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Delphine Pott @delphinem-p.bsky.social · 4d

Splicing was discovered in adenoviruses, but was thought to be only anecdotal in plant viruses... We may need to revisit plant viral transcriptomes and proteomes!

GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 5d

How do geminiviruses maximize their limited coding capacity? Our recent preprint uncovers splicing of viral transcripts as one more strategy used by this viral family. We show that RNA splicing is prevalent in the geminivirus TYLCV — and required for infectivity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Pervasive splicing in a plant DNA virus

Viruses maximize their limited coding space through strategies that increase transcript and protein diversity. In mammalian viruses, splicing is a well-established mechanism for proteome expansion, ye...

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 5d

How do geminiviruses maximize their limited coding capacity? Our recent preprint uncovers splicing of viral transcripts as one more strategy used by this viral family. We show that RNA splicing is prevalent in the geminivirus TYLCV — and required for infectivity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Pervasive splicing in a plant DNA virus

Viruses maximize their limited coding space through strategies that increase transcript and protein diversity. In mammalian viruses, splicing is a well-established mechanism for proteome expansion, ye...

www.biorxiv.org

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GeminiTeamLab @geminiteamlab.bsky.social · 5d

Incredibly happy and proud of our Chaonan Shi (chaonan123.bsky.social ), who successfully defended her doctoral thesis yesterday at the @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social ! (And what a brilliant defence it was!) 🥳🥳🥳 Congratulations, Dr Shi!!! 🍾🥂🍋‍🟩🌶️ We are so lucky to have you in our team ❤️

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 6d

Have you noticed someone new here? 👇
Welcome @mpcontreras.bsky.social, our new junior group leader at the ZMBP!
#newPI #plantscience #MPMI

Isabel Monte @isabelmonte.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Sebastian @pfeilmeier.bsky.social for coming to the @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social for a #TRR356 seminar. We have all enjoyed discussing with you about #MPMI, Xanthomonas, hydathodes and more!

Three ZMBP junior PIs (Mau, Margot and Isa) and Sebastian sitting in a bar with some empty glasses

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 6d

We are glad that you enjoyed your visit to the ZMBP 😊 We enjoyed it too

ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 14d

Theresa Staps is also on BlueSky! @teastaps.bsky.social

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations to the winners of the 9th #ZMBP PhD Symposium awards 🥳🥳🥳

🥇Best chalk-talk Theresa Staps from @ericksonlab.bsky.social
🥇🥇 Best posters Mariam Ataulla (Lahaye lab) and Adrián Vojtaššák
🥇 Best oral presentation @frangordilloc.bsky.social, both from @isabelmonte.bsky.social's lab

Mariam, Adrián, Theresa and Fran holding their certificates to the best posters, chalk talk and oral presentation from the 9th ZMBP PhD Symposium that Farid (in the middle) had just given to them

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Luiselotte Rausch @luiselotterausch.bsky.social · 15d

Check out our latest review on investigating plant plasma membrane proteins with super resolution microscopy 🔬 🌱 in @jxbotany.bsky.social

#superresolution #plasmamembrane

academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

Revealing Plasma Membrane Protein Dynamics in Living Plant Cells with Single-Molecule Tracking

Abstract. The behavior of proteins and other biomolecules in cellular environments is governed by complex molecular processes. Understanding their temporal

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Eirik Lågeide @eiriklag.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks Farid and @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social for inviting us from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social this year! I had a great time listening to the great talks from my peers at ZMBP and enjoyed the discussions and feedback about my work ☺️ see you again next year!

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 · 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!

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Debangana Moitra @debanganamoitra.bsky.social · 18d

A year ago I gave my first chalk talk at the ZMPP symposium. This year, I returned for my 2nd symposium with a flash talk and poster presentation. Grateful for the chance to share my work, exchange ideas, and connect with colleagues—thanks @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social for making it so memorable!

