🌱🍄 The EnvGen lab is present at the #CRC1182 2026 retreat. Our postdoc Víctor Flores-Núñez presented his work on how Zymoseptoria tritici secreted invertase can influence the antagonistic activity of leaf-associated bacteria!

Today at the Max Planck Aquavit conference in Plön, we had another chance to celebrate 🎉 our group leader, Eva Stukenbrock, on her recent appointment to the Leopoldina. Seeing her recognised by colleagues across the Max Planck community was very special. We are very proud to be part of her team! 🌾🍄‍🟫

Congratulations to Prof. Eva Stukenbrock on her appointment to the Leopoldina. Her research on fungal pathogens helps us better understand evolution and protect crops. www.evolbio.mpg.de/3882989/eva-... #EvolutionaryBiology #Leopoldina

What enables a fungus to invade a mammal host? @marco-guerreiro.bsky.social unravels signatures of translation adaptation among pathogenic and non-pathogenic species of Trichosporonales. See more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genomic and physiological signatures of adaptation in pathogenic fungi - Nature Communications

Emerging fungal pathogens have detrimental impacts on crops, animals, and humans, however little is known about their transition to a pathogenic lifestyle. This study demonstrates that the transition ...

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@thaisdalsasso.bsky.social is applying new tools to address the evolution and functional diversification of secreted proteins of fungal plant pathogen. Preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Wishing you all happy holidays. 🎄🎁 Greetings from the Environmental Genomics Group. 🇲🇽🇫🇷🇧🇷🇵🇹🇵🇪🇷🇸🇮🇷🇩🇰🇩🇪🤗

We’re excited to host the first MadFungi Research Unit workshop in Kiel, welcoming MSc and PhD students from across Germany! Over three days, this workshop will cover many aspects of RNA-seq analysis in plants 🌱 and fungi🍄‍🟫.

Great talk by @teamthomma.bsky.social who shows that effectors have antimicrobial activities that are ancesteral - other functions within the host have evolved later on to suppress immunity in plants #2025ISMPMI

From yesterday: #EnvGen Team dinner! Our PI @estukenbrock.bsky.social finally joined us ❤️ despite the inevitable Deutsche Bahn surprises! 🙃 #2025ISMPMI

🌿 Curious about microbiomes, effectors, resistance genes, and temperature stress? Come meet our team at #2025ISMPMI We’ll be presenting posters all week on Zymoseptoria–plant interactions, wild relatives, and immune manipulation! 🧵 Thread with posters & schedule ⬇️

Taking in some city sights before diving into the science at #2025ISMPMI

🌾🍄 The Environmental Genomics group (@estukenbrock.bsky.social lab) is excited to be at #2025ISMPMI! We’ll be sharing posters on plant resistance, host–microbe interactions, effector function and more! Stay tuned!