Congratulations Prof. Dr. Michael Melkonian! Phycological Society of America (PSA) Award of Excellence www.mpipz.mpg.de/5838402/melk...

Michael Melkonian honoured for scientific excellence

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Join my group at @fz_juelich within the @ceplas.bsky.social excellence cluster. #PlantJobs We’re looking for a postdoc/senior scientist in plant single-cell and spatial transcriptomics recruiting.fz-juelich.de/jobposting/8...

Postdoctoral Researcher / Senior Scientist in the field of plant single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

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Please share! 🌱🤖 Permanent W2 Professorship in crop & plant sciences @ PhenoRob, University of Bonn. Especially encouraged: crop genome engineering, sustainable pest control, or sustainable disease control. Expertise in one area is enough. Apply by Sept. 30, 2026. www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...

Read our new review: The life and legacy of the root endodermis: A spatiotemporal view of function and development - a very nice piece by @swatimahiwal.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Still time to apply: Postdoc position in our lab together with @meauxjuliette.bsky.social to combine Ecological models with quantitative genetics. Become part of a great community of Ecological Genetics. jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

Lovely evening! Thank you Wenbo and Nick for the warm hospitality and the excellent science. @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social.

Thank you for highlighting our work, Antonio, with this Spotlight! Fungal endophyte evasion of plant immune system for mutual benefit: now you see me, now you don't: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

Fungal endophyte evasion of plant immune system for mutual benefit: now you see me, now you don't

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Erythrulose, which has four carbon atoms, is the most complex sugar spotted beyond our Solar System.... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Detection of a four-carbon sugar in interstellar space - Nature Astronomy

A monosaccharide sugar has been detected in an interstellar cloud: the chiral ketose erythrulose. Observations and chemical modelling show that it forms efficiently on dust grains, supporting an inter...

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Microbial chitinases in the plant holobiont: ecological roles and structural determinants academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

Microbial chitinases in the plant holobiont: ecological roles and structural determinants

Microbial chitinases act as versatile effector proteins in the plant holobiont, shaping microbiota composition, fungal competition, and plant immune evasio

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Blink and you'll miss it, a dolphin breaking the surface in the middle of a perfect morning.

Microbial chitinases perform functions beyond antagonism, including facilitating host colonization by interfering with chitin-triggered immunity. We review evidence that their diversification reflects adaptation to distinct host-associated ecological niches. academic.oup.com/femsre/artic...

“Complex intra- and inter-kingdom interactions shape microbiota stability and influence the success of microbial invasion into the plant holobiont.” academic.oup.com/femsre/advan...

Microbial chitinases in the plant holobiont: ecological roles and structural determinants

Abstract. Complex intra- and inter-kingdom interactions shape microbiota stability and influence the success of microbial invasion into the plant holobiont

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Big opportunities for researchers 🌍 We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU. The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open. More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw

We have openings at the University of Cologne, come and join our consortium in Plant Ecological Genetics TRR341!Applications open soon for 10 PhD position. Description here: trr341.uni-koeln.de/join-us #TRR341 #PlantEcologicalGenetics

Just in time for the RNA localisation conference, we uploaded a manuscript describing the link between endosomal mRNA transport and local mitochondrial activity. Great collaboration during MibiNet www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... @mibinet.bsky.social #EMBOrnaLocalization

Hidden places, reached only by water

The beauty of the Alps.

Places I can only reach on foot that I love

Places I can only reach on foot that I love

Places I can only reach on foot

La magia delle Alpi

This work nicely quantifies a major issue in our universities: "In higher education, administrative costs have risen much faster than instruction and research costs (4). MIT Faculty grew by only 9.2% between 1985 and 2023, while administrative staff grew by 189%." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Only one week left to apply for the full professorship in Experimental Biodiversity Research at our institute @unituebingen.bsky.social ! Please re-post.

Oliver Bossdorf@bossdorf.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Dream Job Alert! @unituebingen.bsky.social is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) for EXPERIMENTAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH! You work on soil fauna/fungi/food webs and their relations with environment, plants, ecosystem processes? Come and join the @terra-cluster.org and our institute! Please re-post!

Unlike its wild ancestor teosinte, maize lost much of its seed protein during domestication. A paper @nature discovers teosinte genes that, when expressed in modern maize, increase seed protein without lowering crop yield. shorturl.at/zdsvY & highlight @natplants.nature.com: shorturl.at/e3f6C

Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein in maize - Nature

Teosinte alleles enhance nitrogen assimilation and seed protein without lowering crop yield when expressed in modern maize, providing a powerful strategy for crop improvement to meet future population demands.

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Understanding the ancestral state of nodulation facilitates its engineering. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📢 new preprint! How do commensal bacteria establish themselves on plant roots despite plant immunity? We identify Cpi1, a conserved membrane-anchored protease inhibitor in Pseudomonas that promotes early root colonization and modulates microbial community assembly. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Häufige Missverständnisse über neue Züchtungstechniken (#NGT) – Prof. Alain Tissier @atissier.bsky.social klärt im Interview über die Unterschiede zwischen klassischer Züchtung und #GeneEditing auf und gibt Einblicke in die Praxis. Das ganze Interview hier: 🔗 saatgut-kann-mehr.de/2026/05/04/p...

The abstract submission deadline for the Botanik Tagung of the German #PlantScience Society ( @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social ) is coming up. If you want to showcase your science to the German Plant Science Community, then this is the place to be: 👇

Berit Ebert@beritebert.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Abstract deadline May 31st - register now! Join us at the Botanik-Tagung 2026 in Bochum, Germany (6–10 September 2026) for exciting science, great networking, and lively discussions across all areas of plant research with plant scientists from around the world. botanik-tagung.de

Are you excited about understanding the molecular underpinnings of arbuscular mycorrhiza? Then this PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/4...