New Study: Soil iron modulates beneficial maize microbiome feedbacks in rotations with wheat. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Check the video abstract of the article! CREDITS: JAN WÄLCHLI, H. Janse van Rensburg, K. Stengele, V. D'Adda, S. Cadot, V. Caggìa, V. Gfeller - what a wonderful TEAM!

Super excited to launch this search for a new endowed professor at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch! Join us to build a research cluster in Climate Biophysics! 🌍🌊🌾🔬🧪 This is a unique opportunity to create a community in Basel🇨🇭working together on this timely topic! ⏳🌡️ Questions? Please reach out! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Biozentrum, University of Basel@biozentrum.unibas.ch · 3mo ago

New Assistant (tenure-track) or Associate Professor position in Climate #Biophysics! Join our international research community to explore fundamental molecular mechanisms underlying climate-relevant biological processes. Apply by 7 Sept 2026! www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/de/open-posi...

We have published a protocol for the high-throughput chemical phenotyping of bacteria. 🧫 🧪 I began working with the this system over a decade ago and it has already driven key discoveries how maize root bacteria adapt to plant specialized metabolites. Thanks to all collaborators! 🙌

Klaus Schlaeppi@kschlaeppi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Customizable High-Throughput Chemical Phenotyping of Root Bacteria bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?... We describe a flexible, scalable, robust, and affordable method for the chemical phenotyping of bacteria.

Customizable High-Throughput Chemical Phenotyping of Root Bacteria bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?... We describe a flexible, scalable, robust, and affordable method for the chemical phenotyping of bacteria.

In this work led by *Charlotte Joller*, we established that a glass bead-based semi-hydroponic microcosm system enables the paralleled and time-resolved analysis of exudate and microbiome dynamics. Credits: @jan-waelchli.bsky.social, @nzamboni.bsky.social & Joelle Sasse Schlaepfer shorturl.at/p0pTJ

Our first Kalanchoë laxiflora story found its perfect home @Science Advances with a beautiful cover image of Kalanchoë thyrsiflora leaves. I am grateful that I can continue working with this incredible new model to learn more about succulent development 🤩 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Heike Lindner@heikelindner.bsky.social · 2y ago

This story was only possible through true team effort. Team Kalanchoë with Xin at the forefront. @jameshartwell.bsky.social, the most generous scientist who shared resources and answered countless questions. Read about MUTE during stomatal development in Kalanchoë www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We just released a curated, fully genome sequence isolate collection from Maize roots (ZeaMiC). It is publicly available as individual strains and cost effective bundles from the amazing @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social culture collection www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We hope to expand it in the future

Great to see this work published in New Phytologist! 🎉 It’s exciting to see the benzoxazinoid-conditioned soil microbiome in action. 🦠 This study represents an important step forward in understanding how plants shape their growth performance in response to soil microbiomes🌱

Klaus Schlaeppi@kschlaeppi.bsky.social · 7mo ago

New study: Benzoxazinoid‐mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence - Stengele - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Benzoxazinoid‐mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence Stengele et al. @kschlaeppi.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New study: Benzoxazinoid‐mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence - Stengele - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Benzoxazinoid‐mediated microbiome feedbacks enhance Arabidopsis growth and defence

Plants modulate their surrounding microbiome via root exudates and such conditioned soil microbiomes feed back on the performance of the next generation of plants. How plants perceive altered soil m...

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Hoy celebramos el Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia visibilizando algo cotidiano en nuestro grupo: hacer ciencia en un equipo lleno de referentes femeninos. Es clave crear espacios donde las cientificas puedan liderar, investigar e inspirar. #diamujeryniñaenciencia

Preprint: Here we report a glass bead-based system suitable for the *simultaneous monitoring* of Arabidopsis root exudate and root microbiome dynamics. Teaser: some link between glucosinolates ~ SynCom composition. Happy reading. Credits to Charlotte Joller et al.! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Preprint: Here we report a glass bead-based system suitable for the *simultaneous monitoring* of Arabidopsis root exudate and root microbiome dynamics. Teaser: some link between glucosinolates ~ SynCom composition. Happy reading. Credits to Charlotte Joller et al.! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Preprint: We identified soil iron levels as critical factor explaining the variation in soil microbiome feedbacks on plant growth. The soil microbiomes tend to provide more beneficial feedbacks at low levels of soil iron. Happy reading. Credits to Jan Waelchli et al.! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Soil iron drives beneficial maize microbiome feedbacks in rotations with wheat

Background: Plants change their surrounding soil microbiome by root exudates and such conditioned microbiomes impact the performance of the present as well as the next plant generation as for example ...

