Ernesto Llamas

@eellamas.bsky.social

Science entrepreneur | Researcher Proteostasis and Aging | Making science memes at @sketchingscience.bsky.social

Happy to be part of this collaborative work from the Zuccaro lab 🌱 Prion-like fungal PEPSI effectors target plastids and modulate host metabolism during root symbiosis, including the PEPSI6–DXR interaction. PEPSI6 also connects to phytocytokine biology through possible CAP/CAPE-like processing.

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Team_Zuccaro@algazuccaro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Proud to share our new paper on how prion-like fungal effectors target plastids and modulate host metabolism during root symbiosis. Exciting collaborative work uncovering PEPSI effectors and the interaction of one of them with DXR in plants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... bsky.app/profile/eell...

I had the pleasure of joining the Branch Out! Career Day 2025 as a panelist at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne. I shared my journey building a dual career — as a science communicator and founder. And yes — I wore my own Parafilm T-shirt design 😆

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Hey all! We have been awarded a Spanish national grant to keep researching. Best of all is we have a full PhD contract assigned. We are looking for candidates interested in molecular biology and evolution of (plant) transcription factors, please spread the word!! Check our web for more information.