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 23d

🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE CLOSING 🌱

🌱 Molecular Coding of Specificity in Plant Processes

Editors: Julien Gronnier, Ruth Großeholz, Klaus Harter &
@lauraragni.bsky.social

Closing 30th Sept '25

Manuscripts welcome, please contact us (bit.ly/JXBissues?utm...)

#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪

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Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social · 25d

So great having @isabelmonte.bsky.social visiting Edinburgh. Thanks for a wonderful seminar and some great discussions. Really pleased the rain held off for a lovely walk round the Botanics - including the obligatory stop to see the Lycopodium clavatum 🪴 🌿 🍄 🦠

Group of 9 people standing on a red bridge in Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh

7 people standing in royal botanic gardens Edinburgh looking down at a small green plant - lycopodium clavatum

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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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Erik Schäffer Lab @schaefferlab.bsky.social · Aug 6

Our latest paper is now published in Nano Letters!

"Attonewton Force Resolution Measurements with Silicon Nanospheres at the Thermal Noise Limit in Ambient-Temperature Liquids"

Check it out: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

#opticaltweezer #forcemeasurement #siliconnanosphere #ZMBP

Attonewton Force Resolution Measurements with Silicon Nanospheres at the Thermal Noise Limit in Ambient-Temperature Liquids

Precise force measurements are crucial for understanding fundamental physics or nanoscale interactions, such as those of molecular machines in biology. Optical tweezers are versatile force transducer...

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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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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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Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm going to miss my Norwich family to bits 🥲💔. Sad to leave but excited for what lies ahead for the Contreras lab at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social!

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Clémence Marchal @clemmar.bsky.social · Sep 4

Super excited and honoured to have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for CooPAIRation!

How do plant immune receptors work together to trigger an immune response? Can we modulate immune responses for disease resistance? We will tackle these questions in CooPAIRation

Positions to be announced soon!

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4

📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh

#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope

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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Dr. Joel Frohlich vom fMEG-Zentrum der Medizinischen Fakultät und Dr. Clémence Marchal vom @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social haben jeweils einen Starting Grant des @erc.europa.eu eingeworben! Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 Mehr Infos: 👉 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #ERCStartingGrants #Molekularbiologie

Text auf rotem Hintergrund: 'Zwei neue Starting Grants in der Medizin und der Pflanzenforschung. Hochdotierte Projektförderungen für Dr. Joel Frohlich und Dr. Clémence Marchal'. Darüber Porträtfotos von Dr. Joel Frohlich und Dr. Clémence Marchal.

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Check this article by Leí Wang and Georg Felix on how tomato 🍅 regulates immune signaling through antiSYS, a natural competitive receptor antagonist!
#plantimmunity #ZMBP

Cell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · Aug 21

Now online! A receptor antagonist counterbalances multiple systemin phytocytokines in tomato

A receptor antagonist counterbalances multiple systemin phytocytokines in tomato

Tomato antiSYS is a natural receptor antagonist that counterbalances agonistic systemin phytocytokines. Its deficiency triggers autoinflammatory-like symptoms affecting growth and development of tomato plants. Clustered with pro-antiSYS, tomato encodes 3 additional agonistic pro-systemins (SYS2/3/4), highlighting an intriguing parallel to the clustering of agonistic and antagonistic interleukin-1 cytokines in animals.

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Ralph Bertram @microrab.bsky.social · Aug 15

Today Jessica @ericksonlab.bsky.social from the @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social at @unituebingen.bsky.social and me met in @stadtnuernberg.bsky.social to discuss an already fruitful collaborative project. Stay tuned..

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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:
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

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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Elena Garcia-Perez @egarcia-perez.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy to share the new article from my former lab at IBMCP — the final chapter of my PhD!
We optimized geminivirus-based vectors for the controlled expression of recombinant proteins in plants, using autobioluminescence as a real-time reporter 💡🧬🌱

If you’re curious… 👀:
pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

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ZMBP @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social · Aug 7

That's a wonderful resource! Would you mind adding us to the starter pack, please? Thanks!