

I am presenting my work as a poster @ISMPMI #2025ISMPMI on monday 14.07 ! :) Join me and learn more about HIR2 oligomeric rings - a novel perspective on membrane organization (Poster number 39) Head here to see more: ismpmi.org/congress

2025 Congress

......2025 IS-MPMI Congress...Save the Date! Sunday, 13 July – Thursday, 17 July, 2025 Confex Conference and Exhibition Centre, Cologne, Germany Mark your calendars for the 2025 IS-MPMI Co...

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Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jun 5

We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · May 23

Congratulations to the #GreenRobust team for securing @dfg.de funding for the next 7 years to investigate plant robustness! 🌱
Special thanks to our very own Rosa Lozano-Durán @geminiteamlab.bsky.social and the co-spokespersons @thomasgreb.bsky.social and @kjschmid.bsky.social. Exciting times ahead!

GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · May 22

The GreenRobust Cluster of Excellence, a joint venture of the Universities of Tübingen, Heidelberg, and Hohenheim, is now a reality!! For the next 7 years, we will investigate the principles underlying robustness to perturbations in plants. Stay tuned! greenrobust.de 🍾🥂💚🌱 @dfg.de

GreenRobust

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · Apr 30

In this new #SciArt profile, we meet Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social, a plant developmental biologists @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. Margot enjoys linocut printmaking. Her designs are often inspired by images from the lab and scenes from nature 🌱

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Arabidopsis genetics. 6 stages of Arabidopsis rosettes arranged into 2 helices. Hand printed Spring 2024.

Young leaf. Print based on a microscopy image of a 3-day old Arabidopsis leaf. Press printed August 2022.

Mushrooms. 3 of 5 total mushrooms. Press printed March 2023.

Bees and hexagons. Two-layer print of blue bees on a gradient of hexagons. Press printed March 2022.

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · Apr 3

We are happy to join the #plantscience community here in BlueSky!
Follow us to know more about our research at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social in beautiful Tübingen

A man is standing on a Stocherkahn in the Neckar river in Tübingen on a sunny day

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Xander Zuijdgeest @xanderzuijdgeest.bsky.social · Nov 19

here depicted in (one of) her natural habitats 😄

Xander Zuijdgeest @xanderzuijdgeest.bsky.social · Nov 19

now on BlueSky!

#phd
#science
#plantscience
#plantimmunity
#plantmicrobeinteraction
#photography
#naturephotography

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