New preprint from the lab. Gousiekte is a disease of cattle and sheep in southern Africa caused by pavettamine, a toxin found in some plants grazed by the animals. We found that the toxin is actually made by obligate bacterial endophytes!
bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 3mo agoA fatal plant toxicosis described more than a century ago is caused by a bacterial endophyte https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.12.731819v1
#TansleyInsight: #Evolution of molecular #communication in the permanent Azolla symbiosis Deren Büyüktaş, Ellen Sigourney Lorberg & Sophie de Vries 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue
A plant single nucleotide polymorphism impacts nectar sugar composition, microbial diversity and pollinator visits https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.09.717461v1
Together with the ASTR team of Nicolas Langlade of @lipme-toulouse.bsky.social, we uncovered how a single gene change impacts nectar chemistry, microbial diversity, and pollinator visits in sunflowers. 🌻 #Science #Pollinators
🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨 The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists Interested? Get in touch via direct message careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... #MicroSky 🧪 #PostDoc @univie.ac.at
A four-year postdoc focusing on "plant growth-promoting bacteriophages" available in my group. Skills in metaviromics and metagenomics essential. Application deadline: 2.2.2026. For more info, see the link.
Postdoctoral Researcher in discovering the benefits of plant growth-promoting bacteriophages
Postdoctoral Researcher in discovering the benefits of plant growth-promoting bacteriophages
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Interested in doing a PhD in phage biology? See below a super cool project on megaphage ecology and evolution available at the University of Jyväskylä (FIN) in Elina Laanto's lab (Project no. 4). Co-supervision provided by yours truly.
Elina Laanto@elaanto.bsky.social · 10mo ago🚀 PhD opportunity The Dept of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, is recruiting 1–4 new PhD candidates. One of the positions is potentially in my lab, focusing on megaphages and their hosts. Details and apply here 👇 bit.ly/48eqYNB #phage