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Eva Stukenbrock

@estukenbrock.bsky.social

Group leader and professor at Kiel University, Germany. Evolutionary biology, fungi, plant-microbe interactions.

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Thaís Dal’Sasso@thaisdalsasso.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thrilled to share the final version of our manuscript! 🎉 @estukenbrock.bsky.social and I investigated the secretome of the barley pathogen #Zymoseptoria passerinii and asked what its protein structures could tell us about #effector evolution. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧶👇🏻

Conserved protein folds underpin the diversification of secreted proteins in a fungal pathogen - BMC Microbiology

Background During host colonization, fungal plant pathogens secrete effector-like proteins that alter host cell physiology and target plant-associated microbes. However, rapid evolution and low sequen...

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The Rokas Lab at Vanderbilt University@rokaslab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Interested in how #fungi came about on this planet? If so, take a look at my new article that just came out in @annualreviews.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1146/annu...

The Origin and Early Evolution of Fungi: Challenges, Inferences, and Principles

Fungi are widespread on our planet and essential for life as we know it, but how did they come about? Their last common ancestor lived hundreds of millions of years ago, but its characteristics, and t...

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Daniel Croll@danielcroll.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🔔 Our synthesis on what’s going on in the field of TE control and RIP in the fungal world! Out now in Trends in Genetics!

Thomas Badet@tbadet.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Nearly a year after our symposium on Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutations, I’m happy to share the fruit of some of our discussions. The fungal RIP hypermutator mechanism has deep eukaryotic roots www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We hope to spark interest in this underappreciated mechanism.

Evolution of major eukaryotic genome defense systems. The figure is organized along two axes representing core mechanistic features (homology recognition, small interfering RNA, and heterochromatin assembly) and their lineage-specific elaborations. We hypothesize that a recombination-independent DNA homology recognition system present in the eukaryotic common ancestor facilitated the emergence of both heterochromatin assembly and small RNA-based repeat silencing. From this conserved ancestral core, lineage-specific gene neofunctionalizations gave rise to distinct defense pathways: the RdDM pathway in plants; the piRNA and KRAB–ZFP pathways in vertebrates; and the repeat-induced point mutation (RIP), methylation induced premeiotically (MIP), MSUD, and tandem repeat-induced sexual silencing (TRISS) systems in filamentous ascomycete fungi. Question marks indicate steps for which the molecular mechanisms remain unknown.
PlantsCoChallenge@plantscochallenge.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🌱 KPC featuring young plant scientists at CAU Kiel. See recent post on @lizflorez.bsky.social and learn about her research on plant pathogenic fungi: www.plant-center.uni-kiel.de/en/research/...

Liz Florez – Fungal pathogens and plant health

Liz Florez is a postdoctoral researcher in the Environmental Genomics group led by Eva Stukenbrock at CAU Kiel. Her research focuses on how fungal plant diseases infect crops and interact with the pla...

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Liz Florez@lizflorez.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#ISCLB2026 may not have made much noise on social media, but the science and discussions in person were outstanding. 🌾🧬 Grateful to everyone who shared their work on cereal disease & resistance, and for the opportunity to present mine. I’m leaving Banff with plenty of new ideas and inspiration. 😊

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Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Many pathogens that infect wild plants are close relatives of crop pathogens. Important model systems for studying plant diseases. Check out the special issue on wild plant pathosystems published in the Philosophical Transactions B: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

Volume 381 Issue 1951 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | The Royal Society

Influential themed journal issues across the life sciences.

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Universität Kiel (CAU)@uni-kiel.de · 5mo ago

🎉 The Botanic Gardens of Kiel University is setting new standards: It is the first institution in Germany to be officially accredited by the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).

Top ranking: Botanic Garden Kiel is the first in Germany to receive a prestigious international award

The Botanic Gardens Kiel is setting new standards: It is the first institution in Germany to be officially accredited by the Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). This prestigious accreditation certifies that the Botanic Gardens Kiel meets the highest international standards in research...

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Neta Shlezinger@shlezingerlab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨A random solution to a growing fungal threat🚨 Our work on random peptide mixtures reveals potent antifungal activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens like C. auris, with low resistance potential and strong biofilm activity. Now out in mBio! Congrats to John and Yael for the fantastic work 👏

Harnessing random peptide mixtures to combat multidrug-resistant fungal infections | mBio

The rising prevalence of invasive fungal infections, particularly among immunocompromised individuals, has become a critical public health concern. However, antifungal drug development has not kept pace with this growing need, and treatment options remain limited to a small number of drug classes. The emergence of multidrug-resistant fungal pathogens, such as Candida auris, further exacerbates this crisis by reducing the efficacy of existing therapeutics and increasing the risk of treatment failure. In this study, we evaluate the antifungal potential of FK20, a random peptide mixture (RPM) composed of L-phenylalanine and L-lysine. FK20 displays potent activity against C. auris and other clinically relevant Candida species, impairs biofilm formation, and exhibits synergy with caspofungin. Importantly, FK20 limits the emergence of resistance and demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in a murine model of systemic candidiasis. These findings establish RPMs as a promising new class of antifungals with broad-spectrum activity and clinical potential against drug-resistant fungal infections.

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Cecile Lorrain@ccilelorrain.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thrilled to share our paper now out in Nature Plants 🎉 We developed a genome-host association (GHA) approach to study pathogen adaptation directly from field metadata by using the originating host cultivar as phenotype. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Genome–host association mapping reveals wheat pathogen genes involved in host specialization - Nature Plants

This study introduces genome–host association (GHA), leveraging natural epidemics to map the genetic landscape of host adaptation in the pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. Applied to 832 wheat fungal stra...

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Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So diverse and yet conserved. Check out opinion paper by Leonhard Pachinger @leopach.bsky.social on antimicrobial effectors produced by fungal pathogens: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Antimicrobial effectors of plant-associated fungi: multipurpose proteins with fast-evolving surfaces and structurally conserved cores

Plants are exposed to a variety of devastating pathogens, causing significant yearly yield losses. In order to facilitate infections, plant pathogens …

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The Sainsbury Laboratory@thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Check out this great opportunity to join the @kamounlab.bsky.social! Apply online by 16 March 2026 www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t... #PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs

Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Assistant - Kamoun Lab

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The Sainsbury Laboratory@thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📣 VACANCY: Postdoc/Research Assistant in the Kamoun group @kamounlab.bsky.social Join the team to work on the biology and applications of plant immune receptors 🌱 Apply online by 16 March 2026 www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t... #PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs

Eva Stukenbrock @estukenbrock.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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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Remco Stam@rstam.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Two really cool PhD positions available with Christina Barragan on Plant Pathogen evolution! Our dept. just moved to a brand new building with great facilities and we have an absolutely amazing team!

Cristina Barragan@cbarragan.bsky.social · 11mo ago

My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting! 🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution 🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible) 📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de ⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025 🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... Do get in touch or share 😊

Leo Castanedo@leocastanedo.bsky.social · last yr.

[🚨Pre-print alert🚨] Excited to share our findings on the enigmatic ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis. 🔴For the first time we provide evidence that ericoid mycorrhizae evolved from ancestral arbuscular mycorrhizae through the co-option nutrient-dependent regulation 👇! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Leafy liverwort genomes shed light on the evolution of ericoid symbiosis

Mycorrhizal symbiosis has been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants, influencing population dynamics, biogeography, and their evolution. The emergence of the ancient arbuscu...

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