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A new @newphyt.bsky.social Profile, this time on Roberto Solano: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Interesting as always 👍 #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Marchantia

Roberto Solano

Roberto Solano, National Biotechnology Center, CSIC (Spain).

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Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 12mo ago

And @newphyt.bsky.social continues it's great series of Profiles with this one on @pdchristine.bsky.social: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries

Our ten years of work is finally out in Current Biology! We reveal a new mode of action of the bacterial phytotoxin coronatine produced by Pseudomonas syringae. www.cell.com/current-biol...

Evolutionary trade-off between stomatal defense and gas exchange in Brassicaceae

Kang et al. show that coronatine hijacks the ABA hydroxylase CYP707A1 in A. thaliana to override stomatal defense. While CYP707A1 also enables rapid light-induced stomatal opening, C. rubella and E. s...

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Clarivate highlights every year individual researchers as #HighlyCited2025. However and to make this clear: such a recognition is a team’s effort. ALL credits and glitter [✨] go to my GREAT TEAM, colleagues and collaborations who contributed with work, writing and spreading our studies!

We are beyond excited to reveal the full line-up for our Environmental Signaling in Plants summer school 2026! Registration is now open here eps.sites.uu.nl - we look forward to seeing you in Utrecht on 24th-26th August!

Exciting days at the #PMS2025! Our team joined the global plant microbiome community to present new insights into microbe-induced resistance and multitrophic interactions—one talk, two posters, and plenty of great discussions. Science grows better together! 🌿🤝 @microsos.bsky.social

EPSO 6th Workshop on Plants and Microbiomes, Malaga 3.11.2025 – success and outcome. bit.ly/43jUtLg #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU #biodiversity #EUFarm2Fork

EPSO 6th Workshop on Plants and Microbiomes, Malaga 3.11.2025 – success and outcome - EPSO

The EPSO Working Group on Plants and Microbiomes held its sixth workshop in Antequera / Malaga on 3.11.2025 which brought together over 100 enthusiastic researchers just ahead of the 6th Plant Microbi...

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Our article "Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" is finally published @plantphys.bsky.social! You can download the #OpenAccess PDF here: doi.org/10.1093/plph... But real connoisseurs of #AntimicrobialCompounds will want to get the vinyl boxset: #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

🌱📢46th EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 16/10/2025 at 15.00 CET discussing The impact of ERC funding for Plant Sciences. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for spring seminars 👉http://bit.ly/3WpPYuC. #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

We’re delighted to share that our paper has been just accepted in PCP! We analyzed fungus–fungus competition that suppresses pathogenic colonization in Arabidopsis roots.Special thanks to Duke, Hiroyuki, Yuki, Nanami, and everyone who contributed! t.co/obQyD1rzI1

A long road to the Cover of Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization

Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...

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Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI

Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI

✨🌙 ¡La Noche Europea de los Investigadores ya ha comenzado! Desde la EEZ-CSIC compartimos nuestra ciencia con tres talleres: plantas y bichos, microbiomas y nutrición animal y el mundo oculto visto con microscopía. ¡Visítanos en el stand de la @eezcsic.bsky.social! 🔬🌱🐄

Katja Stengele successfully defended her PhD thesis. Rational thinking, logic, commitment and talent >>> very good PhD. Congratulations Katja! #proudPI

Charlotte Joller successfully defended her PhD thesis. Coolness, commitment and talent > very good PhD. Congratulations Charlotte! #proudPI

Six years ago, I started at the MPIPZ with a head full of ideas. What a journey. I’m thrilled to share that, from Jan 2026, I will be moving to Zurich as a chaired associate professor at the University of Zurich. A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!